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I dont want to support small business
#27082082 - 12/10/20 12:18 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Im going to try the Carnivore diet in January, so I need a fat source, to feel best you should eat at least 60% of your calories from fat, if not closer to 80%
so I decided to call the butchershop in my town and ask if they could sell me fat trimmings from the beef or if they had beef suet and the phone call didnt go perfect he kinda had a bad tone in his voice towards my questions, so I thought that went poorly and decided to call what I thought was a butcher shop in the next town over, thinking it couldnt go worse then the phone call I just had
so the place is called the guys last name "Deli and Meats", so I called and asked the guy if it was a butcher shop, cause I wasnt 100% sure, and he gave me major attitude and was like "whats the name say", so I responded that the name sounds like he specializes in salami and black forest ham, and I wasnt sure if it was a butcher shop anyways if he could sell me suet or the trimmings from the beef, and now he was kinda agitated and hes like "birds or baking" and I kinda gapped out forgetting most people buying suet want it to make bird feeders, and I was imagining like a tallow rendered from birds so I kinda dumbly say "ummm I dont know, what?" and nows hes raging and hes yelling at me, "DO YOU WANT IT FOR BIRDS OR FOR BAKING" so I say baking and the phone call ends shortly after that
so now I dont really want to go to either place, so I called the grocery store beside my gf's apartment, it was a small chain that got bought out by Loblaws, and Loblaws is about the biggest corporation in my town, out of the 10 places you can buy groceries in my town, Loblaws owns 5, so they have like 50% of the market, so they are big business
so I call and ask to be transferred to someone who does the meat, I get the guy at the bottom of the meat department ladder, I ask him if they trim the fat off the meat on site, he tells me they do, so I ask him if they could sell me the trimmings, he has no clue but says he dosnt see why not, he asks me some questions like if I just want the beef trimmings or the pork trimmings too, he takes down my information and tells me he will call me back tomorrow after he speaks to his manager of the meat department
so the next day I get no phone call, so I call back two days later and ask to be transferred to the meat department, the lady tells me they already went home for the day and transfers me to the manger of the store,he dosnt really understand what I want but I tell him I spoke to the guy at the meat department and he told me he has to speak with his manager of the meat department, the store manager tells me the meat manager is on vacation till monday and to call back then
so I call back monday and ask to be transferred to the meat manager, I ask her about the fat trimmings and she informs me that they already give all the trimmings to somebody else so they cant help me
so it took me half a week and multiple phone calls to get an answer, but out of the 4 people I talked to they were all patient and did their best to help me, and I had a way better experience speaking with people at the Loblaws corporation then independent owned butcher shops
so why should I support small business?
and to get my fat, I will try calling some of the other groceries stores around, theres another 4 with meat departments
the other option is to use butter, lots of zero carb / carnivore dieters munch on butter for the fat content, but I really wanted to do beef only for the first month as a sort of elimination diet, as dairy is a common allergy
so I might try walking into the first place I called, maybe I just misread his tone over the phone, he didnt actually yell at me like the second guy did, maybe I will have a good experience in person
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Re: I dont want to support small business [Re: gopher] 1
#27082122 - 12/10/20 12:32 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Not a reason to not support small businesses, that's just how it is when cold calling, you just did a supply chain management mini crash course thats what some people do for a living. Keep at it you'll get better and you'll have all the fat from all the best butchers
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Re: I dont want to support small business [Re: trees]
#27082128 - 12/10/20 12:36 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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lol how are u gunna get specialty items without small biz
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Re: I dont want to support small business [Re: cannabinated]
#27082186 - 12/10/20 01:13 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Giant corporations treat you exactly the same, and sell inferior product. I suppose they put on their big fake corporate grin while doing it though and that's a big comfort for a lot of people.
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Re: I dont want to support small business [Re: JonBa]
#27082219 - 12/10/20 01:36 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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why suppoze
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Re: I dont want to support small business [Re: JonBa] 4
#27082221 - 12/10/20 01:36 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Gophers artieries must be caked with cholesterol
Seriously dude, not joking here, these diet schemes you constantly talk about are absolutely shortening your life expectancy. You need to stop.
