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Post by tloonya on Oct 30, 2014 10:46:04 GMT -5
Woman walks into my store at 11am and asking where do we put leaves from the cabbage that fell off or don't look good. I said it goes to trash at 8am. She says with sad face, 'so its gone?'...I am waiting for her to tell me what I already know. And she did. She said her child is sick and she wants to place a few leaves of FREE cabbage on his chest to stop cough (old country stuff). I said whats the problem? By friggin cabbage. It is .39lb! She did and her cabbage cost her 78 cents. And NO she is not poor. She is a nurse and she bought some other stuff today as well. So NO she wasn't short on money and all...but free leaves would be better. Any stories to beat this?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2014 11:07:42 GMT -5
When DH was penniless and living in NYC in the 1960s, he'd go to the produce markets because if produce fell to the ground, they couldn't legally sell it. They gave it away. So he'd get free stuff and go home and make soup.
I don't blame your customer for wanting what you would have thrown away. It saves waste. She may also be like DH, who doesn't particularly like cabbage because boiled cabbage was a common side dish in his house when he was growing up and they had very little money. I love it shredded and stir-fried but I think a lot of people don't know what to do with it except boil it or make cole slaw.
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Post by TheHaitian on Oct 30, 2014 11:21:15 GMT -5
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Post by greeniis10 on Oct 30, 2014 11:32:17 GMT -5
I understand that is a tradition in your culture, as you mentioned, but if my kid was sick I don't think I'd want to put food that fell on the floor onto his/her chest. Seems like an opportunity to spread more germs! Just me, maybe??
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Post by toomuchreality on Oct 30, 2014 11:32:29 GMT -5
Loony- I understand that this is not the question you are asking, but I'm curious... If you went to the store for cabbage (not your store), and had the choice of getting it free, or buying it, which would you do? Some people are just cheap. I know quite a few people that would say they are broke, rather than fork out the few dollars for a drink while we are out. Yet they are all for having me buy their drink for them, even if they know it is literally my last few dollars. But they have lots more money saved, than I do, so I guess it works for them.
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Post by toomuchreality on Oct 30, 2014 11:33:30 GMT -5
I understand that is a tradition in your culture, as you mentioned, but if my kid was sick I don't think I'd want to put food that fell on the floor onto his/her chest. Seems like an opportunity to spread more germs! Just me, maybe?? I feel the same way.
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Post by TheHaitian on Oct 30, 2014 11:34:22 GMT -5
I understand that is a tradition in your culture, as you mentioned, but if my kid was sick I don't think I'd want to put food that fell on the floor onto his/her chest. Seems like an opportunity to spread more germs! Just me, maybe?? They wash and boil it before... So it is not like it is just off the floor to the kid chest.
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Post by Abby Normal on Oct 30, 2014 11:34:26 GMT -5
When DH was penniless and living in NYC in the 1960s, he'd go to the produce markets because if produce fell to the ground, they couldn't legally sell it. They gave it away. So he'd get free stuff and go home and make soup.
I don't blame your customer for wanting what you would have thrown away. It saves waste. She may also be like DH, who doesn't particularly like cabbage because boiled cabbage was a common side dish in his house when he was growing up and they had very little money. I love it shredded and stir-fried but I think a lot of people don't know what to do with it except boil it or make cole slaw. I hate coleslaw but we eat cabbage salad a lot. Just the thought of it is making me hungry. I may have to make this weekend.
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Post by Opti on Oct 30, 2014 11:36:50 GMT -5
If you only want a couple leaves and you know they get thrown out on a regular basis, not sure why you are that offended.
You didn't give her anything for free and she bought a 2 lb. cabbage.
I can understand why she isn't happy. I made the mistake of buying cabbage at the produce market where the price was the most reasonable per pound. However, they didn't carry anything like small heads of cabbage. I just weighed what I have left over after weeks of making meals from it. Over 1 1/2lbs! Must have weighed about 5 lbs. originally.
Next time, maybe small grocery store cabbages!
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Post by Tennesseer on Oct 30, 2014 11:45:50 GMT -5
Does laying cole slaw on your chest work too?
