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Noodle said:
Our local Kroger has a bar and it's always packed at night, mostly the 60+ crowd and almost all drinking wine. They even have live music most of the time. It can be rather annoying as some of them will just start wandering around the food aisles, drink in hand.

Other local grocery store (Jungle Jim's) also has a bar and I hear that place is absolutely packed on Friday nights. That one is more of a beer crowd.
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We have/had at least one in town here with a piano bar and sit down dining area with separate kitchens serving different types of food. I haven't been inside for a few years, so it may have changed.
 
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Noodle said:
Our local Kroger has a bar and it's always packed at night, mostly the 60+ crowd and almost all drinking wine. They even have live music most of the time. It can be rather annoying as some of them will just start wandering around the food aisles, drink in hand.

Other local grocery store (Jungle Jim's) also has a bar and I hear that place is absolutely packed on Friday nights. That one is more of a beer crowd.
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The thing that I've learned is that I buy a lot more groceries after a few beers!
 
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Noodle said:
Our local Kroger has a bar and it's always packed at night, mostly the 60+ crowd and almost all drinking wine. They even have live music most of the time. It can be rather annoying as some of them will just start wandering around the food aisles, drink in hand.

Other local grocery store (Jungle Jim's) also has a bar and I hear that place is absolutely packed on Friday nights. That one is more of a beer crowd.
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Is that the Kroger in Hyde Park? I admit to doing stopping at that bar when I was in there, they had a decent selection on tap. Did notice they had a 2 drink maximum sign up.....I guess to avoid these kind of situations. Lol
 
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I am not a touchy feely person. I literally touched her arm as people do when you feel embarrassed. It was probably less than a second. As a counter example. I was heading out to San Fran and I opened the overhead bin and my Kindle fell on this guy's head. I felt so terrible, I couldn't concentrate on anything else for the rest of the flight. I remember touching his shoulder and sayin "Are you okay? I feel terrible. I have never done something like that before." After the flight I went up to him again. We shook hands and I put my hand on his crotch (Just kidding!!!). I put it on his shoulder and said I feel terrible about what happened. Is there anything I can do to make him (and me) feel better? A bottle of wine? A gift card? I have no idea. He smiled and said it's no problem. It hurt at first, but he was fine. I apologized again and we deplaned.

I will add to this that in the business that I was in (raising capital for hedge funds) there are many different cultural habits that are acceptable depending on where you are. In Brazil, as an example, they bro hug at the beginning of meetings. That's pretty standard all over LatAm. In Japan, that would be a HUGE no no. Europe, it's a mixed bag. So, I think I have developed a smorgasbord of business interactions. And although the Japanese would be VERY uncomfortable getting a hug before a meeting starts, they probably would go with the flow.

It was the reaction that startled me. It was too much.
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You made your wealth writing for Penthouse Forum, huh?
 
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I knew Fisch was getting up there, but I didn't know he was THAT old.
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Don Fischer is a saint!!

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DrHoops said:
As everyone here knows, I am a very liberal person when it comes to social issues. But, last night I went to Whole Foods. The last time I was there, I was with a girl I was dating who has quite a temper and is only 98 lbs, so when she drinks, as she likes to do, she can get loud and has a short fuse (In my opinion). So, last night, I went to have a beer at the Whole Foods bar before I went grocery shopping. The bartender from the time I was there with my girlfriend came and bellied up to the bar and her friend came and sat right next to her. I said, I am so sorry for what happened when I was here last time. And I just touched her shoulder when I said sorry. It came natural to me. Well, she acted like I was about to sexually assault her. She pulled away so quickly. I have never in my life experienced something like that.I was really shocked.

So, I said “I am so sorry!” I didn’t mean anything untoward at all. Nothing. Anyway her friend chimed in and said “she’s acting like that because you have no business touching her without her permission.” I said I meant nothing by that at all. I have always been an advocate for their causes. So her friend goes on to lecture me about pronouns, interrupting people when they’re talking (she was throwing so much nonsense at me I felt like I had to say something to defend myself).

