BougieBirdie

That’s a bummer. The industry gets by on misrepresenting its product, so I guess that doesn’t really surprise me

This is often a symptom of a razor-thin labour budget. Management tends to view rotation as a cost, and any cost that can be ignored probably will be.

If the milk is off so quickly past the best-by date, I’d imagine they’re having trouble with either the fridges not keeping temperature, or literally stocking the shelves in a timely fashion. I’ve been places where pallets of frozen food keep getting taken out of the freezer and can sit out for hours while it’s being worked. I’ve had management tell me it’s fine as long as it’s less than four hours - the generally accepted safe maximum time limit - and they fail to realize that’s a cumulative time per product.

Here’s a complaint form. Apparently Hy-vee is employee-owned, so they might actually care to do something about that.

I think the urban/rural divide is a global phenomenon, but yeah some of my fellow Canadians are truly unhinged. My next door neighbour (not rural) was sporting his Trump 2020 hat well into the 20’s and had openly hateful views that he couldn’t wait to tell you about. I didn’t get it - it’s not like he was able to vote for him - but I guess MAGA isn’t meant to be understood.

We’ve always been a little american. For the people who broadcast TV is still relevant for, we get overwhelmingly more US channels than Canadian content. We’re also a petrodollar and have a crazy large cattle industry. Something like 66% of Canadians live within 100km of the border, and if you expand that to 200km it becomes 80% - just a day trip away.

Canadians have always had this image of being a cuddly, polite, apologetic people, but it doesn’t really hold up to scrutiny. Especially if you’re indigenous.

You owned up to it immediately and confessed to it even though it brought you to tears

If I was your mom I’d be proud of you

It’s acute philosophy