When I was 6 years old, back in 1979, a convenience store failed to have any Hubba Bubba. I was with a group of family members driving around, and my cousin wanted a pack of Hubba Bubba. My mom went in the store to buy some, but the store didn't have any.
A lot of people get mad when stores don't carry their favorite product. I take it all in stride, but some people really don't handle it too well. Other people get mad and break things.
This can be annoying. Like when on vacation, and you want a yoo-hoo or monster energy drink, and you end up randomly selecting the one convenience store that does not have it, and have to make another stop to get it.
How about when radio stations don't paly a popular song that you like, even though it fits their format.
Sometimes people have a dog, and I don't, and I'm at their house and they want me to be all into the dog. I don't care about the dog. Where's the more popular cat?
Many stores have Coke or Pepsi, but not both. They get a discount for only having one. (Grocery stores obviously have both.)
What I find more irritating is when the Sunday insert in the newspaper has some decent coupons for stuff I would buy and then the grocery store doesn't have that particular brand. If I were a conspiracy theorist I'd speculate they find out what coupons will run and then pull that brand from the shelf, though I'm not sure it would be worth the effort.
When you go into the Big Lots in NJ, they will say they do not offer furniture leasing in the state of New Jersey, which is annoying since they put it in every advert i've seen. I don't think it is a good idea to lease furniture, but when they push it in the adverts as much as they do it gets overwhelming.
As much as I want to laugh about this topic, I completely agree!
They never did come out with Burgertime for Atari 800. I bet a lot of people broke things as a result.
The leading pop station in my area never added a moderately popular Men At Work song. I bet some people never listened to that station again. They probably haven't listened to it in over 30 years. They probably burned all the survey sheets and souvenir frisbee they collected from that station.
As far as soda brands go, it is annoying when fast-food joints only have Pepsi products. Pepsi sucks. I hate it. This is what I really dislike about Taco Bell, even more so that it's well-known side effects.
Chicken Express only has Dublin Dr Pepper, instead of original. It is made with different formula, and tastes really bad. This is unfortunate because they have the best chicken tenders around.
I prefer Pepsi but I have no problem drinking Coke products. I never really understood people who can't handle the "other" brand, they and all their brand equivalents taste pretty similar across the board.
Are there any chains that have both brands available? I feel like I visited a place recently where that was the case but I can't remember what it was.
Mars brought back the Crispy M&Ms but I haven't seen them on sale anywhere. My girlfriend brought a pack home one day and that's the only one I've seen.
Did the Mars Bar become Snickers w/Almonds?
Quote from: cjk374 on March 27, 2015, 09:25:05 PM
Did the Mars Bar become Snickers w/Almonds?
esentally yes: http://www.candyfavorites.com/snickers-almond
Also there was a bar called Forever Yours. It was discontinued but brought back as Milky Way Midnight.
I went to the closest c-store to my house for coffee They had decal and instant but no just regular coffee. However, they did have 28oz cans of boiled clams.
I don't know how popular this is, but I like the Maui Onion flavor of Lays Kettle cooked potato chips. But for some reason the only store that I have been able to buy this flavor is Albertsons. The other flavors are sold everywhere
Quote from: Brian556 on March 27, 2015, 12:16:57 PM
As far as soda brands go, it is annoying when fast-food joints only have Pepsi products. Pepsi sucks. I hate it.
Funny, I seem to run into many more places that are Coke-only rather than Pepsi-only. Worse still, the Coke-only outlets usually don't carry diet Sprite, the only Coke product I can stand, but rather only regular Sprite (I can't drink sugared sodas for medical reasons).
While I have ridiculously strong brand preferences, it usually doesn't matter since on the road I bring my favorite sodas in a portable electric cooler.
You can only get Taylor Ham up here at Wegman's, which means you have to be one of those jerks that goes to Wegman's. That's bullshit.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on March 27, 2015, 09:03:01 PM
Are there any chains that have both brands available? I feel like I visited a place recently where that was the case but I can't remember what it was.
Generally they won't, because a restaurant has to sign a contract with one or the other, which usually involves leasing a fountain, and if Coke finds you dispensing Pepsi out of their fountain pretty soon you won't have either.
Of course you could purchase your own fountain to dispense both out of, but then when it breaks you'll be on the hook for repairs, and in the meantime you won't have any soda for your customers. I can't imagine it would be much cheaper than renting from the soda company, either.