But the final straw was her telling me she identifies as “queer”; again, I have no problem with that. Then she said “my husband is picking me up”. I assumed she meant a woman (it’s getting confusing) but she’s married to a guy. I said I’m sorry I misunderstood. I thought you said you were queer. I got another dressing down for misunderstanding that. I should have known that she was bisexual…even though when I said “sorry, I wasn’t thinking about being bisexual.” She actually said “Don’t label me as bisexual!” Then she said “I’m done with this conversation.”

I was flabbergasted. I would usually come away from an encounter like this feeling bad and guilty, but I don’t. They were nuts.

How can you deal with someone like that? Am I missing something? These women (I don’t know if they would like me to say women) were essentially looking for a problem that didn’t exist. Just wanting to argue for the sake of arguing.

Sigh….. What the hell???
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After she said “my husband is picking me up,” you should have asked, “do we have time for a blow job?” That is gender neutral.
 
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twenty02 said:
Is that the Kroger in Hyde Park? I admit to doing stopping at that bar when I was in there, they had a decent selection on tap. Did notice they had a 2 drink maximum sign up.....I guess to avoid these kind of situations. Lol
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Yeah, you get crazy drunk up in a grocery store and before you know it you need clean up in aisle 6.
 
DrHoops said:
I am not a touchy feely person. I literally touched her arm as people do when you feel embarrassed. It was probably less than a second. As a counter example. I was heading out to San Fran and I opened the overhead bin and my Kindle fell on this guy's head. I felt so terrible, I couldn't concentrate on anything else for the rest of the flight. I remember touching his shoulder and sayin "Are you okay? I feel terrible. I have never done something like that before." After the flight I went up to him again. We shook hands and I put my hand on his crotch (Just kidding!!!). I put it on his shoulder and said I feel terrible about what happened. Is there anything I can do to make him (and me) feel better? A bottle of wine? A gift card? I have no idea. He smiled and said it's no problem. It hurt at first, but he was fine. I apologized again and we deplaned.

I will add to this that in the business that I was in (raising capital for hedge funds) there are many different cultural habits that are acceptable depending on where you are. In Brazil, as an example, they bro hug at the beginning of meetings. That's pretty standard all over LatAm. In Japan, that would be a HUGE no no. Europe, it's a mixed bag. So, I think I have developed a smorgasbord of business interactions. And although the Japanese would be VERY uncomfortable getting a hug before a meeting starts, they probably would go with the flow.

It was the reaction that startled me. It was too much.
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Here's the difference in caring about other people. I once opened the overhead and out popped some ladies laptop. Smacked this big old dude in the head. I looked it all over, open it, closed it, checked all the keys. Looked at him and said, you didn't her this ladies laptop, thank goodness. We laughed, he asked for a bottle of wine and I said talk to her. He was bummed.
 
DrHoops said:
As everyone here knows, I am a very liberal person when it comes to social issues. But, last night I went to Whole Foods. The last time I was there, I was with a girl I was dating who has quite a temper and is only 98 lbs, so when she drinks, as she likes to do, she can get loud and has a short fuse (In my opinion). So, last night, I went to have a beer at the Whole Foods bar before I went grocery shopping. The bartender from the time I was there with my girlfriend came and bellied up to the bar and her friend came and sat right next to her. I said, I am so sorry for what happened when I was here last time. And I just touched her shoulder when I said sorry. It came natural to me. Well, she acted like I was about to sexually assault her. She pulled away so quickly. I have never in my life experienced something like that.I was really shocked.

So, I said “I am so sorry!” I didn’t mean anything untoward at all. Nothing. Anyway her friend chimed in and said “she’s acting like that because you have no business touching her without her permission.” I said I meant nothing by that at all. I have always been an advocate for their causes. So her friend goes on to lecture me about pronouns, interrupting people when they’re talking (she was throwing so much nonsense at me I felt like I had to say something to defend myself).

