What kinds of looks and comments do you get at the grocery store?
I can't be the only one here that gets a lot of strange looks and comments from people at the supermarket just because I'm buying a lot of fruits and vegetables.
It's very rare that I go to the store and the cashier doesn't say something about how many fruits and vegetables that I'm buying, but one thing that I've noticed is that almost all of the comments that I get from cashiers are comments that I know that they would never dare say to me if I was overweight...
- "Are you really going to eat all of this food yourself?"
- "I didn't even know it was possible for one person to eat so much food!"
- "So when you get home do you just sit there and eat nonstop 24/7?"
- "Oh my God!" (Saying this while looking at my shopping cart with eyes and jaw wide open.)
- "I can't believe how much food you eat!"
- "Do you gain like 20 pounds each time you eat a meal?"
- "So is all this food just for you or do you live with a few sumo wrestlers?
Like I said they would never joke about the large amounts of food that I buy if I was overweight, and since it's impossible to become overweight on this diet I guess that I'm going to have to hear these comments for now on. (If you get comments like these all the time, be happy because it means that you're fit, and you look healthy enough that they can openly joke about you're "Eating Disorder" because it's obvious that you're doing something right.)
I don't get annoyed by all the comments and looks that I get though because I realize that most grocery stores simply weren't designed for people like us. For the average person just eating an apple a day would be a challenge, so if you decide that you want to do a mono day or two of only eating apples you're probably going to end up buying more apples than the average 10 - 20 people would. Plus, years ago I used to buy less fruits and vegetables in 1 year than I do now in a week, and back then I probably would have looked at someone who lived entirely on fruits and vegetables as being strange.
One of my favorite comments was last week when I was shopping at Trader Joes and I was over in the banana section looking for ripe bananas and an old lady approached me and said, "Excuse me, what aisle do you guys keep your soy milk in?" I told here where it was and then I smiled and explained to her that I didn't actually work there and that I was just a customer, and then she said, "Oh, I'm sorry, I assumed that you worked here because it looked like you were going through and picking out all of the bad bananans that need to be thrown away."
I'm curious to know what kinds of comments you get when you are really stocking up on certain foods.
It's very rare that I go to the store and the cashier doesn't say something about how many fruits and vegetables that I'm buying, but one thing that I've noticed is that almost all of the comments that I get from cashiers are comments that I know that they would never dare say to me if I was overweight...
- "Are you really going to eat all of this food yourself?"
- "I didn't even know it was possible for one person to eat so much food!"
- "So when you get home do you just sit there and eat nonstop 24/7?"
- "Oh my God!" (Saying this while looking at my shopping cart with eyes and jaw wide open.)
- "I can't believe how much food you eat!"
- "Do you gain like 20 pounds each time you eat a meal?"
- "So is all this food just for you or do you live with a few sumo wrestlers?
Like I said they would never joke about the large amounts of food that I buy if I was overweight, and since it's impossible to become overweight on this diet I guess that I'm going to have to hear these comments for now on. (If you get comments like these all the time, be happy because it means that you're fit, and you look healthy enough that they can openly joke about you're "Eating Disorder" because it's obvious that you're doing something right.)
I don't get annoyed by all the comments and looks that I get though because I realize that most grocery stores simply weren't designed for people like us. For the average person just eating an apple a day would be a challenge, so if you decide that you want to do a mono day or two of only eating apples you're probably going to end up buying more apples than the average 10 - 20 people would. Plus, years ago I used to buy less fruits and vegetables in 1 year than I do now in a week, and back then I probably would have looked at someone who lived entirely on fruits and vegetables as being strange.
One of my favorite comments was last week when I was shopping at Trader Joes and I was over in the banana section looking for ripe bananas and an old lady approached me and said, "Excuse me, what aisle do you guys keep your soy milk in?" I told here where it was and then I smiled and explained to her that I didn't actually work there and that I was just a customer, and then she said, "Oh, I'm sorry, I assumed that you worked here because it looked like you were going through and picking out all of the bad bananans that need to be thrown away."