I don't really care about the Coke/Pepsi thing because when I eat out I usually choose Dr Pepper, which tends to be available in both Coke and Pepsi establishments. If I know a place is Pepsi-only, I'll often go for Mountain Dew (Coke's analogue, Mello Yello, isn't often available).
As for why Pepsi is so common, I think Pepsi contracts are cheaper. The casino chain I work for gives it out for free in all of their establishments, and I can't imagine them picking the more expensive of the two. That also explains why you often see Pepsi in smaller, local establishments, including just about every Chinese restaurant I've ever been to.
I think it's a situation where the store simply can't get the amount of the product they need to sell, so they simply don't; or it's a case that the company can't (or won't) supply certain items, or even the idea that the store wants you to consider buying a different kind of brand than the one they're selling.
I've had that happen several times with my local Publix, and it's infuriating.
I got hooked on Snyder's Of Hanover chocolate covered mini pretzels and their chocolate-covered peanut butter pretzel cracker sandwiches...and then they would disappear off the shelves, only to show up again three to four months later, then be available for a couple of months and then disappear again.
The latest switch involved teas; I usually drink either Twinings or Bigelow's with the occasional foray into Celestial Seasonings; but about four months ago nearly all the Twinings products disappeared to replaced with Tazo teas. WTF? Where's my Premium Black Currant, Pure Mint and Spiced Apple Chai? Gone with the wind...but there's all the regular Twinings Chai (one of maybe two or three flavors they kept and I don't care for) to be bought.
Hell, I haven't seen a bar of Lindt's Intense Mint chocolate in any store (Target, Walgreen's and World Market) down here in nearly two years!
I keep wondering if it's economics or psychology going on here, or both...
Quote from: Pete from Boston on March 27, 2015, 02:57:33 AM
Sometimes people have a dog, and I don't, and I'm at their house and they want me to be all into the dog. I don't care about the dog. Where's the more popular cat?
The cat has better things to do
Quote from: Scott5114 on March 28, 2015, 03:36:45 AM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on March 27, 2015, 09:03:01 PM
Are there any chains that have both brands available? I feel like I visited a place recently where that was the case but I can't remember what it was.
Generally they won't, because a restaurant has to sign a contract with one or the other, which usually involves leasing a fountain, and if Coke finds you dispensing Pepsi out of their fountain pretty soon you won't have either.
Of course you could purchase your own fountain to dispense both out of, but then when it breaks you'll be on the hook for repairs, and in the meantime you won't have any soda for your customers. I can't imagine it would be much cheaper than renting from the soda company, either.
I don't really care about the Coke/Pepsi thing because when I eat out I usually choose Dr Pepper, which tends to be available in both Coke and Pepsi establishments. If I know a place is Pepsi-only, I'll often go for Mountain Dew (Coke's analogue, Mello Yello, isn't often available).
As for why Pepsi is so common, I think Pepsi contracts are cheaper. The casino chain I work for gives it out for free in all of their establishments, and I can't imagine them picking the more expensive of the two. That also explains why you often see Pepsi in smaller, local establishments, including just about every Chinese restaurant I've ever been to.
Around here pretty much any gas station worth stopping at will have the line of Coke
and Pepsi products, plus Dr. Pepper at the fountain.
Quote from: DeaconG on March 28, 2015, 09:47:54 PM
I think it's a situation where the store simply can't get the amount of the product they need to sell, so they simply don't; or it's a case that the company can't (or won't) supply certain items, or even the idea that the store wants you to consider buying a different kind of brand than the one they're selling.
I've had that happen several times with my local Publix, and it's infuriating.
I refuse to play these games and will simply buy the missing product on Amazon, assuming it's non-perishable. I bought my preferred flavor of Tuna Helper, which nobody seems to want to stock anymore, in a dozen case on Amazon. If you can't find it on Amazon, you can probably contact the manufacturer to buy it direct, or see if they can point you to a more reliable source in your area.
Quote from: DeaconG on March 28, 2015, 09:47:54 PM
I think it's a situation where the store simply can't get the amount of the product they need to sell, so they simply don't; or it's a case that the company can't (or won't) supply certain items, or even the idea that the store wants you to consider buying a different kind of brand than the one they're selling.