But the final straw was her telling me she identifies as “queer”; again, I have no problem with that. Then she said “my husband is picking me up”. I assumed she meant a woman (it’s getting confusing) but she’s married to a guy. I said I’m sorry I misunderstood. I thought you said you were queer. I got another dressing down for misunderstanding that. I should have known that she was bisexual…even though when I said “sorry, I wasn’t thinking about being bisexual.” She actually said “Don’t label me as bisexual!” Then she said “I’m done with this conversation.”

I was flabbergasted. I would usually come away from an encounter like this feeling bad and guilty, but I don’t. They were nuts.

How can you deal with someone like that? Am I missing something? These women (I don’t know if they would like me to say women) were essentially looking for a problem that didn’t exist. Just wanting to argue for the sake of arguing.

Sigh….. What the hell???
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Being any kind of minority, be it a racial minority, religious minority or a whatever-the-f***-gender minority doesn’t make one immune to being an old fashioned asshole. They are everywhere.
 
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twenty02 said:
Is that the Kroger in Hyde Park? I admit to doing stopping at that bar when I was in there, they had a decent selection on tap. Did notice they had a 2 drink maximum sign up.....I guess to avoid these kind of situations. Lol
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Anderson. I have not noticed a 2 drink maximum sign there, but now I have to look. Maybe it's just based on past situations at Hyde Park. :) I did see something on Facebook not too long ago about some women doing a pub crawl for a bachelorette party. They all had shirts listing the bars on the back, and their first stop was Kroger. Some people go to Vegas, Nashville, etc. Others go to drink at the local Kroger.

For some reason this reminds me of the Jimmy Kimmel Show when it first came on 20 years ago. I believe they served beer to the audience the first 2 or 3 nights, like the old Man Show he was on. Apparently they had people puking in the audience, etc., and immediately stopped serving beer.
 
DrHoops said:
As everyone here knows, I am a very liberal person when it comes to social issues. But, last night I went to Whole Foods. The last time I was there, I was with a girl I was dating who has quite a temper and is only 98 lbs, so when she drinks, as she likes to do, she can get loud and has a short fuse (In my opinion). So, last night, I went to have a beer at the Whole Foods bar before I went grocery shopping. The bartender from the time I was there with my girlfriend came and bellied up to the bar and her friend came and sat right next to her. I said, I am so sorry for what happened when I was here last time. And I just touched her shoulder when I said sorry. It came natural to me. Well, she acted like I was about to sexually assault her. She pulled away so quickly. I have never in my life experienced something like that.I was really shocked.

So, I said “I am so sorry!” I didn’t mean anything untoward at all. Nothing. Anyway her friend chimed in and said “she’s acting like that because you have no business touching her without her permission.” I said I meant nothing by that at all. I have always been an advocate for their causes. So her friend goes on to lecture me about pronouns, interrupting people when they’re talking (she was throwing so much nonsense at me I felt like I had to say something to defend myself).

But the final straw was her telling me she identifies as “queer”; again, I have no problem with that. Then she said “my husband is picking me up”. I assumed she meant a woman (it’s getting confusing) but she’s married to a guy. I said I’m sorry I misunderstood. I thought you said you were queer. I got another dressing down for misunderstanding that. I should have known that she was bisexual…even though when I said “sorry, I wasn’t thinking about being bisexual.” She actually said “Don’t label me as bisexual!” Then she said “I’m done with this conversation.”

I was flabbergasted. I would usually come away from an encounter like this feeling bad and guilty, but I don’t. They were nuts.

How can you deal with someone like that? Am I missing something? These women (I don’t know if they would like me to say women) were essentially looking for a problem that didn’t exist. Just wanting to argue for the sake of arguing.

Sigh….. What the hell???
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Next time just say sorry and stop talking. This isn't a new approach either. People have been told to f-ck off and mind their business since the beginning of time. Not a liberal or non liberal thing.
 
Noodle said:
Anderson. I have not noticed a 2 drink maximum sign there, but now I have to look. Maybe it's just based on past situations at Hyde Park. :) I did see something on Facebook not too long ago about some women doing a pub crawl for a bachelorette party. They all had shirts listing the bars on the back, and their first stop was Kroger. Some people go to Vegas, Nashville, etc. Others go to drink at the local Kroger.

