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The Organic Nazi

I’ve mentioned before that I worked at Meijer in Mount Pleasant. I work in the produce section there, and one thing I’ve learned is that their are regulars that come to Meijer on a weekly to daily basis, just like a diner or bar has it daily regulars. We have nicknames for a lot of them, I won’t go into to much detail, they can be somewhat of a burden/annoyance. One in particular is a young german lady who has a very thick accent, like Arnold Schwarzenegger, who we call the Organic Nazi. She earned that name by coming in almost every other day complaining and bitching to whoever is working the floor about how bad are organic food, or how come we never have a certain organic food ever. All I can say to her is “I’m sorry Ms. but i don’t order the food i just bring out here.” One day a coworker of mine asked her why does she only care about our organic food food selection. She responded that as a child she was extremely poor and had to eat terrible food or no food at all. She was smart though and worked hard at school and earned all sorts of scholarships and eventually got herself on a full ride to some college in England,  where she earned a business degree and is now a consultant and makes very good money. And one thing she likes to treat herself  to is healthy and delicious organic food because she never had the experience as a child. Once I heard that story i instantly gave her mad props, but and I am still annoyed by the fact that she thinks that I have something to do with the ordering of the organic food. In conclusion my hat goes off  to the Organic Nazi but can you just bitch at management instead of the lowly produce clerk that has nothing to do with the ordering of the food.

One response to “The Organic Nazi

  1. Sam– This is funny. You need to go back and edit. Also, it isn’t the assignment, since you didn’t interview her. You need to interview her and then tell her story. I’ll tell you what. If you edit your mistakes, interview her so you can hear her story directly and then be willing to share it with her, you will get a grade reward. I wonder if she will have a sense of humor? We can talk more. I encourage you to keep writing. You are entertaining and funny, but you need an editor desperately. I think you may want to start a separate page or blog and do the funny posts in there and then the assignments in the other. I bet you will get a good following. Want to try it?

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