You had me at… ‘I don't like dogs.’ Clearly not around food! First it was dogs on planes… and now every aisle at Whole Foods??
I’m not a dog hater … but damn. I swear, since the pandemic the number of people walking dogs has exploded… as has the need to dodge droppings on the sidewalks.
Emotional support dogs my a*s!
Nebraska Mike Browne
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Thanks Bob,when I was living in Park City during Sundance I was buying my GF some wine,and this guy,who was double parked with the motor running,told me he wants to go in front of me because his wine is more expensive than mine.And he was serious.Stay well,have a wonderful day,Ted Keane
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I’m always behind these people at Starbucks. I’m standing in line for simple brewed dark roast, and the person in front me doesn’t think about what she wants until she’s next in line. Then there’s serious pondering followed by, “OK, I guess I will have double frappalito decaf with almond milk and one pump of sugar free raspberry and one pump of regular chocolate. And do you still have the herbal spice syrup? And stir it counterclockwise please. The last time I was here they did it clockwise.”
Dave Burgess
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Bob! try going to the Whole Foods here In Tribeca NYC. The thick stench of aggressive entitlement hangs heavy, from the rich moms trying to mow you down with their strollers to the finance bros in blue shirts pushing you out of the way to the a*sholess who bring their dogs inside even when the huge sign outside says no pets. Everyone talks like they’re sending food back at the country club. I hate it, and them.
Daniel Frith
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They act that way because they don't value or understand the concept of a society.
The reason why so many European countries end up in the top 10 lists of the world's happiest countries is because they're societies, not just collections of individuals. There's an intuitive understanding that life is better if you live someplace where people can be healthy, kids can have an education, and working to live is better than living to work. To make those things possible, you need a society. That's a foreign concept to me-first people.
Craig Anderton
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Welcome to LA. Chock full of self absorbed self entitled pricks! A hyper exaggerated version of America. The a*sholes taking up two spaces? Probably moved to LA from Jersey or Florida or Boston.
Derek Morris
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There are dogs in Ralph's too.
M.
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Hi Mr. Lefsetz,
I'm in Michigan and all that sh*t was at Wal-Mart and Menards, yesterday!
No sh*t!
P.S. Add kicking your cart aside to the list!
John Payne
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Larry David, is that you?…..
To be continued,
Sjaak
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Quite the rant Bob!!! I think you checked all the boxes and none of us will be sending you a therapy bill.
LOL..... deep breath, hold, release and repeat for 10 mins....
Cheers!
KELLY CLARK
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Why I go to Publix!!
Eric Giles
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Love!
Will Nutting
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Dogs everywhere. I bitch about this on the regular. I love dogs. They’re sweet and fun and as long as they’re behaved and in their place, fine. But the amount of dogs I see in Cafes, Grocery stores, etc. I’m done. When did this become okay?
These clerks don’t get paid enough or have it in them to bother addressing Karen and her accessory poodle. The drama. Or we’ll get, “it’s a support animal!” And we’re supposed to feel the villain - immediately! How dare we suggest Muffy, the award winning poodle, as some kind of pariah.
Some people are afraid of dogs. Some people are allergic to dogs. Some people are selfish pricks who only see their own needs. It’s just more of the ME society.
I’m over it.
Marc McDonald in Boston
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Lighten up Francis. When I run into those types I remind myself to be grateful that I don’t have to wake up every morning and be them.
Whole Foods may cause hypertension, call your doctor and find out if Ralph’s is right for you!
Neal Berz
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Just order Whole Foods online and save yourself the horror, No one actually goes to the store anymore except the people who work for Instacart and Whole Foods
Noah K. Lesser
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Im not sure about rich people as I only know a couple. But you are spot on (get it) about dog folks. Why bring a dog to Lowes or in a plane? Why spend a grand on a kenel? Why spend $30k on dog surgery?
What about people that are allergic to dogs? I guess they dont count like those allergic to gluten or peanuts.
From RJG
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Bob, you’re so right about this! Well said!
B.J. van Kalker
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Love it , great read Bob, I’m a millions miles away from LA but I had that same experience there 25 years ago.
Hope the roast beef was nice
Robbie Williams
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you and I are so alike lol ....
