I Helped An Elderly Gent Yesterday.

[icyfroth]

In the Supermarked. I was doing some fruit and veg shopping and noticed him struggling to open the produce bag. I've struggled with them before so I wondered if I should help him or would he feel I was being patronised.

As I walked past him I jokingly said, "you have to spit on it"! I always wet my thumb and index finger to open the bags.

We laughed and he went pretendy "ptui ptui" on the bag.

I went around and got some tomatoes and deliberated whether I should get the lemons from USA or limes from Aus.

When I looked up he was still patiently struggling with the bag.

I felt bad then about the flippant spit comment and said "can I help you"? He gave me the bag and I showed him how I lick my thumb and finger and the bag opened straight away! (It's not always that easy).

Anyway we had shared another laugh about it and went about our shopping.

I had to get the fruit and veg guy to help me with mine once.

[imastawka]

Lick your finger and thumb?

Sorry, but I find that disgusting. 

I saw a lady do that once and then she mauled all the tomatoes.

When she finally chose one, I asked her if I could lick it for her,seeing

as how she handled all of the tomatoes with spit fingers!

[cherry*135]

Community Service award for you, icy.

I just rub the bag with my thumb and index finger on one opening corner that seems to get the open.

[imastawka]

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@am*3 wrote:

Community Service award for you, icy.

I just rub the bag with my thumb and index finger on one opening corner that seems to get the open.

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There ya go  

[latina4621]

icy i think it is nice you helped but.....

to lick your fingers and then use it on anothers persons bag is not on

sometimes those bags are hard to open but what am3 said pretty much works.

[imastawka]

Woolies, where I shop, now has green coloured bags for fruit & veg.  

They have a dispenser that tears them and the tear makes them soo easy to open

[just_me_karen]

That was kind of you to help and I'm sure he felt grateful, but licking your fingers in a supermarket? Yuk...those trolleys and shelves are germy. I actually had a discussion in my supermarket last week about this....me and another woman were struggling with the bags and she commented how she doesn't like to lick her fingers to open them.

I usually go to the veggie that sit on ice and open several bags,...or try not to use the bags at all.

[i-once-was-bump]

My mother is 85 and doesn't take any regular medication because she has nothing wrong with her and she is a licker, be it money or bags or shopping lists or magazines, lick, lick, lick all the way around the supermarket with me trailing along using my best nagging voice " would you stop licking your fingers, please" and then I roll my eyes skywards.

Shopping with my mother really hurts my eyes because I must have to roll them at least 20 times around the supermarket.

[icyfroth]

doesn't everybody wash their fruit and veg like tomatoes and apples when they get home?

[i-once-was-bump]

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@icyfroth wrote:

doesn't everybody wash their fruit and veg like tomatoes and apples when they get home?

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Yes all that plus hands, too.