I like Gelson's in part because it has a Victor Benes inside. And while it's wildly overpriced, the worker bees are always nice.
Inara: So. Would you like to lecture me on the wickedness of my ways? Book: I brought you some supper, but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped. Sin and hellfire... one has lepers.
'Serenity'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Kat - Oct 01, 2005 5:01:51 am PDT #4513 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 01, 2005 5:33:08 am PDT #4514 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Hmm, it hadn't occurred to me until just now that one of the reasons I like the two pricier organic/gourmet markets I shop at aside from the food is that all the staff are friendly and happy to be there. Well, that and the fact that one of the cashiers is extremely hawt. (The last time I was there the girl in front of me was flirting so shamelessly, it was all I could do not to say "Hey Chris, how's the Mrs.?" and draw her attention to the guy's wedding ring...)
§ ita § - Oct 01, 2005 6:08:44 am PDT #4515 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The grocery strike has shifted my buying to pricier stores too. I do shop Ralph's, but now won't drive past a Gelson's or a Bristol Farms to get there.
Last time I was at Gelson's, the cashier kept calling me Lady. Strange Andre the Giant incongruity. And the last time I remember Bristol Farms employees, I was either pitching one krav (had a black eye), or listening to another tell me how I should get laid, and also eat more meat. So it's a mixed bag. In fact, the Bristol Farms employees are the chattiest supermarket people around.
Deena - Oct 01, 2005 4:39:11 pm PDT #4516 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Thought I'd pop in here to say I finally had the courage to watch Aidan. That was a wonderful, heartwrenching episode.
DavidS - Oct 01, 2005 7:17:29 pm PDT #4517 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So, Tim seems to already be spoiled for Hamilton's death.
Zenkitty - Oct 01, 2005 7:22:05 pm PDT #4518 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Hamilton's going to die?!
Allyson - Oct 01, 2005 7:23:01 pm PDT #4519 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Hamilton likes carrots.
Betsy HP - Oct 01, 2005 8:08:19 pm PDT #4520 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
One of the good things about Trader Joe's (the ones I go to, anyway) is that the employees seem genuinely cheerful and interested in the products. One once asked me about the dried dragonfruit in my shopping cart, and I said "I have no idea what they are, but I had to try them" and he agreed it was pretty much obligatory.
Never seen a dragonfruit since. Maybe it was a TJ's in... the Twilight Zone!
Eddie - Oct 02, 2005 12:11:48 pm PDT #4521 of 10001
Your tag here.
DCJensen - Oct 02, 2005 1:07:30 pm PDT #4522 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
They need a better english translator, that page does. While not the worst translation, it does need work.