The Meat Slicer Nazi and Other Evil Things
If you’re ever purchased fresh sliced meat from a grocery counter, I’m sure you’ve run into one of these people. Their grumpiness factor is in direct proportion to how thin you want that ham sliced. If you don’t specify a thickness, you’ll probably be greeted with a pleasant attitude.
Ask them to slice it very thin and they quickly turn from Dr. Jekyll into Mr. Hyde. The thinner you want it sliced, the more work for them because thinly sliced can require twice as many strokes on the machine. The particularly heinous ones will beligerently show you the first slice from 10 feet away by waving it at you so fast that there’s no way you can really tell if it’s what you wanted. “Is this thin enough”, they’ll ask with a scowl.
You’re lucky if they don’t throw it at you and curse you before you leave the counter. Of course they’re not all like that but I seem to run into more than my fair share. I also hate when they attach the sticker label over the baggie opening in such a way that you have to rip the damn thing to shreds when you get it home.
I ran into this interesting comparison the other day, now I’m thankful our cars don’t run on printer ink! Holy Crap, Batman! If you thought the price of gasoline was expensive, take a look at this price comparison of various liquids! Apparently we’ve been had, printer ink manufacturers have finally figured out how to turn something ordinary into pure gold.
And you thought alchemy was a lost art, remember all those nutjobs that worked for centuries trying to figure out how to turn ordinary metals into gold? Apparently something very similar is possible. Forget crude oil, forget the middle east, let the ink wars begin, LOL! I think I’m going to become a wildcatter and start drilling for printer ink! That’s obviously where the money’s at!
On a VERY positive note, I’ve been feeling quite good! Actually this is the best I’ve felt in nearly 5 years. Pretty damn amazing considering how close I came to death. My miserable health odyssey began with liver failure, progressed into double pneumonia, being in a coma for a month, nearly 2 years of hospitilization, a complete liver transplant and top it off with 7 months of chemotherapy. You can’t say that I don’t know how to have fun! LOLMy latest blood test results have come back very positive with only a slight bit of anemia and I feel like the last traces of the chemo drugs have finally left my system. In a word, KICKASS!! hehe I’m ready to take on the world again! Hell yeah! What a change huh? Going from feeling like every day that passed would likely be your last one to feeling like you might live forever. We can dream can’t we? hehe
Love you guys and I hope you have a great weekend!!
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I believe that most deli meat-slicers descend from parents who used to work at the DMV as their attitudes are quite similar! Want to piss them off even more, ask for a small sample of the meat you’re having sliced!
Love the Hitler pics – especially the one with the dog!! Too funny! And they look great, you’ve got some awesome photoshopping skills!
Glad to hear that you’re feeling so well! Congratulations and good for you!!!
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a smiling meat slicer person. Shame really.
I’m so happy you are feeling so damn good! Yayyyyyyyyyyyy Se7!!!!
Only good things ahead for you, young man
With the heavy Italian population here, a store could never get away with having someone with that attitude in the deli. We’re VERY particular on how our lunch meat is sliced. One wrong move and it could spark a mob takeover like at the end of The Godfather.
Loved the Hitler photos!
Yay, Sev!! Cheers to your happy good health, m’friend! (And I love Adolph’s thigh-highs!)
that is awesome news re: your health, se7en! I can’t imagine going through all of that… You’re a tough one!
oh, and another money maker? toner copier. the shit we buy at work for our copier machine is over $200 a cartridge and only last a few weeks!! what a fucking ripoff!!
ahem…yeah, I mean “copier toner”.
still hungover here….heh
Meat carvers are some scary people. You don’t want to piss them off, either. I mean, they’re holding sharp objects. Interesting comparisons in pricing. And what great legs Hitler has. Who knew?!:)
I am SO glad you’re feeling so much better. Sounds like you’ve been to hell and back. Thank God the worst of it is over.
I ran a deli and it’s true. In my head, if they wanted it shaved, I envisioned it was their face in the slicer, lol!
I went through Interferon, similar ya know and it seems to take forever to get out of your system. I lost a lot of weight and then put a lot on. It took me a couple of years to lost an extra 30 lbs. It’s commendable that you have such a positive outlook. They had to drug me as I became just about homicidal.
So happy to hear you’re feeling so good Se7 honey.
The whole deli experience is agonizing. Besides the meany slicers I have trouble with the take-a-number process. Someone always tries to get in front of me and then I have to take them out. It’s exhausting and emotionally draining.
Glad you are feeling so fantabulous.
Yay Se7en! I’m so glad that you are feeling better!
Love the photoshop pic and yes you are getting very good at that…it doesn’t surprise me though all things considered!
I just checked my best supplier. Sandalwood essential oil is currently running $2.76 per ml, Orange Blossom is running $5.16 and Rose Otto is a whopping $11.95 per ml.
I’m in the wrong job–I should be selling ingredients, not finished goodies.