Around here, Price Chopper likes to play "musical chairs" with some brands, particularly with bread. They USUALLY have Pepperidge Farm whole wheat (which doesn't have the flakes and isn't jumbo sized), so I usually go with that, though sometimes I have to get something else. And the other brands are even less reliable.
Supermarket availability and placement seems to be a game of competition from suppliers. My understanding is that the best spots go to those who cut the best deals. This is certainly true at other retailers. If you shop regularly at Home Depot, for example, you'll see major brands come and go, grow and shrink. Milwaukee practically has its own tool department there now, while the once-ubiquitous Irwin has become scarce.
Simple answer is, money talks.
It seems that the supermarkets don't want to be supermarkets anymore. They want to be banks, florists, Subway branches, even doctors' offices. (I cry foul at that one: do we really need any more incentive for Mommy to bring sick little Susie and Johnny to the store to cough and sneeze all over the merchandise? :no: :pan:) They carry less and less food items and the like. I'm half-convinced that one of these days, I'm going to go to Safeway, for example, and there will be no food. I'll see a lumberyard where the produce used to be, telescopes where the dairy used to be, expensive jewelry where the bread used to be, model train supplies where the canned goods once were, and I'll ask, "Where's the food?" to which the employee will reply, "Oh, we don't carry food anymore; it's the great new trend in supermarkets. I don't know where you can get food; you'll probably have to go to a restaurant." I'll say, "But I want to cook my own meals!" to which the employee will use that nasal tone of voice that lets you know they don't care about how unhappy you are (are they actually trained to use that nasal tone?) to reply, "I'm sorry sir, we just don't have food. You just have to go out to eat; I don't know of any stores that actually carry food."
An example of what this thread addresses: In an entire metropolitan area of over 4 million people, not one damn store carries French's yellow mustard in the small 9-ounce glass jar! Not one! I hate the squeeze bottles that are ubiquitous to the complete elimination of the small jar; the squeeze bottles are messy and inconvenient, plus they alter the taste of the mustard. One chain in Phoenix carries the great big 24-ounce glass jar of French's mustard, but I live alone and don't need such a huge jar! To get what I want, I had to have a friend in L.A. buy and ship over the mustard in the size that I want, and now when I go to California in the future, one item on my agenda will be to go to the store to buy the mustard in the small jar that I want. I actually have to drive 400 miles to buy a stupid jar of mustard!
Diet Pepsi is a very poor substitute for Diet Coke. If I am eating at an establishment that has Pepsi products, I get Diet Mountain Dew if it's available because Diet Pepsi is swill. Around here, Dr Pepper is a Pepsi-distributed product so some places have Diet Dr Pepper, and I'll get that.
I've noticed that Speedway and Sheetz stores have both Coke and Pepsi products available at the fountain.
Quote from: hm insulators on March 29, 2015, 08:20:58 PM
even doctors' offices
I guess Market Bistro (a Price Chopper re-branded to fight Wegmans) isn't he only grocery store with a doctor on the staff then...
Quote
An example of what this thread addresses: In an entire metropolitan area of over 4 million people, not one damn store carries French's yellow mustard in the small 9-ounce glass jar! Not one! I hate the squeeze bottles that are ubiquitous to the complete elimination of the small jar; the squeeze bottles are messy and inconvenient, plus they alter the taste of the mustard. One chain in Phoenix carries the great big 24-ounce glass jar of French's mustard, but I live alone and don't need such a huge jar! To get what I want, I had to have a friend in L.A. buy and ship over the mustard in the size that I want, and now when I go to California in the future, one item on my agenda will be to go to the store to buy the mustard in the small jar that I want. I actually have to drive 400 miles to buy a stupid jar of mustard!
I have that problem with ketchup. I like Heinz (actually, my favorite is the Wegmans brand organic ketchup, but that isn't sold in Albany), but those are only available in either the squeeze bottles that I hate (seriously, you get nothing or a large blob; how are you supposed to evenly spread it on a hamburger or hot dog that way?) or the jumbo sized ones that are hard to handle. I actually end up buying Hunts because that's the only brand I can get in a decent size in the traditional shape (aside from Price Chopper brand, which I'm not sure if I can trust or not).
Yesterday I noticed my local Kroger has 8 shelves for Diet Coke's many permutations, and only 4 shelves for regular Coke.
Most people who saw this would get mad and break things.
