09-14-2009, 08:52 PM
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Offered up a bag of cans for a custom user title
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Westside
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Grocery Store Hijinx
So I am at Sobeys (Strathcona) and asked for 200 grams of ginger beef. She responded asking if I would like a medium, and I said I would like 200 grams. She then said that was a medium, so I told her she was the expert and that sounded fine. She filled up this container thing, weighed it and asked if 300 grams was fine, I said it sounded good. We then went through the exact same conversation for the sweet and sour chicken, this time resulting in nearly 400 grams. Both items tasted really bad and I eventually threw them out.
Why do they post the price per gram if they are going to ask if I want a medium knowing full well a medium is way more than what I asked?
Moral of the story? Avoid the medium Chinese food at Sobeys.
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09-14-2009, 08:55 PM
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aka Spike
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: The Darkest Corners of My Mind
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Well you did accept and pay for it. If you only wanted 200g, then tell her to take out 100g when she tells you it's 300g
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09-14-2009, 09:08 PM
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Offered up a bag of cans for a custom user title
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Location: Westside
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If I asked her to remove 100 grams, she would ask if I meant a small. Then the whole story would repeat again. It was very strange. The whole store seemed a little 'off'.
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09-14-2009, 09:14 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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I never found supermarket food like that to be any good. No idea why you would eat chinese food there. Eat chinese food at a chinese restaurant.
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09-14-2009, 09:15 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nage Waza
If I asked her to remove 100 grams, she would ask if I meant a small. Then the whole story would repeat again. It was very strange. The whole store seemed a little 'off'.
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That Sobey`s is off. Ever since Co-op opened I haven`t been there, now I am looking forward to Safeway opening so Co-op is less busy.
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09-14-2009, 09:19 PM
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Interestingly enough the salad rolls at Co-op aren't that bad, and even the sushi will fill in in a worst-case scenario.
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09-14-2009, 09:23 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Safeway does that same thing.
I should know better, ginger beef tasted like dried brown sugar  ughh.
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09-14-2009, 09:23 PM
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Offered up a bag of cans for a custom user title
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveToms
That Sobey`s is off. Ever since Co-op opened I haven`t been there, now I am looking forward to Safeway opening so Co-op is less busy.
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I remember when that was the only place around (Sobeys), now there is way too much competition to serve the junk I just had. I should get the manager to go over and taste that crap.
I live close to the new Safeway, and I am totally geeking out for it to open. I can actually see it from where I am typing.
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09-14-2009, 09:24 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nage Waza
I remember when that was the only place around (Sobeys), now there is way too much competition to serve the junk I just had. I should get the manager to go over and taste that crap.
I live close to the new Safeway, and I am totally geeking out for it to open. I can actually see it from where I am typing.
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Traffic is going to suck hardcore when the new mall gets going.
Makes me want to move.
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09-14-2009, 09:24 PM
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
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There are no victims only volunteers. You should have said no and got some take out from a greasy spoon.
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09-14-2009, 09:26 PM
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nage Waza
I remember when that was the only place around (Sobeys), now there is way too much competition to serve the junk I just had. I should get the manager to go over and taste that crap.
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He'd probably test it and say it tastes great. You walk and he spits it in the garbage.
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09-14-2009, 09:35 PM
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Offered up a bag of cans for a custom user title
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Westside
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No sane person would eat that stuff and say it was good. It was really horrible. I could honestly go for a major barf right now. I can post pics.
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09-14-2009, 09:40 PM
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aka Spike
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: The Darkest Corners of My Mind
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Well that's what you get for being a cheap and buying chinese food from Sobeys
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09-14-2009, 09:53 PM
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Offered up a bag of cans for a custom user title
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Cheap? I paid about ten bucks for that stuff. I was not trying to be cheap, just was in a rush.
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09-14-2009, 09:55 PM
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Took an arrow to the knee
Join Date: Mar 2006
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09-14-2009, 10:04 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by photon
Interestingly enough the salad rolls at Co-op aren't that bad, and even the sushi will fill in in a worst-case scenario.
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The sushi is a worst case scenario that will fill your crapper.
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09-15-2009, 09:54 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Just don't go to Starbucks and ask for milk.
When we lived in Calgary we stopped in at one downtown, since I'm not a coffee drinker I got a cookie and asked for a glass of milk. The girl was completely confused and had to ask someone else if they served milk and she wasn't sure either. She asked if I wanted a steamed milk and I told her "no, just a glass of milk". Then she came up with some other fancy type of drinks that contained milk and I said "no, just a glass of milk. I bought a cookie and would like a glass of milk to go with it". After a few minutes she finally clued in and I got my milk.
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09-15-2009, 10:10 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
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^^^
WTF? Who orders milk at Starbucks? I would of been confused too...
It's not even on the menu... LOL
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09-15-2009, 10:14 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: City by the Bay
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Quote:
Originally Posted by shane_c
I got a cookie and asked for a glass of milk.
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What are you, 4 years old? 
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