My trip to town on Friday was okay. I was able to get in and out of the shower without incident. I chose not to sit on the low toilet in the master bathroom, lest the extra degrees required for bending my sore knee be too much for its current progress in healing.
The drive to the bank was roundabout, because of the new roundabout construction. I took a circuitous route and got there. The drive-thru was open. I skipped the stop for gas. T-Hoe has half a tank still to guzzle before I HAVE to feed him.
At the Save A Lot over in Sis-Town, there was a cart in the return corral by the handicap space. So I had that for help walking in. I only wanted the scratcher machine, and bananas. No need to do the longer walk at Country Mart, just for that. I got my scratchers. But not bananas.
Here's the thing. I don't like the produce at this store. I'll buy their meat. No issues with that. But the produce seems neglected. I've brought home WOODY BANANAS two or three times from there! So I was extra-cautious. I knew not to choose the green ones. I reached out. Picked up a couple bunches. But put them back. I turned to leave. But turned back. I really needed bananas, and didn't want to go to another store. But I could not force myself to get them.
There were flies buzzing around the bananas!
Let the record show that I've also brought home onions from there that had fruit flies. That's the only source I could pin them down to. When I picked up a bunch of bananas, considering them, fruit flies flew out. I'm pretty sure that if there are live adult houseflies buzzing around the bananas while I'm standing there, they also have already laid some eggs on those bananas. What would result from them would be even worse than fruit flies!
No thank you!
I wheeled that cart back outside without making a purchase. Other than scratchers, of course! I had a $40 winner on a $5 ticket. So it was worth the stop. I'll have to get my bananas at 10Box. Their fruit is flyless.
2 comments:
Yes, I agree that a blatant show of obvious fruit flies is a very bad sign of poor-quality fruit. When I was gainfully employed in the outside world, people would bring bananas to work and throw their peeling in the trash, that may or may not get picked up that night. Of course we had an abundance of fruit flies. I had to set up a vinegar and soap trap on my shelf, in my office. When I would send a banana for my husband, after I no longer worked there, I always included a cheap zippy bag for him to corral his peeling. That way he did not contribute to the problem. I guess the banana eater doesn't work there anymore and my husband no longer eats bananas as he says they no longer taste right to
him. Ranee
Rae,
I had to set up a soap trap for my infestation. It took about a week to get rid of them. I was catching six or seven a day, using only my dish liquid that had a citrus scent. The apple scent does not seem to work!
I agree about bananas not tasting right. Some of them have no flavor at all. The other Save A Lot has a fan blowing over their onions all the time. But it's not near the bananas. I guess they just buy their fruit/produce in large quantities, and they're closed up somewhere until put on the shelves.
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