I hate Albertson's

Matterhorn Fan · 10-29-2006, 09:04 AM

There's a reason I don't go to Albertson's unless I need currants. I need to remember that.

For once Albertson's was more convenient than Publix (Publix's world domination plan seems to be to have each Publix no more than 3 miles away from the nearest Publix--yes, I checked with the odometer once). Stranger things have happened.

Here are my "official" reasons why Albertson's sucks:

The ones near me don't print out that nifty custom coupons thing y'all were going on and on about a few months ago.
No feta cheese? What kind of grocery store doesn't carry feta? (Not even the crappy kind!)
You have to/are supposed to have a card. I hate store cards. I have two for Albertson's. No, I don't carry either of them with me. No, I don't want to announce my phone number to the whole line behind me. No, I don't want to sign up for a third card.
Only one checkout lane open.
Stupid round bang-your-groceries-against-magazines-and-other-random-crap system instead of conveyor belts.
Self-checkout. I don't do self-checkout. That's someone else's job.
Employee who "opens" self-checkout and "helps" me at self-checkout, leaving as soon as he puts my money in, saying "your change will come out here, and your receipt will come out here."
Self-checkout machine that short-changes me.

I am not amused. Next time I'm going the 2.9 miles out of my way to go to Publix. Unless I need currants, in which case maybe I'll go the 29 miles out of my way to find Super Target and take my chances. It would certainly be more pleasant.

10-29-2006, 09:04 AM	#1
Matterhorn Fan Double Agent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Back East Posts: 2,071	I hate Albertson's There's a reason I don't go to Albertson's unless I need currants. I need to remember that. For once Albertson's was more convenient than Publix (Publix's world domination plan seems to be to have each Publix no more than 3 miles away from the nearest Publix--yes, I checked with the odometer once). Stranger things have happened. Here are my "official" reasons why Albertson's sucks: The ones near me don't print out that nifty custom coupons thing y'all were going on and on about a few months ago. No feta cheese? What kind of grocery store doesn't carry feta? (Not even the crappy kind!) You have to/are supposed to have a card. I hate store cards. I have two for Albertson's. No, I don't carry either of them with me. No, I don't want to announce my phone number to the whole line behind me. No, I don't want to sign up for a third card. Only one checkout lane open. Stupid round bang-your-groceries-against-magazines-and-other-random-crap system instead of conveyor belts. Self-checkout. I don't do self-checkout. That's someone else's job. Employee who "opens" self-checkout and "helps" me at self-checkout, leaving as soon as he puts my money in, saying "your change will come out here, and your receipt will come out here." Self-checkout machine that short-changes me. I am not amused. Next time I'm going the 2.9 miles out of my way to go to Publix. Unless I need currants, in which case maybe I'll go the 29 miles out of my way to find Super Target and take my chances. It would certainly be more pleasant.
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