My job's retail section is far from your average grocery store. 100+ types of pasta, bottled squid ink, and nettle pesto, to name a few reasons.
"I need grated cheese in a jar."
Our cheese counter is just over yonder.
"I don't want that fancy stuff, just grated cheese in a jar! You know, the glass jar, it's called 4-something!"
...we don't carry salmonella, sorry. (apparently my old store is still unaware of the recall)
"Do you carry pasta?"
...yup, these six aisles.
"I don't see any good brands...oh, there's Barilla. Wait, I can't read the package."
I'll let the "no good brands" comment slide for now. You don't need to read Italian to know how to cook it.
"I need tomato paste. Not this 'pulp' stuff."
Pulp is what you want if you're making pasta sauce (like you just told me you are). You use the paste for flavor.
"Do you carry Swiss Miss?"
[looking at six different brands of gianduja cream--which is the 'original' Nutella]
"You don't have Nutella?"
...we don't have that specific brand because everyone does. What we carry is a bit pricey but way better (I bet you could extend one of our small jars by mixing it with Nutella).
"I'm looking for caramel syrup."
...
Lots of people coming in today looking for products we don't carry (and I'm not sure why they would think we do).
On another note, Loacker Blackcurrant Quadratini are awesome.
"I need grated cheese in a jar."
Our cheese counter is just over yonder.
"I don't want that fancy stuff, just grated cheese in a jar! You know, the glass jar, it's called 4-something!"
...we don't carry salmonella, sorry. (apparently my old store is still unaware of the recall)
"Do you carry pasta?"
...yup, these six aisles.
"I don't see any good brands...oh, there's Barilla. Wait, I can't read the package."
I'll let the "no good brands" comment slide for now. You don't need to read Italian to know how to cook it.
"I need tomato paste. Not this 'pulp' stuff."
Pulp is what you want if you're making pasta sauce (like you just told me you are). You use the paste for flavor.
"Do you carry Swiss Miss?"
[looking at six different brands of gianduja cream--which is the 'original' Nutella]
"You don't have Nutella?"
...we don't have that specific brand because everyone does. What we carry is a bit pricey but way better (I bet you could extend one of our small jars by mixing it with Nutella).
"I'm looking for caramel syrup."
...
Lots of people coming in today looking for products we don't carry (and I'm not sure why they would think we do).
On another note, Loacker Blackcurrant Quadratini are awesome.
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