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Post by greeniis10 on Oct 30, 2014 11:46:12 GMT -5
I understand that is a tradition in your culture, as you mentioned, but if my kid was sick I don't think I'd want to put food that fell on the floor onto his/her chest. Seems like an opportunity to spread more germs! Just me, maybe?? They wash and boil it before... So it is not like it is just off the floor to the kid chest. Oh, makes sense. Thanks - I'm obviously unaware of the tradition! And, even a germy cabbage leaf (if that was the case) is better than filling your child with chemicals / medications, unless absolutely needed, IMHO.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Oct 30, 2014 11:48:13 GMT -5
Does laying cole slaw on your chest work too? If you want a great thatch of red hair on it.
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Post by Opti on Oct 30, 2014 11:49:38 GMT -5
Coleslaw hair coloring... The new DIY craze?
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Post by Tennesseer on Oct 30, 2014 11:52:20 GMT -5
Does laying cole slaw on your chest work too? If you want a great thatch of red hair on it. Maybe some BBQ ribs on the chest too.
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Post by tloonya on Oct 30, 2014 12:29:30 GMT -5
I understand that is a tradition in your culture, as you mentioned, but if my kid was sick I don't think I'd want to put food that fell on the floor onto his/her chest. Seems like an opportunity to spread more germs! Just me, maybe?? They wash and boil it before... So it is not like it is just off the floor to the kid chest. No, it is raw on the chest and gets 'cooked' from the warmth of the skin and another fresh one get put on
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Post by tloonya on Oct 30, 2014 12:35:32 GMT -5
If you only want a couple leaves and you know they get thrown out on a regular basis, not sure why you are that offended.
You didn't give her anything for free and she bought a 2 lb. cabbage.
I can understand why she isn't happy. I made the mistake of buying cabbage at the produce market where the price was the most reasonable per pound. However, they didn't carry anything like small heads of cabbage. I just weighed what I have left over after weeks of making meals from it. Over 1 1/2lbs! Must have weighed about 5 lbs. originally.
Next time, maybe small grocery store cabbages! She came to the store not a soup kitchen! She is an able body. She had to buy cabbage for her child, it is not my responsibility. She has no rights to be unhappy because she needs to buy thing that she needed!
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Post by tloonya on Oct 30, 2014 12:40:44 GMT -5
Loony- I understand that this is not the question you are asking, but I'm curious... If you went to the store for cabbage (not your store), and had the choice of getting it free, or buying it, which would you do? Some people are just cheap. I know quite a few people that would say they are broke, rather than fork out the few dollars for a drink while we are out. Yet they are all for having me buy their drink for them, even if they know it is literally my last few dollars. But they have lots more money saved, than I do, so I guess it works for them. She did not had a choice. What would I do? It would never occurred in my mind to ask for free stuff at the store. Any store.
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Post by TheHaitian on Oct 30, 2014 12:42:01 GMT -5
They wash and boil it before... So it is not like it is just off the floor to the kid chest. No, it is raw on the chest and gets 'cooked' from the warmth of the skin and another fresh one get put on Cool, can she get some eggs on him while at it too?
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Post by tloonya on Oct 30, 2014 12:42:05 GMT -5
Does laying cole slaw on your chest work too? Why don't you try and let us know
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Post by tloonya on Oct 30, 2014 12:43:34 GMT -5
No, it is raw on the chest and gets 'cooked' from the warmth of the skin and another fresh one get put on Cool, can she get some eggs on him while at it too? Next time she is in I will get her phone number for you. With woman like her you will have no financial worries ever again.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2014 14:57:50 GMT -5
My meat CSA gets all the thrown out produce from Wegmans to use in their maggot production Is that the kind of thing you were looking for?
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Post by toomuchreality on Oct 30, 2014 18:50:45 GMT -5
Loony- I understand that this is not the question you are asking, but I'm curious... If you went to the store for cabbage (not your store), and had the choice of getting it free, or buying it, which would you do? Some people are just cheap. I know quite a few people that would say they are broke, rather than fork out the few dollars for a drink while we are out. Yet they are all for having me buy their drink for them, even if they know it is literally my last few dollars. But they have lots more money saved, than I do, so I guess it works for them. She did not had a choice. What would I do? It would never occurred in my mind to ask for free stuff at the store. Any store. Good point! Me either. I mean it's a store, not a roadside free veggie cart. Right? Maybe you should set an empty tub/container out. Then when someone asks where your free stuff is, you can tell them to go check the tub. If there's nothing in the tub, then you don't have anything free.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Oct 30, 2014 18:50:54 GMT -5
I suspect that she wanted the big, tougher outer leaves of the cabbage more than the inner leaves. Once you get past them, the leaves are smaller and more tender and probably don't hold up as well as the outer leaves.
