Clean approach to food sales
An empty fridge is a great incentive to go out, in the middle of a thunderstorm, and purchase stuff that isn’t exactly necessary for good nutrition. Things like more dishwasher soap and assorted chocolate chip cookies. And don’t forget the cheese. We discovered that milk products are somewhat difficult to store in the context of camping, so good cheddar (or bad cheddar) was soon stricken from the list of essentials during our long time away from humdrum house.
The market usually finds something to poke my “Isn’t that curious?” button; tonight they were featuring a new display at the entrance to the store. Special wiping towels, to sanitize your shopping cart handle. Holy handcloth, batman! As if a piece of wet paper is going to save us from the next, great epidemic. By the time you’ve done the rounds, you’ve already shared the tomato squeeze bug, the meat tray syrup and the samples of unknown foodstuffs with the other crazed cart drivers in aisle number three. I doubt that wiping the bar of your basket is going to do anything other than make you feel safe, in the manner of floating seat cushions on an airliner.
Since the government is currently paused for BBQ season, this newest idea may have actually sprung from some independent grocers association conference. I must check for past programs. Somewhere, sandwiched between the Optimizing Displays Of Olives workshop and the How To Hold Your Client Hostage In Long Lines seminar, there might have been an introductory session dealing with Handwashing For The Great Masses (unwashed).
I declined the chance to sanitize, so I’m now a walking germ barn. Little matter. By the time the next epidemic gets here, I’ll be too hungry to care.
