Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
Just came home from Kroger and had another "experience" with the manager of the meat department. I am not a demanding guy ...but for some reason I have had ongoing issues with this guy and the deli people at Walmart for several years. The Walmart deli people run in behind the wall behind the counter when they see me coming (I'll explain later ...)
First of all, let's be frank ...calling these people "butchers" is like calling me a heart surgeon.
I live in a suburb of a decent sized city that does not a true butcher shop. We do have something closer than what the chain stores offer, but it's 20 plus minutes away and sometimes it just doesn't work out for me to go there.
Anyone else run into this? What are your stories?
Today's experience with the fat, lazy ******* meat department manager at Kroger:
(background: this guy always purposely doesn't look at you and fiddles with something for 10-15 seconds before acknowledging you with a non-friendly "yeah ...". He then proceeds with short, non-informative answers to your questions, and a disgusted grimace when you have to ask follow up questions to try and understand what the hell is going on).
Set up: Kroger Wednesday's flyer - $19.99 lobster tails, I show up at the meat/seafood counter at 2:30pm Wednesday. I see no lobster or even a space for them. Manager guy sees me standing there and averts his eye contact and proceeds to shuffle meat trays for a bit ...accomplishing nothing. Finally he looks up:
KMgr: yeah?
Binky: I was looking for that lobster that was on sale.
KMgr: All sold out.
Binky: Wow - it's a week long sale, you're out already?
KMgr: yep. (doesn't offer any other information ...LIKE WHEN MORE ARE COMING????)
Binky: When are you getting more? (Based on past experiences ...I want to ask why the #### did he not order more - it's a GD week sale!!!)
KMgr: truck tonight.
Binky: ok, thanks!
Come back next day at 1pm (today/Thursday) ...we had a bit of snow/ice but roads are decent and Kroger is fully open. Go to meat/deli counter ...completely empty like the department is closed. I assume it's close due to weather. KMgr walks out from the back, makes eye contact ...then ignores me. Weighs a large vacuum-packed tenderloin for a bit and slaps the sticker on it.
KMgr: yeah?
Binky: yeah, I was looking for those lobster tails on sale
KMgr: they ain't out.
Binky: where are they? I thought they were supposed to come in last night?
KMgr: they're on the truck
(I pause, waiting on him to fill in the blanks ...nothing)
Binky: is the truck here? (thinking maybe it got delayed due to weather/road conditions)
KMgr: yeah.
(again ...pause, waiting for the mystery of the tails to be unveiled ...nothing)
Binky: when might the tails be unloaded?
KMgr: tomorrow (wait ...what?)
Binky: tomorrow??
KMgr: yeah, department called off, can't be unloaded (thoroughly disgusted look as though I should have already understood that through his grunts)
(scene)
Hey, it wasn't his fault the department called off - it's this guy's attitude. Clearly this guy has an issue with me, I haven't stuck around to see how he treats other customers but I do know I've never seen him move faster than a snail's pace and his only expression is that of a depressed nihilist.
Next up - KMgr Christmas story and selling suet within the limits of the law
Coming soon - the Walmart deli group and the impossibility of chipped (shaved) chopped ham lunchmeat.
First of all, let's be frank ...calling these people "butchers" is like calling me a heart surgeon.
I live in a suburb of a decent sized city that does not a true butcher shop. We do have something closer than what the chain stores offer, but it's 20 plus minutes away and sometimes it just doesn't work out for me to go there.
Anyone else run into this? What are your stories?
Today's experience with the fat, lazy ******* meat department manager at Kroger:
(background: this guy always purposely doesn't look at you and fiddles with something for 10-15 seconds before acknowledging you with a non-friendly "yeah ...". He then proceeds with short, non-informative answers to your questions, and a disgusted grimace when you have to ask follow up questions to try and understand what the hell is going on).
Set up: Kroger Wednesday's flyer - $19.99 lobster tails, I show up at the meat/seafood counter at 2:30pm Wednesday. I see no lobster or even a space for them. Manager guy sees me standing there and averts his eye contact and proceeds to shuffle meat trays for a bit ...accomplishing nothing. Finally he looks up:
KMgr: yeah?
Binky: I was looking for that lobster that was on sale.
KMgr: All sold out.
Binky: Wow - it's a week long sale, you're out already?
KMgr: yep. (doesn't offer any other information ...LIKE WHEN MORE ARE COMING????)
Binky: When are you getting more? (Based on past experiences ...I want to ask why the #### did he not order more - it's a GD week sale!!!)
KMgr: truck tonight.
Binky: ok, thanks!
Come back next day at 1pm (today/Thursday) ...we had a bit of snow/ice but roads are decent and Kroger is fully open. Go to meat/deli counter ...completely empty like the department is closed. I assume it's close due to weather. KMgr walks out from the back, makes eye contact ...then ignores me. Weighs a large vacuum-packed tenderloin for a bit and slaps the sticker on it.
KMgr: yeah?
Binky: yeah, I was looking for those lobster tails on sale
KMgr: they ain't out.
Binky: where are they? I thought they were supposed to come in last night?
KMgr: they're on the truck
(I pause, waiting on him to fill in the blanks ...nothing)
Binky: is the truck here? (thinking maybe it got delayed due to weather/road conditions)
KMgr: yeah.
(again ...pause, waiting for the mystery of the tails to be unveiled ...nothing)
Binky: when might the tails be unloaded?
KMgr: tomorrow (wait ...what?)
Binky: tomorrow??
KMgr: yeah, department called off, can't be unloaded (thoroughly disgusted look as though I should have already understood that through his grunts)
(scene)
Hey, it wasn't his fault the department called off - it's this guy's attitude. Clearly this guy has an issue with me, I haven't stuck around to see how he treats other customers but I do know I've never seen him move faster than a snail's pace and his only expression is that of a depressed nihilist.
Next up - KMgr Christmas story and selling suet within the limits of the law
Coming soon - the Walmart deli group and the impossibility of chipped (shaved) chopped ham lunchmeat.