I'm curious to know what kinds of comments you get when you are really stocking up on certain foods.
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Permalink Reply by Princess on -
They go running because I am always bitching at why they have to ripen organic fruit under fridgeration
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Permalink Reply by Phil - Vegan - Edge on
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I'm lucky - I do almost all of my shopping at the Reading Terminal Market's produce area. Because its so close, I just walk over 5-7 times each week and fill my bag. The prices are incredibly low and I can fill a shopping bag for $5-10...a big help, now that my tiny community organizer salary is now gone and I haven't yet found a new job.
Because they only sell produce there and I'm buying modest amounts every day (as opposed to massive amounts once a week), I don't stand out at all.
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Permalink Reply by hannah on -
are you makinf banana bread?
are you making smoothies?
are you frutarian?
you eat all of these?
what are you doing with so many ______?
i just say "i eat it"
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Permalink Reply by Rachel on -
Hi Lared
I usually get 'Aren't you healthy!', to which I smile and reply 'YES! Feeling fit and fabulous on fantastic fruit!'
The one thing I've noticed is that people will think nothing of saying to a slim stranger 'oh, aren't you thin?' alomost like it's a crime, but rarely do you hear them approach a someone who is dimensionally challenged (overweight) and say 'aren't you fat' .........
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Permalink Reply by Jared on -
By any chance has anyone reading this ever had a cashier look at what you're buying and ask, "So are you on 80/10/10?"
I would freak out if that happened to me. I've been asked if I'm on a raw food diet a couple of times, and I've even been asked if I'm a fruitarian once, but it would really shock me if someone where I lived actually asked me specifically if I was on 80/10/10.
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Permalink Reply by Adrienne D. on -
The only thing I really get from cashiers is them asking WHAT the food is that I'm buying. You'd think that as a cashier in a grocery that they'd have some idea what they're selling. I have to tell them every time what the collards are, kale, dragon fruit, cucumber at one point! Ridiculous! I've also had one customer who was in line behind me ask where all the "good" stuff was in my pile? All he had was a box of chocolates and a massive amount of chicken. I just turned away...
other than that I just get funny looks as I'm picking through and smelling all the fruit!
some people!
- Adrienne
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Permalink Reply by Sweetfruitlover on -
I buy in such volume that I even get this kind of thing at the farmers markets, lol! I love it though. As I'm carrying my huge box/flat/whatever to my car, people always ask "what are you going to do with those?" And I always respond, "I'm going to eat them!" If they're really interested, I'll continue the exchange, and my next step is to say something like "I eat a raw vegan diet, so I can really go through a lot of produce." It gives me a chance to turn someone on to a new way of living and thinking, and to give them a bolt of good energy too.
I can totally relate to people feeling free to make all kinds of comments about my body now that I am so slim. All last year I got all this worry energy from my coworkers, friends and family (is she anorexic?). You know if I had gained 20-30 pounds, no one would have said anything (at least not to my face). But I just persevered, and now this second year since my weight has stabilized, everyone seems to have gotten used to the new me and the way I eat, and it all feels fine. Yay!
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Permalink Reply by Shannon on -
I've gotten the banana bread comment too. Actually led to a great in-store friendship with the cashier. :]
Anyway, I usually get "Are you REALLY going to eat all that?" to which I reply, "Yeah. This'll be gone in a few days." They always look astonished. I also like to joke and tell them that I "really hate fruits and vegetables" as I buy 3 reusable bags full of groceries.
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Permalink Reply by Mica on -
Actually for me it was role reverse with the funny looks recently when I stood at the banana counter and there is this girl next to me grabbing a whole bunch, then ripping off one banana and putting the rest of them back onto the shelf. I stopped, half staring at her thinking, "what the hell are you gonna do with ONE banana"???....and then I remembered lol
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