Last night I picked up a couple items for Steve at the grocery store. There was a pair of guys directly in front of me—a middle aged guy, and a somewhat younger guy. While younger guy went off to obtain an additional item, older guy decided to be nosy and inspect my purchases.

I had picked up two 1 gallon containers of milk, and as you are probably aware, most stores have some sort of deal where it’s cheaper to buy two. This is nothing new. The cap on the milk said something creative like “Buy 2 and save!”.

“Buy 2 and save,” he carefully reads. “Hmm…”

I pretend to be fascinated by the magazines on the rack proclaiming Britney’s baby to be a girl and listing off which celebs have the best and worst bodies. I hoped that he would keep his observations, already a bit intrusive, to himself and not involve me, a perfect stranger.

Older guy then moves on to my only other item of purchase—some Oscar Mayer turkey lunch meat.

“Hmm!” he notes with astonishment, “I didn’t know they made that kind of meat! Is it any good?”

The meat isn’t even for me, and I’m not sure I’ve even had this particular type, but ok. “Umm, yea, I guess it’s all right,” I manage to say, hoping this would satisfy his curiosity.

“So it’s pretty good, huh?” he persists. “How much does it cost?”

OMG, he is obsessed with this lunch meat! I could see if it was some gourmet, exotic brand, but I guess he is easily impressed. I’m not much of a comparison shopper to begin with, and since I was only buying the brand specified to me, I didn’t look at the price. I have NO idea how much this meat costs. None. I can’t even begin to provide an estimate.

“Umm, I don’t really know…” I start to say.

“So is it pretty cheap? How much, like $2, $3??”

“Umm, I really don’t know, you’d have to look.”

Luckily younger guy returned and older guy finished in line and left before I had to tell him exactly how much this amazing turkey meat costs. This is a good thing, because I still can’t tell you the price!

Posted at 1:11 PM |