Farmer's Market

[lesbiassparrow]

Because I feel so accomplished by acheiving all of this by 9.20 I will inflict it on you. By 9 I had already returned from the Hollywood Farmer's Market which is one of the things I will really miss from here. I bought all sorts of lovely things including lavender which is already in vases! I am that accomplished this morning!

But what I will not miss about the farmer's market is some of the wretched customers. I do not understand:

1. Why you try and pay with $100 bill and wonder why people can't change it at 8.30 in the morning and get all annoyed about this.

2. Why you think that x stall telling you their stuff is not organic is an opportunity for you to spend 15 minutes berating them about how they should go organic. I feel that this is not the way to convince them. You should probably also not tell them about the varieties they should grow or suggest that they don't really know what they are doing.

3. Why you cut in front of people, acknowledge it, and then still go ahead thrusting your money out. I don't mind waiting and I know that in these situations it's not always clear who is first but I do mind you smiling as you say 'oh, I took your place' and then going ahead because appparently you saying it makes it fine!

4. Why people bring dogs to these things and get miffed when they are told they are not allowed. I think your dog probably would rather a nice walk somewhere where people are not likely to step on its toes and tower over it.

5. The complaints about things being too expensive. The prices are what they are! If you don't want to pay $1.50 for something then why not buy it somewhere else? This is especially annoying if I later see you get into a $50,000 car.

Er, I didn't mean to sound that grumpy, but this is about 5 years worth of assembled annoyances being posted at once

Comments

[elspethsheir.livejournal.com]

#1, #3, and #5 happen at our Farmer's Market too! My favourite last week was a scam artist woman (I'm almost certain) who was interested in some Artisan bread. When she heard the price, she said, with the following emphases, "I just gave money at the church for a woman who has cancer, so I don't know if I can afford that right now." So she ended up paying $1 for a $6 bread and later walked off to her very expensive, very new BMW. I wonder how many other stalls she visited with the same story, because her arms were full when she returned to her vehicle...

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

So she ended up paying $1 for a $6 bread and later walked off to her very expensive, very new BMW.

!!! What a rotten person! I do not understand this at all - why are you so very cheap if you have that sort of cash? And it is usually those people who seem to be the worst at our market!

[lovinlorne.livejournal.com]

Ah, the public. Gotta hate them! I'm so glad I don't have to put up with their crap anymore. Well, at least for a little while anyway.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

The public can be quite horrid especially when they feel very self-entitled as many at the market seem to.

How are the days of freedom going?

[sucrelefey.livejournal.com]

Our farmer's markets suffer from customers that graze on the food before they buy it and destroy the product in the bins while looking for the perfect version for themselves. They are also under the strange impression that it's just and outdoor Safeway and expect the same things.
Morons.
But we don't get many con artist cheapskates beyond the "I pay cash, you not charge tax." ethnic cliche.
Just about everything is on debit card transaction.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Ah, the 'I must search through everything, picking up items pea by pea!' I understand it for the bigger things but some people take 15 minutes to select $1 worth of grapes!

[sucrelefey.livejournal.com]

I must dismantle several baskets of strawberries to build the perfect one and leave the rejects half mushed in my wake even if it means taking the cellophane wrap over the top off and leaving it behind as a crumpled ball.
I've worked retail in this town I know all the games.

[worldforawhile.livejournal.com]

I had no idea you lived here. But I guess you're moving?

I've never been to the Hollywood Farmer's Market. How sad is that?

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

I will be moving in mid-July. I didn't know you were in LA either.

You should go to the farmer's market - it's quite good and I really like the veggies and the food. Also if you don't feel like buying anything there, there is still Amoeba opening at 11 or so!