Why do we all have experiences like this?

[kexej28769@nongnue]

And apparently the increase was necessary, for on the third try, a very tall man was able to raise his gaze to some coolers on the top shelf… within clear view of the checkout counter where the whole thing had begun.



“Corporate tells us what to carry” is the almost belize number data -sounding refrain I’ve now received from three employees at two different Whole Foods Markets when asked if they could order special items for me since my Amazon purchase.

Because, you know, before they were Amazon-hole Foods, the staff would happily offer to buy anything they didn't have in stock. Now, if they stop carrying Scandinavian vitamin D-3 made from moss eaten by reindeer and I have to get it because I don't want the kind that irradiates sheep's wool, I'll have to special order a whole case of it just to get my hands on a bottle. Because, you know, "corporate."

Why does the distance between corporate and customer make me feel like the store I'm standing in, and all its employees, are powerless? Why am I, the customer, feeling powerless?

So maybe my search for a cooler, my worries about accessing reindeer moss, and the humor I experienced don’t signal “real pain.” But this one does: