Amateurs. Pick 5 stores and alternate purchases between 4 of them. Then add 1 new store and drop 1 old store each week going forward, which minimizes your visibility.
Janis, the next time you need a sanitary product send Arlo. Then we’ll see how many items he comes home with. ;-)
And before one asks how many items I come home with, I’ve never felt uncomfortable buying my wife’s sanitary product. My only concern was making sure I got the right one. No substitutions allowed! Unless you have gone to 15 stores and then call to get approval for an available alternative.
Heh heh. In my state, retail beer and wine are usually available only in the liquor stores. It’s strange crossing the state line into NY and seeing beer in supermarkets.
Have to disagree with Arlo on this one, at least in terms of my personal experience.
When I was a high school student, I worked in a grocery store for a summer. The employees always noticed the customers who bought large quantities of alcohol on a frequent basis.
Realistic in that each item sees to have it’s own plastic bag. Around here cities were starting to ban them, then the pandemic came around. they decided it was better to cover the earth with plastic, than have to wash the re-useables.
A couple times I saw shopping carts with nothing but a dozen or more bottles of hard liquor, including large bottles of cheap vodka. The woman pushing the cart was the same, not visibly ravaged by alcohol to that extent. She seemed to be half Navajo, though. The Navajo reservation is only a few miles north of us and alcohol possession there is treated like cocaine possession here. A bootlegger, I think.
Another location clue! They must live in a state where you can buy wine in a grocery store! When we moved from Nevada to New Jersey, one of the more embarrassing things that happened to me was when I asked a checkout person in a grocery store where the wine section was. (“You can’t buy wine in a grocery store!” There are a very few now where that is possible; progress!) The other incident was when I stopped at a gas station the first time and started pumping my own gas (that’s a no-no in New Jersey!).
At least she didn’t drop into stereotype of just buying chocolate to go with the wine. Or at least presumably – I don’t know too may types of chocolates that come in cans.
eolan59 about 3 years ago
Trader Joe’s doesn’t mind
Da'Dad about 3 years ago
Until the 4th panel I thought Janis was just stocking up.
allen@home about 3 years ago
To me it look likes can goods. But that just me.
mddshubby2005 about 3 years ago
You won’t need it if it expires before you’re ready to use it, Janis.
Auntie Socialist about 3 years ago
Although it does lead to a certain amount of tittering in the break room
Auntie Socialist about 3 years ago
They’re too busy sending errand boys to southeast asia
DebUSNRet Premium Member about 3 years ago
Exactly like I used to shop locally. But now the BiHi has closed.
Beaker about 3 years ago
I understand completely. When I go to the drugstore to buy Preparation H, I also get some toothpaste, aspirin, and gum to “hide” the purchase.
My First Premium Member about 3 years ago
In the 60’s, boys would throw in some condoms with a 1/2 dozen other things to hide that purchase.
Fontessa about 3 years ago
Janis, buy a case and the wine store will deliver :)
artmer about 3 years ago
Amateurs. Pick 5 stores and alternate purchases between 4 of them. Then add 1 new store and drop 1 old store each week going forward, which minimizes your visibility.
nosirrom about 3 years ago
Janis, the next time you need a sanitary product send Arlo. Then we’ll see how many items he comes home with. ;-)
And before one asks how many items I come home with, I’ve never felt uncomfortable buying my wife’s sanitary product. My only concern was making sure I got the right one. No substitutions allowed! Unless you have gone to 15 stores and then call to get approval for an available alternative.
Going Nuts about 3 years ago
In our house it’s the neighbors, not the clerks.
Jeffin Premium Member about 3 years ago
Buy six or more and get 10% off at my store. My check stand is a no judgie zone.
Michael G. about 3 years ago
Heh heh. In my state, retail beer and wine are usually available only in the liquor stores. It’s strange crossing the state line into NY and seeing beer in supermarkets.
jarvisloop about 3 years ago
Have to disagree with Arlo on this one, at least in terms of my personal experience.
When I was a high school student, I worked in a grocery store for a summer. The employees always noticed the customers who bought large quantities of alcohol on a frequent basis.
Perhaps times have changed, though.
j.l.farmer about 3 years ago
she is with groceries AND wine!
christelisbetty about 3 years ago
Realistic in that each item sees to have it’s own plastic bag. Around here cities were starting to ban them, then the pandemic came around. they decided it was better to cover the earth with plastic, than have to wash the re-useables.
Tyge Premium Member about 3 years ago
Janis is wine shamed at her grocers? Boooo…
flagmichael about 3 years ago
A couple times I saw shopping carts with nothing but a dozen or more bottles of hard liquor, including large bottles of cheap vodka. The woman pushing the cart was the same, not visibly ravaged by alcohol to that extent. She seemed to be half Navajo, though. The Navajo reservation is only a few miles north of us and alcohol possession there is treated like cocaine possession here. A bootlegger, I think.
formathe about 3 years ago
I used to go to the “beer store” with my own two wheeler,,,,,,,
khjalmarj about 3 years ago
Another location clue! They must live in a state where you can buy wine in a grocery store! When we moved from Nevada to New Jersey, one of the more embarrassing things that happened to me was when I asked a checkout person in a grocery store where the wine section was. (“You can’t buy wine in a grocery store!” There are a very few now where that is possible; progress!) The other incident was when I stopped at a gas station the first time and started pumping my own gas (that’s a no-no in New Jersey!).
DCBakerEsq about 3 years ago
Beer requires snacks. It’s a rule.
Thinkingblade about 3 years ago
At least she didn’t drop into stereotype of just buying chocolate to go with the wine. Or at least presumably – I don’t know too may types of chocolates that come in cans.
unca jim about 3 years ago
It’s like buying condoms in Ohio..Buy 17 ‘other things’ so the teenaged scanner-girl won’t notice too much..
dagupster about 3 years ago
“It’s better to have it and not need it” is a recipe for food wastage. Tools, on the other hand…
yipp_eeee about 3 years ago
That’s easy for Arlo to say, but I bet if he bought condoms or Prep H he would cover them up with a cart full of groceries too!
NoLongerWandering about 3 years ago
The clerks won’t care, but her neighbors will click their tongues, lol.
WilliamDoerfler about 3 years ago
Wimmen!
Marvin Premium Member about 3 years ago
Aunty Acid keeps her Liverpool flat stocked with 5L box wine.
Sanspareil about 3 years ago
most grocery stores around here (Seattle) sell wines in cans
CynthiaLeigh about 3 years ago
I know the ones at my local Aldi don’t care!
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member about 3 years ago
The clerks don’t care, just the customers for some reason.