Where did the Butt Hole Road from the thumbnail come in? I didn't see that. Was I not paying close enough attention?

There's a great little Vietnamese supermarket near me in Little Saigon called... Well, I'll let you have a look at the name:


Yep, it's A Dong Supermarket. (It's pronounced differently in Vietnamese and is supposed to have some accent symbols, but I'm glad they didn't include them.)

Just an Idea.... Why not put an automatic barrier strap/gate that opens up with a receipt barcode? just like in Car parks, Supermarkets, etc...?

She's just practicing for Supermarket Sweep, no need to make fun of her.

I work in a UK supermarket part-time - we greet people with a "Why the fuck are you looking at me".

Not as catchy but hey I don't have to touch the locals!

oh btw gotta be viral - too convenient the people coming in just happen to talk to him.

The dad feels bad for punishing the child and weakly asks her to reaffirm her love for him, and the child senses his weakness and withholds her love as a bargaining tactic..this kind of parenting is why you see situations where children are yelling at their parents in the supermarket and the parent tries to hush them up with a candy bar.

Without the parents presenting a unified and unwavering front on discipline and authority in the home, the children quickly learn how to manipulate them and play the parents off of one another. They become little napoleons who know all they have to do is throw a fit to get their way. The home environment where the child is exalted and the discipline is weak and the authority compromised is a breeding ground for the dysfunctional, me-centric culture we see today.

This is partly because such studies are hard, and rare. The most commonly cited one (which is unusual, as you point out) is the Nurses Study.

An interesting one mentioned by the TV show "Supersizers go..." was studies into the effects of wartime rationing in WWII London (the first episode of the series actually).

Since they have put up all the episodes on yt, I can even link to it: http://youtu.be/cCddAKnf2LI?t=7m



As they point out, although certain details change, the basic advice has stayed the same for the past 50 years... eat less sugar and fat, eat less meat, eat more fruit and vegetables. No matter which trend is in at the moment, eating too much processed food is always discouraged and, with few exceptions, eating more fruit and vegetables is usually encouraged.

Re-watching the end of the episode though, reminds me that it wasn't actually the last few minutes where they mentioned the research, it was earlier. Rats. Somewhere in the episode they did make mention of it, I'm sure of it, but I only found the summary at the end.

In his short and readable book "In defence of food", Michael Pollan also mentions research by Canadian dentist (!) Weston Price, published in 1939 and titled "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration". Price studied the diets of various isolated populations that had not been exposed to modern food, and found that humans are quite adaptable and can thrive on a wide variety of diets... sadly, the Western diet does not appear to be one of them.

In the same volume he also points out that you should avoid foods which make health claims... if you look in the supermarket, the healthiest foods are likely to be lumped together in the fresh fruit and vegetable section making no claims at all. If you want a book which provides references and studies, that one is worth reading. I'm sure he is not 100% correct in every claim he makes, but like I said, the book is short and readable.

I do sort of find the honesty of it attractive. This creature had to die for you to eat. I'm not really sure if its that much more barbaric than what happens to the meat you buy at the supermarket. I mean, we've all probably eaten some poor chicken that spent its entire existence inside a tiny cage.

Meanwhile in parts of the UK and Europe we are running DNA tests on beef to check it for horse meat. This is the extent we have become distanced from the slaughter of the animals we eat. Frankly, after watching a pig being turned from living thing to bacon it made me wonder if it was a taboo meat in so many cultures simply because it was so upsetting to slaughter them. I try and remember that pig hanging on a hook bleeding out whenever I eat meat.

This, and the mention of Supermarket Sweep, inspired me to go looking for this:
http://videosift.com/video/Bundy-vs-Darcy-Shop-Off-Married-with-Children

Does this count as related?

..yeah, but in Supermarket Sweep, they loaded up on frozen turkeys instead of ipads.

there was an American game show called Supermarket Sweep, which had a similar premise of grabbing as much merchandise as you can fit into your cart as you race around the store during the time allotted.
I think the more questions you got right, the more time was on the clock.

I thought the "Rainforest alliance" thing was just a way for big companies to confuse shoppers with a label reminding that of Fairtrade®, while greenwashing a clean conscience for consumers looking to make a difference in the supermarket.

But after seeing this video, I now understand the the futility and absurdity of trying to make an ecological impact by any other means than simply being a responsible consumer and buying shit. All hail the hypnotoad.

Great shirt for her, too...Oh and take it from someone who suffers stage fright and a number of other blockages...If you can do this in a crowded supermarket, you can do it nightly for a living!

Most of my have to do with driving, some already mentioned, but also: people who don't use turn signals (especially the ones who just slam on their brakes, then turn left or right, no indication where they want to go).

People who cut you off, then want to turn LEFT the next intersection on a busy no-turn-lane road so you sit behind them for 5 minutes.

People who refuse to pull into the intersection when turning left, or even go when there is nobody coming, because there is 'only a green light but the turn arrow turned off already'.

People who start digging for something on a traffic light and never look up to see when the light goes green.

Oh, people on supermarkets/grocery stores who park their cart in the middle of the aisle, then browse something next to their cart and never mind that nobody can get by.

People on (Starbucks or ANY) line (of 5/10/20.. people) who come up and say 'oh, I have no idea what I want, let me think...'

People who wait for the cashier to say how much they owe, THEN dig out their CHECKBOOK and start writing a check. Special treat if they can't find their checkbook. Also, the people who use a credit card, but first can't find it. They they have to try to figure out which way it goes in the reader, then type their PIN wrong 4 times, and after that have to use a different card.

I think I just have no patience..

It looks like most of the possible witnesses there are young girls. Try doing seven front flips at the local supermarket... see if you get any bites.