NEVER JET HOT

Just my opinion dept. I'm not buying into the "Groceries are so much cheaper here" myth. The new WinCo foods apparently is trying to give that impression. Cereal is shoved on the shelf in turned-over cases, with one box stood up for display, guess which box customers throw in their carts. I spent five minutes replacing display boxes until Teresa made me stop. The floors and lighting are purposely hideous. There is no muzak. It even smells funny, like something was spilled on aisle 9 but there was no one to call. Many items are packaged in completely illogical amounts. Who wants ten pounds of carrots? I'm not kidding, ten pounds! Even if they were priced the same as the other store's regular size bag, what am I going to do with ten pounds? Rabbits would follow me home. They even make you bag your own groceries! I've got a bit of advice; When people get wise to the fact that the prices aren't much cheaper than Safeway, they will avoid your store in d...

So, it snowed. My sisters who live in the hills are all atwitter about the splendor of rural living. I live in the suburbs. Look, I didn't have to plow anything, and we just keep the house warm and pay a big electric bill later. I didn't chop any wood, butcher a hog, or read the bible by firelight; No caroling took place this season, unless you count the neighbor kid's car stereo. We didn't raise any birds or rabbits, shoot old yeller, or mend any clothes. We didn't go to any ice cream socials or barn raisings. The snow makes our nieghborhood looks like Courrier & Ives did a documentary about blighted suburbs; Our nieghbor's car has had a flat tire for weeks, my mailbox is dented, and I don't care. It's convenient and carefree living, the way the master planners planned it. (sort of) So don't be gettin' all snooty about your highfalutin woodchoppin' snow-plowing generator-cranking ways!