Michael Levine
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Rude folks in every store, Bob. This is America and you had a bad day. It’s just the way it is.
Lizzz Kritzer
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All dogs are wonderful, many dog owners are not. If YOU found that woman insufferable, take pity on that dog, he or she has to live with that woman! LOL.
Jer Gervasi
Las Vegas, NV
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Best newsletter ever :)
Richard Dunlap
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Whole Foods is overrated anyway. The ethnic markets here in Chicago carry equally good produce at half the price.
Helaine Krysik
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Preach it. My wife is all about organic, but even she won't go to The Whole Paycheck because (a) she doesn't trust them and (2) all of the reasons you don't like it.
The only place worse is probably Erewhon.
As my dad says, "you can smell the smug when you walk in."
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Jordan Kenning
London UK
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Spot-on yet again, Bob!
...People who've got "dietary restrictions that don't square with any science".
Love it!
I'm not used to laughing out loud at seven in the morning.
My day is already made. Thanks.
Art Velordi
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I've always said it was Reagan who ruined America.
Bob Davis
retired tour accountant
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Jon's is where it's at. And check out the many farmers markets throughout the city. You'll be eating better and have a few extra bucks in your pocket.
Regards,
Chris Bennett
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take a nap, Bob.
Todd Burns
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Bob, I hear you. But you lost me with dogs. You don’t like dogs, well, that’s your business. But don’t blame the dog. Cesar Milan said “Problem is not dog, problem is human.” Many dog owners just should not have a dog. They don’t understand the responsibility. They have one as a trophy. They just aren’t good people, whatever. But the dog isn’t the problem.
Thanks.
Steve Kaplan
Minneapolis
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Bob, I am with you one hundred thousand percent!!! Entitled people need lessons in humility and I have a feeling many of them may be getting them sooner than later if things continue as they are and I doubt it will be pretty. Anyway, sorry you had to go through that and hope your day today will be better!
Tom Gillam
New BraunfelsTX
PS- I love animals but they do not belong in the place where I buy my food, or in most public places for that matter, privileged people get their jollys out of parading around their pets and making others uncomfortable by doing so. I didn't read what you said as "you hate animals " I read it more as "be smart about where you bring your pet so as not to infringe on my personal space"
Just my two cents
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I don’t like dogs either.
It feels good to say that out loud.
Hope Dlugozima
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Oh my Lord, thank you - I could have written this as it’s basically a speech I make at least once a week!!! Let’s add the arseholes who continue their stupid phone calls at the checkout, not acknowledging or respecting the clerk who’s trying to earn a crust. I’m old enough now that - probably like you, I suspect - the angry words I used to mutter under my breath I now say out loud ( my wife always helpfully points this out……)
It’s at the point now where I often say “I really can’t venture out” - but we all need a slice of beef and a refreshing salad from time to time , right?
Perfect piece, again, thanks. “I’m not alone”
Adam Howell
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Don’t say you don’t like dogs. Thats not it. You don’t like humans with untrained dogs.
Danny Jay
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I don’t like Whole Foods. All that natural sh*t gives me the willies.
By the way, I’ve never been to a grocery store/supermarket—high end or low end—where there weren’t shoppers who use their carts with no awareness of the existence of other shoppers, stopping the cart in the middle of the aisle while they look for something on the shelf. It’s my pet peeve. I try to be aware and considerate; when I stop to pick something off the shelf, I move my cart over so that others can pass by. But most shoppers just don’t do that.
Don Friedman
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Bobby,
I couldn't agree more. You're my mensch.
Gary N. Hunter, CCIM
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Amen
David Terry
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I am far from rich after a career employed in mostly indie music companies not in C Suite - and I save TONS shopping at Whole Foods with my Prime credit card and buying what’s on sale. Quality of food is good too. WF is cheaper than my local stores and we definitely eat better quality and more variety because of the money we save at WF.
Leslie Greene
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Though I love dogs I too am not on board with this “dogs go everywhere” mentality, particularly in my produce isle! That said, good grief Bob. Are you the old man on the street corner yelling at the air? Hang in there. Go listen to some Rolling Stones. You’ll feel better.
