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Something funny is: I've started asking operators on customer service lines where they're located. If they're a little asshole, they will RELUCTANTLY say Seattle. How amazing. The fuckers are reluctant to tell you where they live, just like in real life (If that's what you want to call this). If they are nice and normal, it's never from Seattle. NEVER. I've been doing it for a year. I've started having a helpless laughter reaction.
OK, one more thing before I walk back into the mouth of Hell: The food handling here: whaa? They don't get refrigeration. I was at QFC and I wanted some cole slaw out of the deli case, but I wanted to ask first (Which never helps right, because they either lie or won't give you a straight answer) because I have seen them just throw some saran wrap over everything and leave it overnight WTF? I saw a woman throw plastic over the gelato (some flavors contain raw egg yolks)one night and I said "You leave that in the case?" I wanted to know because I had just had some. "YEAH! This stuff's expensive" she said.) I was just hoping; I love slaw and it's a pain to make. So I said "Hi". No response except staring openmouthed. "I was wondering, is the slaw freshly made today?" He says "Yeah, it's fresh, I think it was made yesterday". I said "Oh. Well, never mind then." He says "Wait, let me ask". So he asks this older lady and she says "WHAT? YEAH SHE CAN HAVE WHATEVER SHE WANTS IN THERE!!" (How is that an answer to the question?) He says "Well, the lady wants to know when the cole slaw was made". The woman says "EVERYTHING IN THERE WAS MADE 2 DAYS AGO. IT'S FRESH!!!!" I couldn't help laughing, I was trying to choke it back. I looked at the case full of food and I blurted out "Those ribs? They're 2 days old?" She says "YEAH!!!! THEY'RE GOOD FOR 2 WEEKS!!!" I couldn't help it then, I collapsed in helpless laughter. I had to leave the store. I was crying. I guess because I never get the opportunity to laugh here, it's backed up. 2 weeks for a side of ribs. You know, as Margaret Cho says, food poisoning on bbq ribs is the kind of food poisoning that gets everybody involved, including an ambulance.
seattleites must have such a tolerance for spoiled food that it doesn't bother them anymore. I have never had the sheer number of food poisoning incidents from food from the grocery store. The other night in another QFC I saw where somebody had left some raw chicken patties in the magazine rack next to the check out. It was warm. I knew they would just put it back in the freezer case, and someone would die, so I just tore the plastic off of it and put it back. The checkout girl saw me do it and smiled. MAYBE they won't put it back, because I knew I couldn't go through telling anyone about it and their passive-agressive reaction. Or maybe they'll be all GREEN, put some new plastic over it, and save it.