I would imagine the reason why most places aren't selling glass jars of mustard or ketchup is because they have problems breaking in transit, or are too expensive. Plastic bottles don't have those problems, and it doesn't make enough of a difference to most people as to cause a drop in sales (or the drop in sales is more than made up for by the money recovered from not having to deal with cleaning up ruptured mustard).
Quote from: bandit957 on March 30, 2015, 11:06:56 AM
Most people who saw this would get mad and break things.
No, they wouldn't.
Quote from: Scott5114 on March 30, 2015, 01:33:21 PM
Quote from: bandit957 on March 30, 2015, 11:06:56 AM
Most people who saw this would get mad and break things.
No, they wouldn't.
I wouldn't.
But 99% of people would.
Quote from: Scott5114 on March 28, 2015, 03:36:45 AM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on March 27, 2015, 09:03:01 PM
Are there any chains that have both brands available? I feel like I visited a place recently where that was the case but I can't remember what it was.
Generally they won't, because a restaurant has to sign a contract with one or the other, which usually involves leasing a fountain, and if Coke finds you dispensing Pepsi out of their fountain pretty soon you won't have either.
....
Then you had the bizarre situation when I was in college where the scoreboard in Scott Stadium had a Pepsi ad in one corner, yet all the concession stands sold Coke products.
The one that bugs me is the random availability of Vanilla Coke in 20 oz bottles. The 12-pack of cans seem to be everywhere, but those don't help on the road. One Walmart (luckily the one in my town) carries it in the fridges by the checkouts, but no other Walmart in the area. A few Walgreens stock it, but it's almost just as rare. Never seen it at a Target, a gas station, or some of the smaller regional department or grocery stores.
Quote from: Scott5114 on March 30, 2015, 01:33:21 PM
I would imagine the reason why most places aren't selling glass jars of mustard or ketchup is because they have problems breaking in transit, or are too expensive. Plastic bottles don't have those problems, and it doesn't make enough of a difference to most people as to cause a drop in sales (or the drop in sales is more than made up for by the money recovered from not having to deal with cleaning up ruptured mustard).
I'll bet an even bigger consideration is weight. Multiply the weight difference between glass and plastic millions of times and you have a lot of fuel savings and thus lower shipping costs.
Quote from: hm insulators on March 29, 2015, 08:20:58 PM
It seems that the supermarkets don't want to be supermarkets anymore. They want to be banks, florists, Subway branches, even doctors' offices.
Yes, the supermarkets are trying to be drugstores, and the drugstores are trying to be supermarkets. They're both trying to be liquor stores, and all of them are doing a crappy job trying to be something they're not.
None of the stores I've been to lately haven't had the "Cheese Nips" brand of cheese crackers (like Cheez-its), but I know that they are still made as a fellow classmate of mine brought some to school one day recently.
Quote from: Scott5114 on March 30, 2015, 01:33:21 PM
I would imagine the reason why most places aren't selling glass jars of mustard or ketchup is because they have problems breaking in transit, or are too expensive. Plastic bottles don't have those problems, and it doesn't make enough of a difference to most people as to cause a drop in sales (or the drop in sales is more than made up for by the money recovered from not having to deal with cleaning up ruptured mustard).
Quote from: bandit957 on March 30, 2015, 11:06:56 AM
Most people who saw this would get mad and break things.
No, they wouldn't.
I was actually referring to the old plastic ones that were popular in the 90s. The glass ones are practically unusable - the ketchup never moves.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsanfrancisco.grubstreet.com%2Fketchup.jpg&hash=2304a1187e34adff2a635655d0819f1381c900e8)
For the most part, the only ones you can buy around here are either jumbo sized or the upside down crapola.
So what the hell is up with this nonsense?
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8722/16797479758_ca37ff6024.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/93617544@N08/16797479758/)
(Neither is mislabeled–this is how they package them.)
Quote from: vdeane on March 30, 2015, 09:23:19 PM
I was actually referring to the old plastic ones that were popular in the 90s. The glass ones are practically unusable - the ketchup never moves.
Hit the bottle on the "57" on the shoulder a few times. And stab anyone who sticks their knife in the bottle to get it moving. Gross.
This was just posted on another forum I visit and it immediately made me think of this thread. I have not tried to find out whether it's real.