Marc Ducharme
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GET OFF MY LAWN, BOB!
Johnny
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Amen Bob-I avoid Whole Foods. And I know exactly the level of rich you are talking about. Karen Merrifield
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Hahaha! This was excellent.
Eric Spence
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You don’t like dogs. Pretty much says it all.
Mitch Tenzer
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Thank you for writing this.
As a midwesterner who came from nothing who had to earn every penny I have in my life I could not agree more.
If you think Whole Foods is bad, try competing in the housing market with these same people.
Been in W. LA for 20+ years and have grown to loath these folks.
Peter Rinker
TC Management
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Man, Bob, you are going to catch hell for this one but you are spot-on re the entitled schmucks and morons taking up all of the oxygen in the room!
Ross Field
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I feel your pain...often at the Costco gas station people don't seem to understand there is a line...get the hell off your phone and attack the task at hand when it's your turn...fill up and go...don't sit in your car and check for phone messages or tap in a new destination, get out of line already...
It doesn't seem to matter what make the car is, Porsche or Ford...some folks are just unaware.
Ed Kelly
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Love this one! No where else to get this truth…
Joel Sercarz
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couldn't agree more!! The worst.
Paul Cantor
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Who needs Andy Rooney when you’ve got Bob Lefset
Chris Nilsson
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Well said and that is why I will never shop at Whole Foods. Prices are too high and the snob are too many.
Dennis Paulik
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Terrific!
Couldn't agree with you more!!!
Stevan
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So funny, but yeah I'm with ya on this one!
Young Hutchinson
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Yay again, Bob!
I love Whole Foods, cheaper than local Key Foods in NYC, cheaper than Shoprite or whatever it was in SF.
But parking lots too small. Worth the $10 a month for delivery, not to hassle with those parkers or those aisle pigs.
Check out America's Undoing, says what you and I have been saying for years--and my oh so liberal and woke friends seem to have dropped me for harping that Biden's why we got trump.
Keep it up, Bob
Schuyler Bishop
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Want to have some fun the next time you go to the Whole Foods deli for roast beef? Ask the pony-tailed kid behind the counter for two-fifths of a pound. Watch the puzzlement begin.
Lou Bruno
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Yes!
George Darville
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Thank God I read it all the way through. You are no Bill Burr but nice job!
Ocho the Invisible
Dana Walden
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I loved this, Bob -- thanks!
Bill Higgins
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How is there anyone left in California to complain about at the Whole Foods?
Sincerely,
Aubrey Parker
A Nashville Native
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It’s hard to fault anything you experienced or said. Same BS here on the east coast Bob.
Heading to Spain to do a leg of the Camino trail with a buddy who is doing the whole thing. To shut off and be around like minded people for a week is exactly what’s needed.
Hang in there pal. You are beloved and not alone in your thoughts and feelings. Just less of us every day It seems.
Lee Posner
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I think you're off base here.
Yes, there is a different group that shops Whole Foods. They care a lot
about what they eat, and, for them, shopping for food isn't just dash in,
get something, and run--it's an exploration.
Especially at Whole Foods, an institution that's built for people who care
a lot about what they eat!
If you want to grab and run, and the pace at Whole Foods isn't fast enough
for you, shop somewhere else.
Are the people who shop at Whole Foods rich? I don't know. They are
certainly people who spend more on their food, because the place is
expensive. But they can be ordinary people who simply decide to spend
more on food that their neighbors do. Yes, there are some expensive cars
in the parking lot. There are also plenty of Hondas and Toyotas.
And the dogs--Bob, people love their pets. Be tolerant! Advocate tolerance!
Finally, don't bring your Jewish identity into this, particularly along with
a stereotype of Jews. That disserves all Jews.
dave roberts
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I hear you on this. But you have to remember - in the public sphere, we are the lowest life form. That’s right - the impatient old man. Old people are supposed to be invisible. We certainly have nothing to be impatient about.
But, but - we’re not old! We’re Boomers! Nah. We’re just old.
Best,
Tom Quinn
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Hey you kids.... Get off of my lawn!!
