Not the consumer tool I used to be

Just got back from being woefully under-impressed with the opening of Stripling's at the corner of State Route 53 and Highway 78. Maybe their sausage is really all that, but even the namesake owner seemed to have no clue when I asked if they had back bacon.  We did not even get to pea-meal bacon or Iowa chops or pork cutlets. 

Nope, this store is really an overpriced redneck convenience store with an alleged butcher and smokehouse on site. It is nice to have a real meat store in Oconee County, and I did buy some of their smoked bacon, so I will give it a second chance, and the owner did apologize, but geez, no Canadian bacon at all?

Also, when you are opening, have some samples for  the people who have never been to any of your other stores. I welcome them to T's crossing and I predict an uptick in the weights of future lineman for North Oconee and Prince Avenue's football teams.

Also I then visited the Publix to find the Atlanta Falcons fan oriented sales force attempting to get me to buy things I would not have considered purchasing in a million years with the promise of various NFL related baubles and trinkets. Plus they would not let me get in on whatever raffle they had where a half dozen people were standing around waiting for. Well I guess I am not going to buy your overpriced consumer goods, Arthur Blank, although I am glad you are still undefeated.

My perfect storm of consumer regret was completed by attempting to purchase four hot chicken fingers from Zaxby's. Sorry, sir, we only sell fingers in sets of five. Fine, give me five. I just needed the hot sauce to try and help me get over my cold. 

Ever since Zaxby's made the ridiculously stupid decision to get rid of Odwalla Lemonade I have not been frequenting them as much as I have in the past, and I have not made it there for their breakfast yet, despite how many times I see Clay Matthews getting his ass slapped by some feminist football player.

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