The Safeway app might give rewards, but there’s a reason: their everyday prices are jacked up so high they can afford to give out a few rewards.

Seriously, I spend about 30% more, dollars-wise, when I buy groceries at Safeway. In that sense, it isn’t worth trying to get a free mango or a can of corn.

Reading comprehension is important!

I’m saying that there are too many variables to cater to everyone. It’s that simple. And since I am, myself, a picky eater, I’m often the one left out of such considerations. But I’m a big boy, so I deal with it on my own without complaining and whining.

As I said in a follow-up…

True, that. I’ve also been told “just pick it off” but onions and green peppers leave a lot of flavor behind when they are picked off...

What you say is true, but it leads to a slippery slope. What about the vegans in the group? They need non-dairy cheese! And the religious people need Kosher/Halal meat! And the guy who is allergic to tomatoes needs a pizza with no sauce!

It doesn’t end. I’m not a fan of most vegetables, but my manager for 10 years was…

LOL. My ex-wife? That’s probably as good an answer as any.

Meh. Your complaint is that these promotions aren’t a good fit for you because of your location and your unwillingness to jump through hoops.

I could make a similar complaint every time Victoria’s Secret puts lingerie on sale (“This is dumb! It doesn’t apply to me at all!”). But I don’t. Because I don’t have an…

“The Republican (of course) senator”

As usual, your bias is showing. Political commentary like this has no place in a food blog. Unless you *want* to drive away half of your readers...?

I’m not a big Subway fan, but my daughters love it, so last week I wasn’t surprised when one of them requested Subway for her birthday lunch. I hesitantly ordered a sandwich I hadn’t seen there before - chicken bacon ranch - and was pleasantly surprised. It was made with rotisserie chicken and the sandwich was pretty…

I took my kids to a local pizzeria this weekend that I hadn’t eaten inside of since before COVID. I intended to get us all the “lunch special” and was surprised to find out it was discontinued. That’s when I realized that the lunch special included a single trip to the salad bar and the salad bar was completely gone.

Th…

Counter-counterpoint: I’ve already had COVID.

Related: I worked at a movie theater in college. One night we had a long line and all 8 screens already had a movie started or were within five minutes of starting. I was selling tickets as fast as I could when a group of teenagers got to the front of the line. They had been in line for at least 10 minutes, but that…

I disagree rather strongly.

In the past with cash, if a server had to make separate bills they also had to create change for each bill. That was a lot to keep organized. But with credit/debit cards, and with modern computer POS systems like most restaurants have, it’s easy. The server can touch the touch screen for all…

Agreed. And a few people using pronouns that don’t reflect their bodies or the way they present themselves are not representative of the majority either. That’s why it is nonsense to demand that other people bend to their will.

You’re right that there’s no use arguing - you’ve agreed to my main point, even if you don’t…

Wow. That is such a great comparison. Actual injustice, violence, and death (not to mention subjugation and humiliation) for hundreds of years is the exact same as saying a word someone doesn’t like. I give up.

No. I don’t think misgendering is a big deal. Why? Because nobody has the right to tell other people what their perceptions should be. Telling someone “you MUST see me as X,” when X can change on a whim, is madness.

The whole pronoun/gender debate is one group of people insisting that other people see them through the…

Too bad?

This is dumb. You’re saying that the norm for the majority should be changed because of the preferences of a minority.

If we’re doing that, then I demand that restaurants stop suggesting that I visit the bar while waiting for my table. I’m an alocholic and that is offensive to me - it is violence!

LOL. So we’ve moved the goalposts from “I’ll say this slowly to give you more time to process it” to “Just read it slower and *your* choice will prove that *I* am in control!”

Bravo! Huzzah! Whee!

Most unions are terrible. But a private union is better than a public sector union, so at least there’s that...

You left out the ‘n’ in the first word ‘in.’ You left out an ‘o’ in the word ‘choose.’ And the sentence doesn’t make sense even if everything is spelled correctly because the speed at which you type doesn’t dictate the speed at which I read. I thought that was clear, but apparently you didn’t get it. So I’ll say it…