(https://uproxx.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/sriracha2go.jpg?w=650)
Quote from: dfwmapper on March 31, 2015, 04:53:05 AM
Quote from: vdeane on March 30, 2015, 09:23:19 PM
I was actually referring to the old plastic ones that were popular in the 90s. The glass ones are practically unusable - the ketchup never moves.
Hit the bottle on the "57" on the shoulder a few times. And stab anyone who sticks their knife in the bottle to get it moving. Gross.
Set the WABAC Machine to 1979 & cue in Carly Simon music. :sombrero:
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 31, 2015, 09:01:38 AM
This was just posted on another forum I visit and it immediately made me think of this thread. I have not tried to find out whether it's real.
(https://uproxx.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/sriracha2go.jpg?w=650)
Apparently, it is. And a pretty easy url to remember too...
www.sriracha2go.com
Yeah, I saw the URL but felt no motivation to type it in because I have no use for that product. I have a (regular-size) bottle of Sriracha at home in the kitchen, but I feel no need to carry some with me everywhere I go!
Quote from: jeffandnicole on March 31, 2015, 09:39:57 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 31, 2015, 09:01:38 AM
This was just posted on another forum I visit and it immediately made me think of this thread. I have not tried to find out whether it's real.
(https://uproxx.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/sriracha2go.jpg?w=650)
Apparently, it is. And a pretty easy url to remember too...
www.sriracha2go.com
Hmm ... looks similar to the bottle that sunscreen comes in ... :hmmm:
I could see some id10t not paying attention and mistaking this for the sunscreen and burning the piss out of themselves. And I could see myself laughing at said person for being stupid enough to do so.
Having said that, mee wantee. :bigass:
Quote from: Brian556 on March 27, 2015, 02:22:51 AM
How about when radio stations don't paly (sic) a popular song that you like, even though it fits their format.
You buy a digital music player (most phones have them now) and put the song you like on it. Sometimes I'll put my iPod or my phone on shuffle play and it randomly plays songs. It's like listening to the radio without any awful music.
Quote from: bandit957 on March 27, 2015, 10:03:18 AM
The leading pop station in my area never added a moderately popular Men At Work song. I bet some people never listened to that station again. They probably haven't listened to it in over 30 years. They probably burned all the survey sheets and souvenir frisbee they collected from that station.
"Overkill"?
Quote from: Scott5114 on March 28, 2015, 03:36:45 AM
As for why Pepsi is so common, I think Pepsi contracts are cheaper. The casino chain I work for gives it out for free in all of their establishments, and I can't imagine them picking the more expensive of the two. That also explains why you often see Pepsi in smaller, local establishments, including just about every Chinese restaurant I've ever been to.
The Osage casinos are Pepsi-only. I seem to remember the Station Casino in KCMO was Pepsi only.
Quote from: hbelkins on March 29, 2015, 08:34:05 PM
Diet Pepsi is a very poor substitute for Diet Coke. If I am eating at an establishment that has Pepsi products, I get Diet Mountain Dew if it's available because Diet Pepsi is swill. Around here, Dr Pepper is a Pepsi-distributed product so some places have Diet Dr Pepper, and I'll get that.
I've noticed that Speedway and Sheetz stores have both Coke and Pepsi products available at the fountain.
Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi are poor substitutes for regular Coke and Pepsi. I'd rather drink Cuyahoga River flambé than any drink or food containing artificial sweeteners. They're not only bad for you and dangerous, but they taste like Doberman shit. I was filling up the saccharin in the sugar/creamer machine at work the other day and got some of the saccharin in my mouth. It tasted like absolute poo and I could still taste it several hours later. Right after I tasted the saccharine saccharin I developed a bad headache. The same thing happened the next day and I got the same type of headache. Sucralose is the worst. At my last job, the sugar machines had a spot for Splenda, which easily becomes airborne. I got that shit in my mouth, up my nose and all over my clothes. I learned to start tucking my shirt over my nose in the same way that everybody does when they smell shit. It looks like I'm going to have to start doing that with the saccharin. And I'm not even going to touch aspartame because it's a low lying target. I'm starting to wonder if the banned cyclamates were safer than sucralose, aspartame, acesulfame potassium, neotame, and saccharin (which is probably the safest artificial sweetener on the market (which isn't saying much)). Is anyone here old enough or Canadian enough to remember what cyclamates tasted like? How bad was the aftertaste? They were banned years before I was born so I have never gotten the chance to taste it.
