I hope that's not your breakfast.

[Barracuda]

Good heavens, it never occurred to me that our Aussie friends might find some American food an exotic treat. I guess Americans tend to think there's nothing unique about our food--we figure most Westerners have had it. Although I will confess I am surprised you don't have Reese's in Australia, or grape soda. Seriously? What flavors of soda do you have down there? Any other American treats you have heard of but never tried? As for cornbread, it's easy if you can get cornmeal--plenty of recipes on the internet. Pumpkin bread is really good too, if you've never had that. Grits...well, I'm a Yankee, not a Southerner, but I personally don't like them. Find them tasteless and kinda boring, personally. You could always try making a Southern dinner with cornbread and jambalaya. Now THAT is good eating.

[Ree]

Not to be rude, but talk about thread drift!!!
How the heck did we go from talking about the actual topic of the thread to what kinds of food choices Australians have?

The thread is a vent about a cashier making a rude comment on what someone was buying, not snack choices in Australia.
Why don't you start a new thread to discuss what is and isn't available in Australia for snacks and foods?

[sms001]

Under the 'Fail To See' assumption, I'm guessing there wasn't a bantering tone involved here. MYOB cashier.
I've said the same thing myself, from both sides of the counter, and it's usually gone off smoothly, with one notable exception. Like Reverend, I worked third shift, so buying a pizza and beer before going home to watch (taped) Letterman happened occasionally. Customer behind me gave me the line, and I responded "Yeah, but I drive a school bus, so my day's pretty short." Cue: from custy, and a look on the cashier's face that forecast a distinct possibility of sale refusal, so I backed off and explained.

[Dave1982]

No, no bantering tone....more of a disgusted one, in fact.

[bainsidhe]

Since it was 11am, I'd consider it lunch.

[EricKei]

Since it was 11am

Exactly. That makes it brunch.

And I'm fairly certain that the cashier has seen weirder food combinations than that in her time there >_>

[PepperElf]

No, no bantering tone....more of a disgusted one, in fact.

that's rather rude then!

Or... to quote a phrase I've been liking (sometimes) of late... "Stay in your lane."


It's his job to tell you what the item costs and accept your payment. Otherwise he needs to eat a bucket of glue and keep his piehole shut.

He's not your doctor. He's not your partner. He's not your mommy. Therefore what you put into your stomach is not his business. Perhaps it's time he be reminded of this.

[Lovecats]

Depends on the tone, IMO. If the tone was friendly and joking I personally would have no problem with that. Meant seriously I would have said "None of your damn business."

Heck, for almost two months after xmas I worked overnight, so while workers were hitting my c store for coffee and breakfast I was buying beer and pizza to unwind after work.

We had a neighbor who worked nights and when he'd get home from work in the morning would be sitting on his front steps drinking a beer. My husband and our next-door neighbor were working on a car and he came over to offer them a beer at 9 am. They both refused - liked beer but not at 9 am.

[AmbrosiaWriter]

I've made jokes to the same effect, but it was more like "Best breakfast ever" or something equal with a tone to make sure the person knew I didn't actually have any opinion on what they were buying I just found it amusing.

Disgusted tone? Only when talking about that guy who steals half smoked cigarettes out of the ash tray. Otherwise, my opinion is "I don't give a shit what you're eating at what time, as long as you pay for it first."

I find it weird that some people just cannot stop themselves from trying to exert some kind of control (even passively) on everyone around them. What did she think you'd do? Apologize, proclaim her right in all manner of edibles, and change what you were going to buy? Pshhaw.

[raudf]

*snip* What did she think you'd do? Apologize, proclaim her right in all manner of edibles, and change what you were going to buy? Pshhaw.

Actually, I would have. I'd have gone back for the beef jerky and cotton candy! Nummy breakfast!

[dalesys]

I went to school a fair number of mornings after a fine fine breakfast of strawberry shortcake... freshly home baked by my mother.

[PepperElf]

and somewhat interesting... something similar just appeared on a PFB letter cs thread here where the cashier supposedly insulted the customer on food choices.

it reminded me of this letter cos of the idea of... why is it their business to comment anyway?

[Chromatix]

Brunch? Seriously?

There's a perfectly good word for a snack at 11am.

Elevenses.

[Mr Hero]

At least it's better than eating pieces of shit for breakfast.

[Geek King]

At least it's better than eating pieces of shit for breakfast.

Ah, I see you're familiar with my former high-school's cafeteria offerings.