I tell you, in this age of specialization, if I were the meat-cutter and the manager, I would be more worried if they lost customers to a market that could cut chicken- and then nobody would have a job. I guess nobody at that store can "cut-the-mustard" either!
I was also sent to get a new pair of ear-buds (for a gift) on the same trip as the market. I remembered that there is a Radio Shack next to the market. What a deal! I remember wandering about in a Radio Shack playing with all the RC toys and checking out all their gadgets. I was also a member of their battery club. Once you joined, you could bring back any Radio Shack batteries for new ones for FREE. Guess what- nothing is free anymore. You cannot even just look around in the store.
I was met at the door by a "sales associate" that would guide me throughout the journey about the store and into "purchase-land". I wanted ear-buds, so he quickly too me to the mid-priced models at $39.95! Ear-buds are usually crap that come apart, get lost or get tangled beyond help. Paying more than $10 for units that will need a replacement in a gnat's lifetime is ludicrous. I asked for the cheaper ones and was shown units that were $5 less. Each time I asked, I was moved down a step or two until I reached the "disposable" level of $9.99.
Consequently, I probably have been wiser than I thought to avoid the Radio Shack store. It no longer has free batteries, or hundreds of gadgets on the walls. The RC toys are all in boxes, so they can't be played with. The store makes me feel uncomfortable and even itchy! That was prolly the last time I go into Radio Shack- at least half the store is dedicated to smart phones and accessories, anyhow.
When did they stop? I just saw a very nice looking Ferrari parked in the mall lot. I walked all around it, admiring what I could without touching. There are no model numbers or names on the outside- anywhere. I knew it was a Ferrari because of the horse emblem. It wasn't until I got home and looked it up on the internet that I found out it is a "California". You'd think that for as much as it costs, there would be a name or model on it- somewhere. It must have been removed by the owner, as the one on the screen clearly has an name on it (unless that is an added cost option).
Talking
In celebration of the complexities of the English language, we bring you the following: Lets face it English is a stupid language. There is no egg in the eggplant No ham in the hamburger And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple. English muffins were not invented in England French fries were not invented in France. We sometimes take English for granted but if we examine its paradoxes we find:- that Quicksand takes you down slowly Boxing rings are square And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. If writers write, how come fingers don't fing. If the plural of tooth is teeth shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth If the teacher taught, why didn't the preacher praught. If a vegetarian eats vegetables why don't humanitarians eat human!? Why do people recite at a play yet play at a recital? Park on driveways and drive on parkways? How can the weather be as hot as hell on one day and as cold as hell on another? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language:- whereby a house can burn up as it burns down. You fill in a form by filling it out. A bell is only heard once it goes!
English was invented by people, not computers and it reflects the creativity of the human race (Which of course isn't a race at all)