Glenn Cooper
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I know you acknowledged it, and...sure rich people are a*sholes who think they're more important than everyone else
But dogs are better than almost every single human alive. If people walked around with a hat that identified them as dog haters like they do with the red trump hats, I would appreciate that warning sign more than the red hats.
Good luck with your inbox detonator haha
Michael Wendell
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LOL. I feel you on all of this, Bob.
-Sarah Martin
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It’s not just the rich, Bob. There’s LOTS of poor people who don’t give a f…
I see it at whole foods and I see it at Shop Rite.
Besides the parking over the lines, how about the people with handicapped placards who are fine? They park in the spots and then walk around the store for hours! They should fine the doctors who give them out!
And how about the people who have just walked all over the store, then just leave their shopping cart in the parking space as opposed to walking a bit to put them in the cart corral?
I get pssed off too!!!
I miss George Carlin a lot. My favorite comedian.
Kevin Kiley
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Bob, I just make fun of them in a way that they pay attention. I'll say something to the checker, deli server like " can you believe this woman, maybe she has had no education past 6th grade if that. And if they turn their head, I say "yes you" !
Pat Mallahan,
Guatemala
We are moving out of Seattle, talk about entitled. Good people still live there, but Microsoft, Google, Bezos and THAT woman's family.
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Wow…George doesn’t like you either.
Dogs are not allowed in our Whole Foods. Weird that they would allow that in CA.
Jim Lewi
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I have always liked you, Bob but just had to say, you lost me on the dog-idea.
Now I’ll be finding it hard to believe anything you say, because you are being too curmudgeon-y about dogs, who are in many cases, cleaner and nicer than some people.
The energy you put into your grudges against rich people, people who want to think about their order, and dogs, none of whom have hurt or taken anything from you except patience, is just over the top -
And, in that case, the exact same gripes you’ve expressed here, could just as easily be tossed right back.
Imagine the great, ironic comedy of that!
Amanda Trees
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With all due respect Bob, "Can I go on record that I don't like dogs" is the saddest sentence you've ever written.
Dogs are MUSIC incarnate!
"A dog wags his tail with his heart" (Same place real MUSIC come from!)
"A dog is a bond between strangers" (Just like MUSIC!)
"Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really" (ironically just like MANY legends of MUSIC!)
"The more I see of men, the better I like my dog" (I'd think this one would resonate perfectly with you!)
"Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job" (Like your always epic 'MUSIC' newsletter, which sadly now covers Whole Foods grievances as well)
Still love ya, but if anyone needs a dog it's definitely you brother.
Scott Roback
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Bob: say it aint so! You don’t like dogs?!? We all know what Dog spelled backwards is! You know who else doesn’t like dogs? The menace who is currently squatting in 1600 Penn Ave in DC. See this video from Ricky Gervais please.
Ricky Gervais - I Absolutely Love Dogs::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubwv1UsMCt4
As a Palisades fire victim our pup has been a life saver.An absolute Emotional Support (ESD)…period. btw: since our move to Santa Monica I’ve very much become a Trader Joe’s man myself. Screw Whole Foods, dude
Gary Spivack
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You are pretty cranky!
But much of what you say is true, otherwise.
Regards;
David Bodnar
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Great post. An air of Curb Your Enthusiasm about it and I'm here for it!
I often wonder why people do not have "spacial awareness", breathing down your neck whilst standing in line, standing in the middle of an aisle - oblivious to anyone around them, having a conversation with someone on their cell phone whilst on speaker phone (in a doctors office...), fumbling around for their form of payment after having stood there for 5 minutes watching the check out person scan all 50 of their items, driving at 50 MPH in the fast lane on the freeway with no one in any other lanes, oh and there's a line behind them because everyone is on their phones and ...oblivious. I could go on and on and I think the older I get the more annoying it becomes because I don't have the luxury of time and I damn well know better!
I do not think its a wealth thing though Bob, its an intelligence thing, its growing up not being taught that other people matter, not being taught what empathy is, not being taught manners, not being taught the value of please and thank you. These things are becoming lost arts. Everything is becoming transnational, highest bidder wins and the losers... well they are just the losers.
Cheers,
David Ralph
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One does not see this behavior in New York (except for the dogs). Sounds to me as if your problem is with your fellow Californians. I had my own beef story happen in Monterey!
sofu_gan
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Well said, Bob.
I, too, like some dogs, but their ubiquitous presence in restaurants and commercial aircraft really does unsettle me (just about as much as the adult passenger next to me in pajama bottoms and with filthy bare feet).
dennis brent
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We are leading parallel lives (although I reside well east of the 405). My lovely, talented, brilliant, and successful wife can withstand the slings and arrows of performing simple tasks like shopping, getting gas, driving, and going out to eat. Me? You can take the kid out of the East Coast..., but I was indoctrinated at an early age. You are correct; it's survival. We alter cockers need to support one another, so thank you for giving us a voice!
Cheers,
Jere Mendelsohn
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Jeez, who woke up on the wrong side of the bed? Too many margaritas last night? Accidentally deleted one of your rants? And just because some woman is a shopping sociopath is no reason to come down on the dog. It’s just being dragged around like the rest of us.
Peace.
David Leonard
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Bob, That's enough whining! Go to Costco!
Paul Medeiros
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You obviously had a bad experience on this day. But I assure you there are plenty of thoughtful, kind, and unselfish people at Whole Foods at any given moment, probably the majority of the people in the store. And some of them are probably rich.
To lead with how you hate rich people because they’re entitled and better than the rest of us is a blanket generalization that I would think you would be above making.
Chris Donohoe
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As the saying goes - “there's no such thing as a bad dog, just a bad owner.”
PS/ Prediction: you’re gonna hear from Mike Bone, LA’s biggest advocate for canines.
Jim McKeon
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I'm not wealthy (far from it) but here's my big complaint about restaurants: They are so busy trying to out-fancy each other that they have forgotten half of their market. I'm talking about people who don't like fancy food. I am one of those people.
You can find a "burger" in most restaurants, but it is nothing like a regular good old fashioned hamburger. They put so much crap on, because they want their burger to be "artisinal" or whatever this week's buzzword is. Even if you order the "classic burger" you still get a brioche bun (too dense) or a pretzel bun (too dry) and a beef patty that's too big and has been machine-made (so there's no juice left in it), and piled with lettuce, pickles, onion, special sauce or some kind of salad dressing, ketchup, mustard and Lord knows what else. If you ask for just a patty and a bun they look at you like you have three heads.
You can barely find the basics anymore, like fried chicken, roast beef, a chicken fried steak. There are plenty of steaks, but again, they are too concerned with spices, "rubs," special sauces and toppings and other crap that serves to hide the taste of the meat. You can't find mashed potatoes anymore, unless they have the skin, garlic, bits of other foods mixed in. All in the name of making them special. I don't want "special," I just wanna eat.
If you go to any buffet, you'll find that the "comfort food" items are the most popular, without fail. Why don't restaurants realize this and offer food for us meat-and-taters types?
Mike Blakesley
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You’d really hate the Whole Foods in Beverly Hills. Rich people often wait to find a parking spot closest to the store entrance, which creates a backup of cars out that spills out onto the street. The parking garage is so small that no spot is far from the entrance to begin with, so this is pointless. And they often take up more than one spot.
People also bring small dogs there frequently and let them walk in the aisles, which are narrow and crowded. This is not only a danger to the dog, because they could be stepped on, but people could also trip over them. On one of my visits there, someone’s dog relived itself right in front of the coffee/smoothie counter, and before it could be cleaned up a few people stepped in it and tracked it on their shoes into the nearby area that has the open-air olive bar and the dining room where people eat what they buy at the hot foods bar. Seeing that would have really set you off!
TCP
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Absolutely loved this!! Spot on especially with regard to dogs and their entitled owners. We are two peas in a pod on this one!!!! God I'm glad someone with an audience said this!!!! Thank you.
Ps I hope what you were making made up for the shopping trip.
Warren Lara
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Posts like this one make me feel as if I know you.
If you were here, I'd give you a cookie and a glass of milk and sit with you on the front porch.
Roberta Mueller
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YOU… are the best Bob!!!!
Thank you!
Best, James Patrick Regan
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I get it, Bob, I really do.
But for YOUR sake, take a breath.
Seriously, stress and the tension from it WILL take a toll.
I do my best to remind myself of that in similar situations and gradually an getting better at relaxing into it.
After all, you're the one who professes to put our health first...
DG
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Bob,
I love a good rant!
David Epstein
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Here for it, Bob. Eat the rich. And their dogs too.
Hannah Harlow
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BAM! The rats keep winning the Rat Race, as the real Atlanta Rhythm (and the one and only Ronny Hammond) sang, in I'm Not Gonna Let it Bother Me Tonight." Great screed, but we are so f*cked.Dream is over luv. But keep those hits coming.
Chip Lovitt
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@ Ralphs or Kroger you find shopping carts being returned where they are supposed to.
@ Whole Foods you find them stranded blocks away on a sidewalk.
The epitome of entitlement.
Adam, Playa Vista
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Smacks of the Whole Foods on San Vicente in Brentwood...
Zac Scribner
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I could have taken that entire essay and sold it as my own. It's kind to say people live in a bubble, they are too often purposefully arrogant. Now more than ever.
We have Whole Foods here in Central Florida. What keeps the general public away is the prices. Where the two classes meet head on is at a Florida-based chain that is often so omnipresent, you'll find two locations across the street from each other. Here is where you see oil and water refuse to mix. You have the upper class doing their best to remind economy why they are where they "lesser than". My partner and I have about a 30-minute mental window before our brave faces wear off and we need to get out.
I yearn for Albertsons. Grieve for Albertsons. I have to go to the West Coast for them now. All of ours were assimilated years ago. A photo of me in Albertsons is like being at Mount Rushmore to my family. There's a hotel in Missoula, MT with one next door. I imagine paradise is a lot like this. Paradise, MT however does not have an Albertsons.
Literally saw the menu dilemma play out yesterday. Well known, popular chain that has salads on menu. Basic salads, nothing complicated, convoluted or mind numbing. Older couple spent 20 minutes going thru the salad menu, complete with ingredients and dressings, with cashier. Very accommodating cashier. Award winning patience. Had others customers not used app or kiosk, this would have been a riot. How do I know it was 20 minutes? They were at register when I showed up for my app order and had just seated as I was leaving when my meal was complete.
Life shouldn't be so challenging.
Thank you for reminding me I am not alone for searches of signs of intelligence in the universe.
Kevin Andrusia
Orlando, FL
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Damn straight on that one.
If you move to nowhere you can avoid this sh*t - it’s way better for the possibility of avoiding a*sholess like her and the population is way friendlier and laid back …but you gotta drive long distances to get food and learn how to make restaurant quality meals because no good restaurants exist and you gotta drive a long way to get to city doctors.
Too many people in the world now. Getting more and more crowded and mean everywhere. Why can’t people understand the more crowded the more we have to think of the other guy?
They don’t - so you are forced to simply split. We left close quarters after 30 years because of leaf blowers 24-7 and multiple dogs barking at 6 am. And then all day long. This sh*t did not exist 20 years ago. People were more considerate.
At least the damn dog at Whole Fooda didn’t try to bite you.
Maybe you could just stop leaving your house and have them deliver the roast beef.
And even the middle of nowhere will be filled up soon.
Patti Jones
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Surprised how you didn’t mention that they hate/avoid tipping, and that they’d rather to stay home than pay cover charge (“add me +1 please”), and that they have no problem paying $24 for a cocktail or valet, but can’t stomach waiting 5 minutes in a line… or that they don’t event bother going to Whole Foods in person and complain that the Prime shopper/driver took too long to deliver groceries (not to mention picked the wrong replacement item for their out-of-stock seitan)… or that they are excited to pop by an international shantytown for a selfie but wouldn’t be caught dead after dark in the “ghetto” across their town… or that they gladly spend thousand per year in unused/unknown digital subscriptions yet do everything in their power to avoid paying the same amount in municipal taxes… and that their entitled dogs are more well-behaved than their entitled (and left-to-their-own-devices) children…
And that all of this rings quite shallow anyway, because you/we/us/they all here are the global 1% in reality, and even those that haven’t reached the Whole Foods income bracket are still better off financially than 99% of the humans on earth… still have plenty of food to eat, and the time to complain about it.