Quote from: bugo on April 01, 2015, 03:45:18 AM
Quote from: bandit957 on March 27, 2015, 10:03:18 AM
The leading pop station in my area never added a moderately popular Men At Work song. I bet some people never listened to that station again. They probably haven't listened to it in over 30 years. They probably burned all the survey sheets and souvenir frisbee they collected from that station.
"Overkill"?
"Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive".
Quote from: bugo on April 01, 2015, 04:06:32 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on March 29, 2015, 08:34:05 PM
Diet Pepsi is a very poor substitute for Diet Coke. If I am eating at an establishment that has Pepsi products, I get Diet Mountain Dew if it's available because Diet Pepsi is swill. Around here, Dr Pepper is a Pepsi-distributed product so some places have Diet Dr Pepper, and I'll get that.
I've noticed that Speedway and Sheetz stores have both Coke and Pepsi products available at the fountain.
Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi are poor substitutes for regular Coke and Pepsi. I'd rather drink Cuyahoga River flambé than any drink or food containing artificial sweeteners. They're not only bad for you and dangerous, but they taste like Doberman shit. I was filling up the saccharin in the sugar/creamer machine at work the other day and got some of the saccharin in my mouth. It tasted like absolute poo and I could still taste it several hours later. Right after I tasted the saccharine saccharin I developed a bad headache. The same thing happened the next day and I got the same type of headache. Sucralose is the worst. At my last job, the sugar machines had a spot for Splenda, which easily becomes airborne. I got that shit in my mouth, up my nose and all over my clothes. I learned to start tucking my shirt over my nose in the same way that everybody does when they smell shit. It looks like I'm going to have to start doing that with the saccharin. And I'm not even going to touch aspartame because it's a low lying target. I'm starting to wonder if the banned cyclamates were safer than sucralose, aspartame, acesulfame potassium, neotame, and saccharin (which is probably the safest artificial sweetener on the market (which isn't saying much)). Is anyone here old enough or Canadian enough to remember what cyclamates tasted like? How bad was the aftertaste? They were banned years before I was born so I have never gotten the chance to taste it.
Could be worse. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%28II%29_acetate)
Truck Stops in general don't carry lock deicer, try to find it...and you're going to pull your hair out while you try.
Quote from: bugo on April 01, 2015, 04:06:32 AM
Is anyone here old enough or Canadian enough to remember what cyclamates tasted like? How bad was the aftertaste? They were banned years before I was born so I have never gotten the chance to taste it.
I remember, vaguely, and don't remember an aftertaste. There was some sort of liquid artificial sweetener made with cyclamates, the name of which I can't remember, that my grandmother used sometimes to sweeten iced tea. The bottle she had lasted long after the substance was banned.
Quote from: hbelkins on April 02, 2015, 01:46:37 PM
Quote from: bugo on April 01, 2015, 04:06:32 AM
Is anyone here old enough or Canadian enough to remember what cyclamates tasted like? How bad was the aftertaste? They were banned years before I was born so I have never gotten the chance to taste it.
I remember, vaguely, and don't remember an aftertaste. There was some sort of liquid artificial sweetener made with cyclamates, the name of which I can't remember, that my grandmother used sometimes to sweeten iced tea. The bottle she had lasted long after the substance was banned.
Sucaryl?
My mom shops at Oleson's (a local chain in my area) and they haven't had pizza flavored Goldfish crackers the last few times she's been there. Needless to say, she can't wait for the new Meijer store to open in a few weeks :)
Hobby Lobby refuses to carry sex toys and birth control, despite sex being the oldest hobby.
Quote from: NE2 on April 12, 2015, 10:21:29 PM
Hobby Lobby refuses to carry sex toys and birth control, despite sex being the oldest hobby.
You forgot Hobby Town USA.
I just ran into this problem.
Specifically, my local Walmart did not have either 12 or 24 packs of caffeine free Diet Mountain Dew. My local grocer does carry it, but one problem...they weren't open when I sent my brother to get it at 1:40 AM. And none of the gas stations carry 20 ounce bottles OR 2 Liters of the stuff. But I can find 20 ounce bottles of caffeine free Diet Coke at every gas station within 3 blocks. WTF?
Quote from: JMoses24 on April 21, 2015, 07:03:58 AM
I just ran into this problem.
