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Rant: the checkout lady in Newhall said I was smart for buying dented canned tomatoes and I almost felt bad
I was at the Food 4 Less on Lyons Ave on Saturday and the cashier said "you know those are dented right" like I was making a mistake. I said yeah, that's why they're 79 cents instead of two bucks, and she goes "oh I could never." Ma'am, it's a can. The dent is in the metal, not the tomatoes inside. I get roughly $40 a month back just from grabbing dinged cans and squished boxes of pasta, and the food tastes the exact same. The part that got me was her acting like I was eating trash in front of her. Has anyone else caught side-eye for buying the marked-down stuff, or is it just the stores around here?
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the_jamie20d ago
Dented cans can actually mess with the seal and let bacteria in, so the store is basically hoping you won't notice. Saving a buck isn't worth a night on the toilet if the can got bent near the rim. Plus most folks aren't wrong to side-eye it, they're just looking out for you.
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