For some reason this reminds me of the Jimmy Kimmel Show when it first came on 20 years ago. I believe they served beer to the audience the first 2 or 3 nights, like the old Man Show he was on. Apparently they had people puking in the audience, etc., and immediately stopped serving beer.
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ABC Puts Jimmy Kimmel On The Wagon

Network Shuts Down Bar That Served Audience Members
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DrHoops said:
As everyone here knows, I am a very liberal person when it comes to social issues. But, last night I went to Whole Foods. The last time I was there, I was with a girl I was dating who has quite a temper and is only 98 lbs, so when she drinks, as she likes to do, she can get loud and has a short fuse (In my opinion). So, last night, I went to have a beer at the Whole Foods bar before I went grocery shopping. The bartender from the time I was there with my girlfriend came and bellied up to the bar and her friend came and sat right next to her. I said, I am so sorry for what happened when I was here last time. And I just touched her shoulder when I said sorry. It came natural to me. Well, she acted like I was about to sexually assault her. She pulled away so quickly. I have never in my life experienced something like that.I was really shocked.

So, I said “I am so sorry!” I didn’t mean anything untoward at all. Nothing. Anyway her friend chimed in and said “she’s acting like that because you have no business touching her without her permission.” I said I meant nothing by that at all. I have always been an advocate for their causes. So her friend goes on to lecture me about pronouns, interrupting people when they’re talking (she was throwing so much nonsense at me I felt like I had to say something to defend myself).

But the final straw was her telling me she identifies as “queer”; again, I have no problem with that. Then she said “my husband is picking me up”. I assumed she meant a woman (it’s getting confusing) but she’s married to a guy. I said I’m sorry I misunderstood. I thought you said you were queer. I got another dressing down for misunderstanding that. I should have known that she was bisexual…even though when I said “sorry, I wasn’t thinking about being bisexual.” She actually said “Don’t label me as bisexual!” Then she said “I’m done with this conversation.”

I was flabbergasted. I would usually come away from an encounter like this feeling bad and guilty, but I don’t. They were nuts.

How can you deal with someone like that? Am I missing something? These women (I don’t know if they would like me to say women) were essentially looking for a problem that didn’t exist. Just wanting to argue for the sake of arguing.

Sigh….. What the hell???
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And the journey to anti wokeism begins

kurt cloverdales said:
my take after reading this is who in the hell goes to whole foods to get drunk?
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Kurt’s back? Good.
 
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DrHoops said:
As everyone here knows, I am a very liberal person when it comes to social issues. But, last night I went to Whole Foods. The last time I was there, I was with a girl I was dating who has quite a temper and is only 98 lbs, so when she drinks, as she likes to do, she can get loud and has a short fuse (In my opinion). So, last night, I went to have a beer at the Whole Foods bar before I went grocery shopping. The bartender from the time I was there with my girlfriend came and bellied up to the bar and her friend came and sat right next to her. I said, I am so sorry for what happened when I was here last time. And I just touched her shoulder when I said sorry. It came natural to me. Well, she acted like I was about to sexually assault her. She pulled away so quickly. I have never in my life experienced something like that.I was really shocked.

So, I said “I am so sorry!” I didn’t mean anything untoward at all. Nothing. Anyway her friend chimed in and said “she’s acting like that because you have no business touching her without her permission.” I said I meant nothing by that at all. I have always been an advocate for their causes. So her friend goes on to lecture me about pronouns, interrupting people when they’re talking (she was throwing so much nonsense at me I felt like I had to say something to defend myself).

But the final straw was her telling me she identifies as “queer”; again, I have no problem with that. Then she said “my husband is picking me up”. I assumed she meant a woman (it’s getting confusing) but she’s married to a guy. I said I’m sorry I misunderstood. I thought you said you were queer. I got another dressing down for misunderstanding that. I should have known that she was bisexual…even though when I said “sorry, I wasn’t thinking about being bisexual.” She actually said “Don’t label me as bisexual!” Then she said “I’m done with this conversation.”