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Re: I dont want to support small business [Re: koods]
#27082226 - 12/10/20 01:38 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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to me its more about the margins 4 value and how many employeez
if i wanna have a workin relationship
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Re: I dont want to support small business [Re: cannabinated] 1
#27082250 - 12/10/20 01:53 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'm on a fish and vegetables diet, not that I'm sticking to it 100% or anything. I made a batch of ground turkey and mushrooms sloppy joe that's mostly kept me fed for 3 days. I have a big freezer full of mostly meat and poultry and I can't let it go to waste, but I'm moving to just eating vegetables and mostly canned herring, also skim milk.
gopher, if you want fat, why not just buy some olive oil? Why you trying to eat as much saturated fat as possible?
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Re: I dont want to support small business [Re: Baby_Hitler]
#27082274 - 12/10/20 02:06 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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olive oil isnt a zero carb food, its mainly about eating animal products, some animal products contain carbs like liver or eggs and they are ok to eat, some plant products contain 0 carbohydrates and they are not ok to eat like oils
plus, I dont know if you are trying to lose weight, but skim milk is the most fattening dairy (although all dairy is fattening) skim milk is a by-product of making butter, the farmers used to feed the skim milk to the pigs to fatten them up
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Re: I dont want to support small business [Re: gopher]
#27082277 - 12/10/20 02:07 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Just eat peanut butter or something
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Re: I dont want to support small business [Re: koods]
#27082296 - 12/10/20 02:14 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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koods said: Gophers artieries must be caked with cholesterol.
It is possible to have high cholesterol intake without arterial plaque build up. Some recent science suggests arterial plaque is enabled by other poor health factors and not exclusivley high fat intake, I think it was high blood glucose and blood pressure makes arteries susceptible to plaque build up, add high fat to that equation and you see the heart disease correlation
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Re: I dont want to support small business [Re: gopher]
#27082301 - 12/10/20 02:18 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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IMO it's just a case by case scenario. Small businesses have provided me the absolute best and worst service in my life. Mid to large corporations are generally middle of the road, although Kroger has always been very good regarding special requests/ordering and general pleasantness.
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Re: I dont want to support small business [Re: gopher] 1
#27082354 - 12/10/20 02:41 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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I know bob loblaw.
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Re: I dont want to support small business [Re: gopher] 1
#27082376 - 12/10/20 02:49 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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gopher said: so why should I support small business?
so you have options when Global Mega Omni Corp has a monopoly and can charge as much as they want for what ever quality product. supporting small businesses gives your town character and the money might reinvested in your town.
I'd cut the small guy some slack, I think they are really struggling and coming to terms that their family may be homeless and hungry soon.
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Re: I dont want to support small business [Re: unam sanctum]
#27082389 - 12/10/20 02:56 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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There used to be a little bike shop in town that sold outdoor equipment and bicycles and such and every single time I ever went in there the owner would say the most condescending things and sometimes even literally try to talk me out of buying something from him.
I was trying to buy one of those MSR Whisperlite stoves from him and he was intent on selling me a canister stove which I didn't want because I like the idea of putting whatever fuel I want in the stove and he told me that Americans don't have the attention span to read the directions and that I'd freeze to death before I could get it lit and he'd be eating his dinner. 
Everyone I know that ever went in there has a story of how he insulted their intelligence. I think the internet finally put him out of business. I still see him sometimes when I ride in the monthly vintage bike geriatric joyride.
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Re: I dont want to support small business [Re: gopher] 1
#27082397 - 12/10/20 03:01 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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sounds like you have a beef with these stores...or a pork maybe
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Re: I dont want to support small business [Re: Crazy_Horse]
#27082432 - 12/10/20 03:15 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Crazy_Horse said: I know bob loblaw.
is he a cool guy?
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Re: I dont want to support small business [Re: gopher]
#27082434 - 12/10/20 03:17 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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he is a lawyer i believe?
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Re: I dont want to support small business [Re: gopher]
#27082478 - 12/10/20 03:39 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Galen Weston is the guy who owns most of Loblaws I think. But I remember jokes about Bob Loblaw predating the show Arrested Development.
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Re: I dont want to support small business [Re: koods]
#27082536 - 12/10/20 04:13 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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koods said: Seriously dude, not joking here, these diet schemes you constantly talk about are absolutely shortening your life expectancy. You need to stop.
Yeah it's usually something so extreme, some of these things he tries out have got to be pretty unhealthy for you. Though this carnivore one seems less risky than some of his other experiments.
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