I don't really see why this is a problem. Hell, I used to hang out at the blood bank all the time to get their expired platelets so that I could use them in experiments. Why should I pay for something that was going to get thrown away otherwise?
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Post by Shooby on Oct 31, 2014 5:09:15 GMT -5
I just wonder why, as a business woman, you get so wrapped in the customer's dramas. I would just say, Cabbage is over there in Aisle 6 and go about doing my work.
But, it used to be you could ask for free suet or beef fat when you were cooking a roast. And, the soup bones used to be free back in the day.
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Post by weltschmerz on Oct 31, 2014 20:59:01 GMT -5
Woman walks into my store at 11am and asking where do we put leaves from the cabbage that fell off or don't look good. I said it goes to trash at 8am. She says with sad face, 'so its gone?'...I am waiting for her to tell me what I already know. And she did. She said her child is sick and she wants to place a few leaves of FREE cabbage on his chest to stop cough (old country stuff). I said whats the problem? By friggin cabbage. It is .39lb! She did and her cabbage cost her 78 cents. And NO she is not poor. She is a nurse and she bought some other stuff today as well. So NO she wasn't short on money and all...but free leaves would be better. Any stories to beat this? Any nurse worth her salt wouldn't use cabbage leaves to stop a cough. Was she working for a witch doctor?
It's as stupid as leaving a half an onion in a sickroom, so it will trap all the germs flying around.
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Post by tloonya on Nov 1, 2014 8:39:18 GMT -5
Woman walks into my store at 11am and asking where do we put leaves from the cabbage that fell off or don't look good. I said it goes to trash at 8am. She says with sad face, 'so its gone?'...I am waiting for her to tell me what I already know. And she did. She said her child is sick and she wants to place a few leaves of FREE cabbage on his chest to stop cough (old country stuff). I said whats the problem? By friggin cabbage. It is .39lb! She did and her cabbage cost her 78 cents. And NO she is not poor. She is a nurse and she bought some other stuff today as well. So NO she wasn't short on money and all...but free leaves would be better. Any stories to beat this? Any nurse worth her salt wouldn't use cabbage leaves to stop a cough. Was she working for a witch doctor?
It's as stupid as leaving a half an onion in a sickroom, so it will trap all the germs flying around.
Maybe she is not a nurse, maybe she got free scrubs somewhere. Which is most likely
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Post by tloonya on Nov 1, 2014 8:44:58 GMT -5
I suspect that she wanted the big, tougher outer leaves of the cabbage more than the inner leaves. Once you get past them, the leaves are smaller and more tender and probably don't hold up as well as the outer leaves. I don't really see why this is a problem. Hell, I used to hang out at the blood bank all the time to get their expired platelets so that I could use them in experiments. Why should I pay for something that was going to get thrown away otherwise? So you suggest wasting your time hanging outside of my sore waiting for free stuff as a smart thing to do? There so much free stuff in different places, so what should we do - just hang out there for how long? And to me it would be less of an issue if she bought something first and then asked me for free stuff. When I need a restroom I go to McD or DD and BUY something and then use their facilities. Because. And btw, so you know outer leaves are thin. The closest to the core - the tougher it is and more power it keeps. Tootles.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2014 8:47:05 GMT -5
I don't know about cough, but cabbage leaves do work with mastitis (blocked ducts, engorgement...). If used properly... Too much and it will inhibit production.
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Post by tloonya on Nov 1, 2014 9:12:15 GMT -5
I don't know about cough, but cabbage leaves do work with mastitis (blocked ducts, engorgement...). If used properly... Too much and it will inhibit production. I said it before my mom accidentally spilled cabbage juice in her eyes and stopped wearing glasses. It is also used widely in burn victim units. It is an awesome product - cabbage.
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Post by weltschmerz on Nov 1, 2014 10:47:37 GMT -5
I don't know about cough, but cabbage leaves do work with mastitis (blocked ducts, engorgement...). If used properly... Too much and it will inhibit production. I said it before my mom accidentally spilled cabbage juice in her eyes and stopped wearing glasses. It is also used widely in burn victim units. It is an awesome product - cabbage. Where? In medieval England, along with bloodletting?
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