The last two times I've bought lettuce at Wal-Mart, the checker did not know that what I was buying was red leaf or romaine lettuce. I am guessing that the average Wal-Mart shopper's diet is not exactly heavy on vegetables and salads. (a look at the rear ends of many Wal-Mart shoppers would of course tend to give the same impression)
Even sadder and funnier; one time, the "cheat sheet" used by the checker was in grey scale instead of color, so they were trying to match lettuce (in very real color) with a blob of grey that might as well have been garlic mashed potatoes. I'm thinking that somebody's cost saving method went awry with that one.
Podcast #1,100: Money and Meaning — What Faith Traditions Teach Us About
Personal Finance
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We usually think of money as something very practical, concrete, and
secular; we earn it, save it, spend it, and crunch the numbers behind it.
But mone...
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