The Squished Bread That Wasn't & Salad Bar Nuts

[XCashier]

These stories remind me of my last cat....He had dry food in his dish all day, and sometimes when it would get low, but not empty, he'd cry pitifully,wanting more. I learned if I just moved it around, so he could hear it moving in the dish, but didn't add anymore, he'd think I did put more in, and eat it. Like I said, not the sharpest tool in the shed!

My cats do that, too. They look at me like pitiful Oliver Twist pleading for a second helping of gruel. I move the food around in the dish and they're satisfied. I even tried to show them how to use their paws to move the food, but nope, they want Human Slave to do it for them.

Makes me wonder how they'd cope in the wild. "This bird I was eating has a hole in it! There's not enough food now! WAAHH!!"

Wouldn't it be cheaper at some point to just ... buy a bottle of salad dressing? Then you can slosh all you like on, and it's gotta come out to less than $20.

Silly Bells, using that logic stuff again! You know SCs don't do that!

[sms001]

cats don't like their whiskers touching things (sensory organ), so they eat out of the middle of the dish, and avoid the sides, you moved the food from the sides so he could reach it without bumping his whiskers, which was all he really wanted.

Or, w/o the no-doubt true scientificcy stuff: "A human has not tended to my needs in minutes. I will have one rearrange my food now."

[cindybubbles]

I would do the same to frozen yogurt; pile on as much fro-yo and toppings as much as I want, but I don't mind paying the astronomical price that comes with it.

[EricKei]

He'd carefully build a tower of salad

When I worked at a buffet place many ages ago, I did this with the soft-serve "ice cream." I could take a little dish meant to hold like 3 ounces, and "stack" the stuff up a good 6 inches high It's not hard if you get the timing right.

..."Oh, and I ate this"

And it never failed, it was a by-weight item.

Of course. Stores really should have a special code for those -- Can't really have it show up as "theft" on the receipts, tho that's what it potentially is Can just have it by quantity instead of by weight. If they hand you two banana peels, charge them for two pounds of bananas. If they complain, then tell them that this can be avoided by paying for the bananas FIRST, and taking the receipt with them while shopping for everything else.

One grocery I went to got around this by setting up the produce section such that you could only leave it by either going back out through the front doors, or by the one exit -- the produce guy had a scale and printer, ready to weigh everything before you left the section. After all, who better to operate that than someone who works with the foods there every day?

[HotelMinion]

What did the guy whom you showed your iPad picture to say??? That you were toooo prepared??? Lol. I hope the entire store laughed.
And your reaction to salad bars is mine to seeing a key card. Luckily they aren't often seen in other establishments I frequent...

[BlaqueKatt]

and sometimes when it would get low, but not empty, he'd cry pitifully,wanting more. I learned if I just moved it around, so he could hear it moving in the dish, but didn't add anymore, he'd think I did put more in, and eat it.

actually, cats don't like their whiskers touching things(sensory organ), so they eat out of the middle of the dish, and avoid the sides, you moved the food from the sides so he could reach it without bumping his whiskers, which was all he really wanted.

[Beowulf]

SixFortyK, I am sorry to hear that just seeing the salad bar is a stressor. I get that same way with certain locations, hence why I can't see myself going back to the Dominoes that I used to work at. Just too much negative reinforcement. Bleh.

[Argabarga]

I do not miss the times working grocery register when someone would cheerfully plop an empty container on the belt from the prepared foods section and say "Oh, and I ate this"

And it never failed, it was a by-weight item.

[LillFilly]

At my movie theater we had a bulk candy cart with a 1.5ftX1.5 ft COLORFUL sign in 2-inch high letters 'CANDY $1.95 PER QUARTER POUND' People regularly filled bags to the brim with mixed candy then blew a gasket when the price came up to 18$. They then tried to put candy back in their bins, but we had to spoil it out because of cross-contamination; can't have sweedish fish that touched peanut m&ms, for example. Regularly, parents would let their kids scoop handfuls of candy (bare handed) into their mouths; eww.

At least we got to eat the 'spoiled' candy Some weeks we would have 9lbs worth or so.

[thatcrazyredhead]

This salad bar experience would not be practical for me, because I like to have a little salad with my dressing. But I wouldn't bitch at the cashier about how much it cost. Not their fault, and I'd know better for next time.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Wouldn't it be cheaper at some point to just ... buy a bottle of salad dressing? Then you can slosh all you like on, and it's gotta come out to less than $20.

But . . . But . . . But that means I have to PAY for it!

And the dressing at the salad bar is supposed to be FREE.

[manybellsdown]

Wouldn't it be cheaper at some point to just ... buy a bottle of salad dressing? Then you can slosh all you like on, and it's gotta come out to less than $20.

[wagegoth]

These stories remind me of my last cat. Who was dumb but sweet, and a bit of a prima donna. My mom referred to him as "His Lordship" He had dry food in his dish all day, and sometimes when it would get low, but not empty, he'd cry pitifully,wanting more. I learned if I just moved it around, so he could hear it moving in the dish, but didn't add anymore, he'd think I did put more in, and eat it. Like I said, not the sharpest tool in the shed!

This is why I know there literally are cat people and dog people (and jackasses, etc.). This is why CBF is so common among SCs.

[skeptic53]

One of my fellow students single-handedly caused the cafeteria to change from "by the plate or bowl" to "by the pound". Bowls were cheaper than plates. He'd carefully build a tower of salad, putting heavy stuff like tomatoes in the bottom, filling the spaces between with sunflower seeds & dressing. He'd layer other salad ingredients up to the rim then tuck cucumber slices along the rim to create a new, higher rim, keep adding layers etc. He became famous, people would time their lunch to watch him build another masterpiece. After purchase, it would dump out onto more than one plate. Finally the cafeteria manager bought scales for each register and put an end to his architectural career.

[EricKei]

...and sometimes when it would get low, but not empty, he'd cry pitifully,wanting more.

Nothing unusual about that. Mine does the same thing.