Fifteen
The last time I was in Whole Foods I ran into a friend’s mother. She didn’t even say hello, she just looked at me like I was wearing a Carmen Miranda, fruit-hat or a hoop skirt and said “I thought you hated shopping here.” While I have my problems with Whole Foods, they do have some very tasty things (the Udon Soup, the baguettes, etc) and they treat their employees really well. My problem is not really with the store so much as it is with the way people think about shopping there, as though they have done their good deed for the day simply by picking up an organic pear or filtered water from Fiji. It lets people off the hook. Simple solutions to complex problems are generally just another way of saying delusion, but this is no place for a jeremiad. As I said, I like the soup and good soup goes a long way.
On a side note, these mildly fermented drinks displayed in the photo should not, under any circumstances, be shaken before they are opened. If you happen to be inside of your car, then this will result in the interior of said car being sprayed with a brightly colored and sticky liquid that smells of the worst aspects of stale beer and the bottom of a trashcan. Do not do this. But, they do make for a pretty picture.
Fifteen
The last time I was in Whole Foods I ran into a friend’s mother. She didn’t even say hello, she just looked at me like I was wearing a Carmen Miranda, fruit-hat or a hoop skirt and said “I thought you hated shopping here.” While I have my problems with Whole Foods, they do have some very tasty things (the Udon Soup, the baguettes, etc) and they treat their employees really well. My problem is not really with the store so much as it is with the way people think about shopping there, as though they have done their good deed for the day simply by picking up an organic pear or filtered water from Fiji. It lets people off the hook. Simple solutions to complex problems are generally just another way of saying delusion, but this is no place for a jeremiad. As I said, I like the soup and good soup goes a long way.
On a side note, these mildly fermented drinks displayed in the photo should not, under any circumstances, be shaken before they are opened. If you happen to be inside of your car, then this will result in the interior of said car being sprayed with a brightly colored and sticky liquid that smells of the worst aspects of stale beer and the bottom of a trashcan. Do not do this. But, they do make for a pretty picture.