This is where I Break an old man's heart...

[DaDairyDruid]

One day this older male customer asks me where the "cholesterol free eggs" are. I point him to the EggBeaters, but he is "no I want real eggs"

I say "there is no such thing as an egg in the shell with zero cholesterol"

he goes "YES THERE ARE!!!! Those EB eggs have no cholesterol in them!!!!"

I walk to the Egglands Best eggs (all of 2 feet from where we are standing) take one off the shelf, open the carton and show him what it says inside on the nutrition information pannel. Cholesterol - 180mg

I then explain that EB eggs have LESS cholesterol then regular eggs, but its a very small amount 210 mg vs 180 mg, but they DO have cholesterol.

I SWEAR the look on his face was that of a 5 year old who just found out there was no Easter Bunny/Tooth Fairy/Santa Claus.

[Evil Queen]

Awww.... sad old men makes me wanna cry. Quick! I need a old man to cry on.

(Broom? RavyenQ? Anyone?)

[technical.angel]

Ouch... Broom doesn't quite qualify as an "old man".

[Eben56]

Quick! I need a old man to cry on.

I'm available. But I better check with the Mrs. to make sure she can get salt stains out of a shirt.

[DevilBoy]

I then explain that EB eggs have LESS cholesterol then regular eggs.

Actually, they don't.
My dad was the Chief of the Bureau for the Division of Foods and Chemistry for the PA Dept. of Agriculture.
Eggland's Best was always a hot button issue with him.
Basically, he was in charge of all the labs whose duty is to test the claims of food distributors like Eggland's Best.
EB eggs have no significant difference from any other egg on the market. EB eggs ARE regular eggs. The only thing that separates them is their brand name.
Cholesterol amounts vary from egg to egg and their cholesterol ratings are within the norm. Sometimes eggs end up on the lower end of the scale so what they advertise isn't exactly false... misleading, yes... but not false. Hence my dad's beef with the company.

Same thing with yogurts like Activia. There is nothing special about it, and it doesn't have anything extra that other yogurts don't have.
These companies simply come up with a marketing gimmick... a catchy name or claim... in order to sell more.

[Evil Queen]

Ouch... Broom doesn't quite qualify as an "old man".

He's good at pretending. And he's older then I am so he counts as an old man. Even though RayvenQ is actually my age, I think he counts as an old man too.

Kinda in the same fashion I'm 12 (even though, chronologically I'm 22) and The SO (also 22) is 40.

I'm available. But I better check with the Mrs. to make sure she can get salt stains out of a shirt.

*borrows muchly*

[Music Mo-Gal]

It's scary how little some people seem to know about basic nutrition. I thought it was common knowledge that cholesterol is present in ALL animal products.

[Apathy]

You'd be surprised (or would you) about how little people know about <insert subject>.