Specifically, my local Walmart did not have either 12 or 24 packs of caffeine free Diet Mountain Dew. My local grocer does carry it, but one problem...they weren't open when I sent my brother to get it at 1:40 AM. And none of the gas stations carry 20 ounce bottles OR 2 Liters of the stuff. But I can find 20 ounce bottles of caffeine free Diet Coke at every gas station within 3 blocks. WTF?
There are many different choices of soda out there, and only so much space to carry it within small convenience stores. I wouldn't consider Caffeine Free Diet Mountain Dew a "popular item".
Quote from: jeffandnicole on April 21, 2015, 09:11:46 AM
Quote from: JMoses24 on April 21, 2015, 07:03:58 AM
I just ran into this problem.
Specifically, my local Walmart did not have either 12 or 24 packs of caffeine free Diet Mountain Dew. My local grocer does carry it, but one problem...they weren't open when I sent my brother to get it at 1:40 AM. And none of the gas stations carry 20 ounce bottles OR 2 Liters of the stuff. But I can find 20 ounce bottles of caffeine free Diet Coke at every gas station within 3 blocks. WTF?
There are many different choices of soda out there, and only so much space to carry it within small convenience stores. I wouldn't consider Caffeine Free Diet Mountain Dew a "popular item".
Nor would I. Infact, until I read JMoses's post, I didn't even know that it was available.
quote from NE2:
QuoteHobby Lobby refuses to carry sex toys and birth control, despite sex being the oldest hobby.
funny.
Quote from: NE2 on April 12, 2015, 10:21:29 PM
Hobby Lobby refuses to carry sex toys and birth control, despite sex being the oldest hobby.
Yeah, but Menards has more and bigger wood.
Quote from: jeffandnicole on April 21, 2015, 09:11:46 AMCaffeine Free Diet Mountain Dew
As my sister says, "What's the point?"
I was at BJ's Brewhouse the other day and they have discontinued their boneless wings. We don't eat at BJ's a whole lot, because it is kind of expensive and they don't allow reservations unless you have an arbitrary number of points in their rewards system, so it's not a huge deal. Next time I'm in the mood for wings though, I'll probably just go to Buffalo Wild Wings.
The best Buffalo wings I've ever had were the boneless mild Buffalo sauce "wings" you get at Pizza Hut. The sauce doesn't have a lot of heat so it can't rely on just heat. They are more flavorful than their medium or hot wings for sure;.
^ Never had wings from Pizza Hut. Might have to try them.
Quote from: oscar on March 27, 2015, 11:12:17 PM
Quote from: Brian556 on March 27, 2015, 12:16:57 PM
As far as soda brands go, it is annoying when fast-food joints only have Pepsi products. Pepsi sucks. I hate it.
Funny, I seem to run into many more places that are Coke-only rather than Pepsi-only. Worse still, the Coke-only outlets usually don't carry diet Sprite, the only Coke product I can stand, but rather only regular Sprite (I can't drink sugared sodas for medical reasons).
While I have ridiculously strong brand preferences, it usually doesn't matter since on the road I bring my favorite sodas in a portable electric cooler.
Not trying to poke a hole in your statement, but I saw Sprite Zero for the first time on a fountain at a DQ in Beaumont, TX. Tasted way better than a regular Sprite.
I went to Kmart to get a C clamp. Of course, they didn't have any. I then went to Walmart and they didn't have any either. I ended up having to go to Lowe's to get a simple C clamp.
Quote from: bugo on May 17, 2015, 04:34:35 AM
I went to Kmart to get a C clamp. Of course, they didn't have any. I then went to Walmart and they didn't have any either. I ended up having to go to Lowe's to get a simple C clamp.
The second-to-last time I went to Wal-Mart was late at night when I was on the road and needed a spark plug. They had an unusually good selection of automotive consumables for a general-merchandise store. However, the tool section was a mess. The selection was limited and inconsistent, and open and damaged packages abounded. I felt like it was the clearance tool section, where the last one of everything was being sold along with damaged merchandise, but it was not.
The last time I was there, I looked for a collar extender, which they did not have, but in a more telling tale of America today, they had a larger version that was a
waistband extender.
I was in an electronics store to replace one half of my lap top power cable. Apparently they have to sell you the entire thing despite you only needing one part of it.
Normally it would not bother me that much, but when they charge you over 80 bucks it I cannot stop to think about it.