crlgrl’s BodyBlog

As you all probably know, I hate going to Wal Mart!! It is part of my "Axis of evil"!! It’s really nothing against Wal Mart per se….it’s the other people that are at Wal Mart. I’ve blogged on my frustrations at the lack of considerations for others…..standing across an aisle while you talk; and about the fact that people don’t follow basic traffic laws. They work out on the road so why not in the aisle? Or probably my personal favorite…..parking your cart on one 1/2 of the aisle and then your ample body in the other 1/2 to stare at the pickled pigs feet. GEEZ! Park your @ss and cart on the same side and the rest of us can get by!!! Anyway, (before I get too worked up) I stop at the deli counter to get some turkey and a rotissere chicken. How do they pack so much goodness into one little yard bird anyway? Back to the deli counter…a dangerous place, because you are not moving and you have a chance to look around and see the OTHERS!!! This is the time to not make eye contact! First, I HEAR, the guy from California. And how do I know he is from California? Because he tells everyone, in a very loud voice, in every sentence that "they have pickle loaf in California." Yeah, we don’t get the cool Californians here. We basically get the guy that lives in a trailer in San Bernadino but he calls it a "modular home". "Trailer Park, buddy, you live in a Trailer Park."  So to avoid a conversation with Mr. Pickle loaf, I look over towards the yogurt aisle, "How much Activa do I have?" And then I see them….the scrawny couple with stringy hair and darting eyes. Their cart of course has several boxes of Sudafed and matches and a book titled "Meth-making for Dummies". I aimlessly begin to wonder how funny it would be to see a holiday edition of Martha Stewart’s Olde timey ChrisMETH recipes….and realize I’m looking at them and they are looking back…sort of. It’s hard to tell with the darty eyes. So, I do the only thing I can….I just look down and focus on labels. I start reading my Sara Lee 100% whole wheat bread. Which I’ve been eating for years, I know this label by heart. When I write out my calories, carbs, all that…I don’t have to even look. So, when did they start putting 2 seperate calculations on the label?? 2 slices has always been a serving. And then I’m like…"Wait a galldarn minute….I’m offended!" Are they really dumbing down the label for us? I mean is there some one out there going, "I just wanted to eat a fold-over but how am me  supposed to figure this up when a serving is 2 slices…uh, is multiply? No, divide? Ohhhh, too much! I’ll just eat a full sandwich!!" And then the deli lady in the paper hat breaks through the fog of frustration…."Mam… mam…Can I help you?" I look around quickly and realize she’s talking to me and California and Meth-Mom are looking at me like I’m the weird one. I just mumble, "Got any pickle-loaf?" (:

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