Ned has finally decided to decry the apparently entrenched if not growing tendency of food retailers to place tiny, nearly impossible-to-remove stickers on every piece of fresh fruit and vegetables, necessitating that buyers spend an increasing amount of time removing said items, in an already crowded daily schedule. Today, Ned noticed every tomato, zucchini, apple, pear, and pepper he purchased was ornamented with such a tag, not of course to mention items like oranges or bananas in which the skin is not consumed, but which many of his friends compost. Ned wonders how it is that those staff members who attend to checkout stands cannot be trained to recognize, say, the difference between a yellow pepper and a cucumber, or an apple from a zucchini. Ned recalls hearing politicians constantly describe this as 'The Greatest Country In The World" and wonders how such a thing can be true when our citizenry cannot be trusted to tell a pear from a tomato.
Just another thought: rather than curse the darkness, Ned will light a candle, and suggest his friends should perhaps look for recipes featuring small paper stickers--perhaps sauteed with poblano peppers and served over rice.
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