the apple bin and those ladies
December 4, 2005Perhaps you’ve seen them too, the little old ladies who pick their way through the apples. Not content with merely looking them over, they must press a fingernail into each to test their freshness.
Today, the pile of Fuji apples at the store were given the once-over by an army of these ladies. It took forever to find a few without the crescent marks of these diligent women. Then I moved on to the navel oranges.
No sooner had I picked up one when a woman came up, and asked if they were sweet. This happens to me all the time. Usually, it’s along the lines of ‘How do you fix this?’, while holding up a package of frozen something I’d never seen before.
