This is a picture deprived posting, but I am sure that once I am in LA you will be overloaded with pictures so don't worry!
It seems as though May brings about changes in my life. Last year on May 31st I spent the night in the air on my way to Amelia, Italy. That was followed by three months of amazing adventures. This year on May 1st I start my trek across the United States. Kelly is going to be going on tour with the Buzzcocks and she needed someone to watch Bella and the apartment, and I figured it may bring about good job luck for me to try some new scenery. So new adventures here I come.
I'd like to thank everyone for their suggestions of road trip stops, I think we have a pretty good list started. I am really looking forward to seeing the worlds second largest pecan which is about a block away from the worlds largest mobile pecan. What exactly constitutes a mobile pecan? I am not sure, but rest assured I will let you know when I figure it out.
Now, back to my old random ranting blogs. I went to Publix yesterday to do some grocery shopping and I picked up a bunch of random items including a box of Snyder's sourdough pretzels (yumm yumm). After driving home, putting away the groceries and then reaching for the box to have an afternoon snack I realized something was wrong, the box was way too easy to open. Usually I have to be careful not to give myself a huge paper cut when trying to open the top of the box. Once I looked inside I realized that something was definitely off, the cellophane bag in the box was turned on it's side. I reached inside to find that the bag had not only already been opened, but a pretty good portion of the pretzels had been eaten.
This was all slightly annoying, but it got me thinking... who does that? For those of you that are not fortunate enough to have a Publix near you, they are definitely an upper level grocery store, always clean, always courteous. In fact when I returned later that day to exchange the box of pretzels the manager couldn't stop apologizing. I didn't really mind, it's not that far out of my way to swing back by and they are never rude, but still... who does that? I mentioned that maybe a small child picked up and opened the box and bag (a pretty big task) without the mother/father realizing (pretty impossible I think) and the parents just thought the child had an unopened box in their hands and returned it to the shelf. When I posed this scenario to the manager she disagreed. She said it isn't uncommon for people to eat items while shopping and then place them on the shelf before they leave. Who knows what person put my mystery box back on the shelf, but I think it goes to remind us that it is never ok to eat someone else's food without asking... especially before they've even had a chance to buy it. :-)
Has anyone else bought something at the grocery store only to get home and realize that someone else had enjoyed it previously? If so, please share. I have a feeling this could lead to some pretty entertaining stories.
It seems as though May brings about changes in my life. Last year on May 31st I spent the night in the air on my way to Amelia, Italy. That was followed by three months of amazing adventures. This year on May 1st I start my trek across the United States. Kelly is going to be going on tour with the Buzzcocks and she needed someone to watch Bella and the apartment, and I figured it may bring about good job luck for me to try some new scenery. So new adventures here I come.
I'd like to thank everyone for their suggestions of road trip stops, I think we have a pretty good list started. I am really looking forward to seeing the worlds second largest pecan which is about a block away from the worlds largest mobile pecan. What exactly constitutes a mobile pecan? I am not sure, but rest assured I will let you know when I figure it out.
Now, back to my old random ranting blogs. I went to Publix yesterday to do some grocery shopping and I picked up a bunch of random items including a box of Snyder's sourdough pretzels (yumm yumm). After driving home, putting away the groceries and then reaching for the box to have an afternoon snack I realized something was wrong, the box was way too easy to open. Usually I have to be careful not to give myself a huge paper cut when trying to open the top of the box. Once I looked inside I realized that something was definitely off, the cellophane bag in the box was turned on it's side. I reached inside to find that the bag had not only already been opened, but a pretty good portion of the pretzels had been eaten.
This was all slightly annoying, but it got me thinking... who does that? For those of you that are not fortunate enough to have a Publix near you, they are definitely an upper level grocery store, always clean, always courteous. In fact when I returned later that day to exchange the box of pretzels the manager couldn't stop apologizing. I didn't really mind, it's not that far out of my way to swing back by and they are never rude, but still... who does that? I mentioned that maybe a small child picked up and opened the box and bag (a pretty big task) without the mother/father realizing (pretty impossible I think) and the parents just thought the child had an unopened box in their hands and returned it to the shelf. When I posed this scenario to the manager she disagreed. She said it isn't uncommon for people to eat items while shopping and then place them on the shelf before they leave. Who knows what person put my mystery box back on the shelf, but I think it goes to remind us that it is never ok to eat someone else's food without asking... especially before they've even had a chance to buy it. :-)
Has anyone else bought something at the grocery store only to get home and realize that someone else had enjoyed it previously? If so, please share. I have a feeling this could lead to some pretty entertaining stories.
