Ethical Shopping
I like avocados, I put them in salads. The trouble is; they are quite expensive and I find that about one in six of the ones I buy is black and mushy, inside. I do examine them thoroughly before I pop them into my trolly but, as yet, haven’t managed to find a way of accurately predicting their internal condition.I don’t doubt for a minute that the store would immediately replace any inedible ones, with no questions asked, but it’s a fifteen minute drive each way and it really doesn’t seem worth the bother, and I really don’t want to hang on to mangy avocados until the next time I go shopping.
I do my shopping by the scan as you go method, so when I get to the checkout everything is already in my bags and all I have to do is pay for it. This means I only pay for what I have scanned. So, to come to the point, I’ve been wondering if it would be morally acceptable to not scan every sixth avocado that I put in my shopping. I’m sure the store’s position on this would be, no, definitely not, but they would be looking at the situation from an entirely different point of view to me. If they were to allow the practice, everyone would be not scanning half of their shopping on the grounds that there is always a possibility that something might not be up to standard.
My solution to our differing perspectives and the store’s argument against my proposal would be to not tell the store I was doing it. From both a philosophical and practical standpoint, this seems the optimal strategy. My problem would be solved and, by maintaining secrecy, no one else would be encouraged to do the same thing.
I do, of course, realise that a good deal of caution will be necessary in the execution of my plan, as the police tend not to be very imaginative regarding the distinction between creative problem solving and shoplifting.
Comments (56)
Just put it to your ear and listen to what it tells you?
Second alternative...you could try using a pendulum?
I see people using those when they have doubts about certain products.
Maybe avocados have some form of intelligence...like all plants have.
Didn't you know that talking to plants and flowers etc is good for your spirit and also for their health and growth?
I don't eat avocados so I don't have that problem.
But...I but mangos and they also need testing before buying. As well as melons.
I use avocado as a replacement for butter.
I suggest you buy firm avocado's.
Tells you in the first few seconds
So sorry to here of your loss.
Anyway, on a more serious note, I know this topic has been brought up and discussed some time ago but one of you really have to change your shirt!
The thing is, MiMi, I don't have any photos of me wearing a clean shirt.
I find that emoji condescending..Yes I know your not being like that with me.
The idea of the video was about the info it told you in the first few seconds of what colour to buy which means you didn't listen you just looked at the pic.
Anyway I wish you luck
Mimi...enough of that illegal social interaction from you
MiMi loves illegal stuff...MiMi loves living dangerously
Use it wisely
PS: Please don't blame MiMi, I did it on purpose to get her into trouble with you.
But now I'm feeling sorry.
He seems to know his avocado holes.
Two different varieties available around here. Florida avocado with a smooth skin and soft meat. Easy to see when they are ready to eat and the smaller Hass with harder bumpy skin usually from California. Hass avocados are picked when are are rock hard and will change color from green to black in a few days. If you wait that long... it's too late.
I haven't been denied a refund if they go bad.
Several grocery stores are within 2-3 miles from me. But, the whole idea is to only pick what you can use until the next trip out.
I buy them mostly unripe now and if you put them in a bowl with an apple or other fresh piece of fruit (not in the fridge), the ethylene from the other fruit ripens the avocados very quickly. Once ripe, put them in the fridge.