@calicakes wrote:
I've been doing the grocery store shops for Trendsource. You have to ask a question in Produce and Meat. I try to pick the least asinine question each round. For instance, the questions for produce this month are 1. Do you have any recipes for mango. 2. Which is better for cranberry sauce, fresh, frozen or canned?. 3. Does the color of the potato reveal something about it? 4. which fruits aid weight loss?
The question I picked for Meat was How long does it take to defrost a turkey?. Thats not so bad, but I think it was the least dumb of all the questions. Maybe its me, because I have an extensive culinary background so I'd never ask these questions if I was just "shopping". Do they really think an 18yr old kid in produce is going to have some recipes using fresh mangos?( in November at that?) Why would anyone want to buy frozen cranberries( do they even sell them) when its cranberry season. I've never seen canned cranberries( unless they mean already prepared sauce).
@guysmom wrote:
The grocery shops that I do for Trendsource are probably with a different Client, because the guidelines SUGGEST questions to ask, but they are not mandatory. So, for instance, in the Deli, I say I have a relative coming that is on a salt-restricted diet...what would they recommend for sandwich meat?? Or in the Bakery, I have a relative with diabetes...what types of sugar-free desserts do they carry? In the meat section, I have a relative visiting who can only eat the leanest cuts of meats....what do they suggest??? Stuff like that. I'm glad I can use my own scenarios.
@COMystery wrote:
OMG - I used the mango question yesterday. I thought it was about the dumbest question to throw at the produce guys (why do few women work produce?). The produce guy was all over that question. He came up with some really neat ideas. He went into detail about how the sweetness mellows out the hot peppers, etc. It was a 15 minute conversation. It would have been much shorter, but the produce guy is really handsome and no wedding ring. I was so proud that I had such a terrific response for that question. As I was driving home I thought, oh crap, did I just shop the wrong location. I DID! I had to run over to the correct location and ask the question again (and all the others). This produce guy responded with, "Salsa." Period.
I used to feel ridiculous asking many of the questions. I'm in my 60s and I'm going to ask someone in their 20s why bananas turn brown. But, I've gotten so used to these shops, that I really don't care what question I ask. I just ask and report the response. I've overheard some really odd questions being asked by regular customers.
@calicakes wrote:
@Irene_L.A.
I've never seen canned CRANBERRIES. I've seen canned cranberry sauce( whole berry and jellied). I don't agree, I find this question pretty dumb. Why would someone buy frozen berries at this time of year when you can get fresh?
@COMystery wrote:
... I used to feel ridiculous asking many of the questions. I'm in my 60s and I'm going to ask someone in their 20s why bananas turn brown. But, I've gotten so used to these shops, that I really don't care what question I ask. I just ask and report the response. I've overheard some really odd questions being asked by regular customers.
@ChrisCooper wrote:
@COMystery wrote:
... I used to feel ridiculous asking many of the questions. I'm in my 60s and I'm going to ask someone in their 20s why bananas turn brown. But, I've gotten so used to these shops, that I really don't care what question I ask. I just ask and report the response. I've overheard some really odd questions being asked by regular customers.
When I hear someone ask a really odd question, my first thought is that they might be an MSer, too.
@ceasesmith wrote:
No question is stupid. I once sent an employee to the grocery store to get a head of cabbage, and she brought back a head of lettuce. She didn't know one from the other. Maybe she couldn't read, even -- the
sign over the cabbage says "cabbage, 49 cents lb" and the sign over the lettuce says "head lettuce, $1.79 each".
@calicakes wrote:
@Irene_L.A.
I've never seen canned CRANBERRIES. I've seen canned cranberry sauce( whole berry and jellied). I don't agree, I find this question pretty dumb. Why would someone buy frozen berries at this time of year when you can get fresh?