"I swore at a customer today"

[ArcticChicken]

My money is on the strawberries being the culprit. Not that they were moldy when they went on, but those fuckers mold at the drop of a hat.

[TopEndDave]

My money is on the strawberries being the culprit. Not that they were moldy when they went on, but those fuckers mold at the drop of a hat.

That is why my friend was willing to do the refund. It could have been the strawberries.

[PepperElf]

yeah. we use to get giant boxes of them on the navy ships. by the time they got to us they'd have maybe 2 days left of life before going bad. we at them quickly

[BlaqueKatt]

Not that they were moldy when they went on, but those fuckers mold at the drop of a hat.

forget that those bastards mold while the hat is still falling....don't even think about maybe breathing on them, touching them is right out......

[Pagan]

I wouldn't put it past some people to put their own moldy strawberries on there!

I've never had any mold on me that fast. I'll have some around for upwards of a week and....nothing. I've got some blackberries sitting here right now that are several days old and they're fine.

[mikoyan29]

I'm betting that this customer was a dumbass and left the cake out all day - probably in the sun.

I'm gonna guess he left the cake out in the rain...which was sad because it took so long to bake it.....and the store will never have that recipe again.

[Pixilated]

I wouldn't put it past some people to put their own moldy strawberries on there!

I've never had any mold on me that fast. I'll have some around for upwards of a week and....nothing. I've got some blackberries sitting here right now that are several days old and they're fine.

Are the berries local? Usually local ones last longer (for obvious reasons, LOL) but I find that if I buy imports, they've been on the road so long that they don't have much life left by the time they get to my fridge.

Congrats to your friend for the GTFO response, Dave. Yeah, that's the good thing about being the boss, when SCs pull that "I wanna talk to the manager!!" they tend to get a bit deflated when they're told, "You are."

The other nice thing is, if the SC keeps repeating this behaviour (assuming they come back at all), Dave's friend can simply ban them.

[AccountingDrone]

PepperElf yeah. we use to get giant boxes of them on the navy ships. by the time they got to us they'd have maybe 2 days left of life before going bad. we at them quickly

<insert funny poke at you based on The Caine Mutiny.>

I can not imagine fresh strawberries lasting long on any mess deck.

[Andara Bledin]

I've never had any mold on me that fast. I'll have some around for upwards of a week and....nothing. I've got some blackberries sitting here right now that are several days old and they're fine.

I imagine that a lot of it has to do with humidity and what sort of spores are in your area.

I know that around here, if you leave strawberries out, it takes about 2 days for them to decide it's time to grow mold.

^-.-^

[TopEndDave]

I imagine that a lot of it has to do with humidity and what sort of spores are in your area.

From the latest weather observations at the airport:
Temp: 28.1C
Apparent Temp: 30.4C
Relative Humidity: 73%

On Tuesday lunch time a tree fell on a car parked at the post office, crushing it. Luckily no one was hurt but it was a very wet day on Tuesday.
Weather at 12:30 local time on Tuesday:
Temp: 24.9C
Apparent Temp: 22.2C
Relative Humidity: 98%
Wind: 25 knots
Wind gusts: 34 knots
Rain since 9am: 41.4mm
It got to 100% humidity several times on Tuesday.

Things go moldy here very quickly.

[Mishi]

Wow, it sounds like it's a bit chilly up there at the moment!