Check your privilege. And please remind all your readers to do the same (on a daily basis).
I’ll be checking mine today.
Erik Schneider
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Great rant!
This is exactly why I moved 600 miles away from LA to the middle of nowhere.
I love people, but I was fatigued loving ten million folks all at once.
I'll leave LA and SoCal to those that wish to remain. Thirty-five years was twenty-five years too long.
Here, there are more trees than people. We haven't hit 65 degrees yet this year. There are far more wet misty days than sunny ones.
There's an airport, but most people drive 5 hours to Sacramento or Oakland to catch a flight.
I'd have to drive a similar distance to find a Whole Foods or even a Trader Joe's.
We have a "Co-op" that looks just like a Whole Foods, but I've never stepped inside, because I hold fast to my belief that a "co-op" should have dim lighting and sawdust on the floor, not be lit up inside and out like Dodger Stadium.
And I'd forgotten a Panamera even existed.
My only regret is moving to a place that doesn't have a Panda Express.
Somehow I'll survive.
Dave Howard
Eureka, CA
PS. My dog is 100% my child . He goes inside with me at Walmart and Target where he's welcome. We stay out of Costco (we have one of those!) and Safeway where dogs aren't allowed.
I agree, bad dog owners, aisle hoggers, and meat sniffers suck.
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Damn right about Dogs.
Selfish consumerism and corporate delusion.
Dogs owners are so riotous right now. Their own isle in Bunnings!!! (Aust hardware chain)
Care dogs, companions, cute animal accessories as well as bite your face off terrifying dogface snappy killers all out in public on a Sunday arvo sharing shopping spaces with unsuspecting shoppers.
We've seen the results and it's just noisy drama unfolding.
Pets are money making for corporations and that's why. It will backfire eventually.
Obviously I'm a no pets person. Lots of animals in my life, all wild. Used to keep chickens. Till the wildlife ate them.
If I could have a companion pet, it'd be a cat. But it's not practical (I resent my family who make excuses not to leave the house due to the cat) because I travel uninhibited because I don't keep a house pet.
A Dog (or any pet) has rights to be treated humanely. Like a human? Dog owners take advantage of an grey area and at times that person has the same rights but extra, with their dog to care of/ look after their interests if that dog is part of their care package. In dog friendly specified spaces they are sailing just fine, dog on a leash. No cares in the world with full doggy confidence.
Until
it gets in a fight with another aggressive dog. Killing it or being killed.
Or sniffs my crotch and my partner (also not into dogs) punches it in the nose starting an argument with the dog owner.
Or sh*ts in the isle or in the trolley on top of goods that they have now decided to return to the shelf.
Or bites a kids face off. Or part of a limb.
Barking to the point of madness.
Or maybe it enjoys the outing and makes no issue or annoying noises besides attracting attention of other human dog lovers, getting pats and although you only bought a coffee at the cafe in the hardware store it was a lovely morning out.
Ffs. I'm over it. No dogs please.
If, I have to go this retail space to shop under sufference I'll do so begrudgingly and with caution. I will however complain, if there's a dog incident.
We all should have rights not to be subservient to someone else's dog in our retail environment.
Kylie Cowling
Australia
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About halfway through your rant I thought "this would make a great stand-up bit... ala Larry David. Glad you pointed out it's all about delivery. I feel your pain with the Whole Foods crowd. Go home and make a cocktail?
cheers!
Michael Crittenden
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Just curious Bob; What is your net worth?
Marty Jorgensen
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Get this illustrated a la Harvey Pekar. You’ll make lots of money and then you can go back to Whole Foods, take up two spaces and be the a*shole that someone who’s miffed by your entitled behavior gets to complain about: the circle of life!
Bob Merlis
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I love your boomer rants. Nice to get one that is mostly not about politics. Also, vaccines are straight up poison. The rich avoid them because… vaccines… an excellent way to suddenly develop autism. Only people who haven’t studied the actual history of vaccines know this. There is an embargo on information. Repeat the lie that vaccines saved us from polio long enough and people believe it without question. Anyway, love ya! I do think you struck the tone you were going for.
Punchi Lux
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