Grocery Grousin ....
"Nah .... is not about de prices .... dat comin in Grocery Grousin (Part 2) ...."
Back in de day .... I used tuh write my fair share of satire-ish Letters tuh all de Editors of all de newspapers .... and .... surprisingly .... all meh letters used tuh get publish .... which .... proud-ily ..... I used tuh assume ..... is because meh letters was borse .....
But .... over de years .... I have come tuh realise .... dat my two cents probably wasn't all dat special after all .... cuz de kinda jokieness dat people does take dey time tuh write .... dat de newspapers does actually publish now ....
Check out dem two letters dat ah see in de papers dis week ....
Grrrrrrrr???!!!!
They made me want tuh write a third instalment .... yeah .... about those times when yuh reach up tuh de Cashier .... and de customer before you .... had 3 pack ah gross bloody meat .... dat dey didn't put in ah bag .... so de conveyor belt get wet .... with de blood and de water (and whatever other grossness dat leak) .... and de Cashier either pulls out ah nasty ole clort tuh wipe it .... or WORSE YET .... de Cashier doh wipe it AT ALL .... and you are then forced tuh put your groceries around de wetspot(s) .... which de Cashier totally ignores .... and drags your items through it (i.e. de wet spot) anyway .....
Ewwwww ....
Da'is it ..... ah pumped .... ah vex .... ah goin' an' write ah Letter tuh de Editor!
If I was tuh worry about dis problem .... I would not only have tuh walk wit ah napkin and hand sanitiser .... I would also have tuh walk wit some CIF .... ah clort .... a scrubbin brush .... and someting tuh take off chewing gum .... cuz HELLO .... you ever see some ah dem carts .... germs on de handle bars is de least of yuh worries!!!
Now I eh condonin dis eh .... cuz this is tres gross!!! .... but dem grocery bags does be real hard tuh open fuh tru! .... maybe de packers could invest in ah lil wet sponge .... like de ones yuh does use fuh stamps ....
PS: .... ah friend of mine have two frontline YUMA costumes tuh sell .... dey sellin fuh about $6000 .... LOL .... LMAO ..... cuz da'is not fuh both eh .... da'is each .... isn't that hilarious .... I eh hear ah good joke so in months .... but seriously tho .... all jokes aside .... if yuh have $6000 tuh blow .... leh meh know .... dem costumes ready and waitin fuh yuh!
D man said he deserved a national award yes. I have a solution for that gross-ness of saliva using packers. If we all get a few reusable shopping bags which are washable...we can avoid other ppl's saliva and everything else on plastic bags. That's it, I done making meh green pitch!
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Susie .... this recommendation deserves a National Award
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In Toronto, we doh have packers, we pack our own stuff...I am always surprised that groceries in Trinidad haven't yet realised that they can cut costs by having ppl pack their own stuff. And we also have to pay for our shopping bags (5 cents a piece which adds up) so most ppl walk around with fabric bags....I can only hope that my country will see the light in this regard soon. I real passionate about these things.
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Susie gyul ..... yuh hadda look at ah goceries packer as a person with a job .... and altho Trini love tuh adopt foreign ting .... when it comes tuh change .... we doh adapt well .... I cyah see Trinis packin dey own groceries without grumblin .... and about the bags .... it really is A LOT of plastic!!! .... my small groceries does generate at least 10 plastic bags .... cuz most times dey does have tuh double-up on dem! .... I does re-use dem as garbage bags .... so that's one item off my grocery list!
But de goin green scene is ah whole next topic ....
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Scene girl, $6000 is the average cost of a frontline costume now.
And yes those letters are a JOKE and the paper is a bigger joke to publish them.
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Sometimes I just can't believe what carnival has become .... I could NEVER fork out $6000 fuh ah carnival costume ....
Fuh me tuh do dat .... de costume hadda be comin wit ah man or sumtin!
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Only a man? He better have house, land, car and villa in France too...
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lol ... fuh real
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