I was flabbergasted. I would usually come away from an encounter like this feeling bad and guilty, but I don’t. They were nuts.

How can you deal with someone like that? Am I missing something? These women (I don’t know if they would like me to say women) were essentially looking for a problem that didn’t exist. Just wanting to argue for the sake of arguing.

Sigh….. What the hell???
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not sure i believe a word of this, but a good story none the less.
 
DrHoops said:
I am not a touchy feely person. I literally touched her arm as people do when you feel embarrassed. It was probably less than a second. As a counter example. I was heading out to San Fran and I opened the overhead bin and my Kindle fell on this guy's head. I felt so terrible, I couldn't concentrate on anything else for the rest of the flight. I remember touching his shoulder and sayin "Are you okay? I feel terrible. I have never done something like that before." After the flight I went up to him again. We shook hands and I put my hand on his crotch (Just kidding!!!). I put it on his shoulder and said I feel terrible about what happened. Is there anything I can do to make him (and me) feel better? A bottle of wine? A gift card? I have no idea. He smiled and said it's no problem. It hurt at first, but he was fine. I apologized again and we deplaned.

I will add to this that in the business that I was in (raising capital for hedge funds) there are many different cultural habits that are acceptable depending on where you are. In Brazil, as an example, they bro hug at the beginning of meetings. That's pretty standard all over LatAm. In Japan, that would be a HUGE no no. Europe, it's a mixed bag. So, I think I have developed a smorgasbord of business interactions. And although the Japanese would be VERY uncomfortable getting a hug before a meeting starts, they probably would go with the flow.

It was the reaction that startled me. It was too much.
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lucy claims to start all business meetings with a hand job, it said it was universally acceptable..
 
DrHoops said:
As everyone here knows, I am a very liberal person when it comes to social issues. But, last night I went to Whole Foods. The last time I was there, I was with a girl I was dating who has quite a temper and is only 98 lbs, so when she drinks, as she likes to do, she can get loud and has a short fuse (In my opinion). So, last night, I went to have a beer at the Whole Foods bar before I went grocery shopping. The bartender from the time I was there with my girlfriend came and bellied up to the bar and her friend came and sat right next to her. I said, I am so sorry for what happened when I was here last time. And I just touched her shoulder when I said sorry. It came natural to me. Well, she acted like I was about to sexually assault her. She pulled away so quickly. I have never in my life experienced something like that.I was really shocked.

So, I said “I am so sorry!” I didn’t mean anything untoward at all. Nothing. Anyway her friend chimed in and said “she’s acting like that because you have no business touching her without her permission.” I said I meant nothing by that at all. I have always been an advocate for their causes. So her friend goes on to lecture me about pronouns, interrupting people when they’re talking (she was throwing so much nonsense at me I felt like I had to say something to defend myself).

But the final straw was her telling me she identifies as “queer”; again, I have no problem with that. Then she said “my husband is picking me up”. I assumed she meant a woman (it’s getting confusing) but she’s married to a guy. I said I’m sorry I misunderstood. I thought you said you were queer. I got another dressing down for misunderstanding that. I should have known that she was bisexual…even though when I said “sorry, I wasn’t thinking about being bisexual.” She actually said “Don’t label me as bisexual!” Then she said “I’m done with this conversation.”

I was flabbergasted. I would usually come away from an encounter like this feeling bad and guilty, but I don’t. They were nuts.

How can you deal with someone like that? Am I missing something? These women (I don’t know if they would like me to say women) were essentially looking for a problem that didn’t exist. Just wanting to argue for the sake of arguing.

Sigh….. What the hell???
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I'm thinking Costco needs to get in on this action. Considering the bulk packaging there, I'm thinking one whiskey at the Costco bar would nearly kill me!
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Oh good idea! You’ve got to be able to drink while walking around. Between that and all the free samples…
 
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