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sheepherder · 10-15-2014, 08:40 PM

...A scathing indictment of our education system...

So today I'm down to about two or three mugs of 'blended' coffee left (I mixed the dregs of Maxwell House, Tovazzo, and Dunkin' Donut coffee together - not bad) and decide to try the 'grind-it-yourself' 8 O'Clock coffee...The Blue Mountain Jamaican blend...

The instructions see simple enough...Inflate bag, dump beans in it, dump them in the grinder, and put bug under chute. Hit 'Start' button.

[See pic below]

I 'inflate' the bag, put it under the bean measure chute (like a big powder measure), and pull the handle...Beans tumble down and fill bag...I mean, FILL...They're up to the edge of the top of the bag...OK, I think - It'll settle when they're ground...So I dump the bag o' beans into the grinder, re-position the bag, and let 'er rip...

After about a minute, it seems done...No more coming down...I pull the bag out...And it's still full...To the brim...I can't even fasten the tangs on the bag, I can only pinch the bag a bit and hook the tangs to the edges...

So I take it and the other three items to the check-out...15 registers, only two manned [womaned?]...And 2 or 3 customers in line at each...So I go to one of the 4 automated check-outs...Scan my three items, put the bag o' java on the scale, and select Non-Scanable/Bulk screen...No coffee...

I wave to get the girl manning the Reset desk...Tell her it's grind-it-yourself coffee...She has to get out her store items list...Can't find ground-yourself coffee...Asks me if I remember how much it was; I tell her "$8.99 a pound"...She flips pages a bit, finally calls somebody on the store phone, and now she's all smiles...Yes, it's really $8.99 a pound (like it says on the front of the grinder, which someone just checked for her)...

She tells me to put the bag on the scale; I do... 1.7 pounds...I tell her "That's not right - The bag measured the dump"...She looks at it and says "It must have settled when you ground it; that's why it weighs more now"...

Huh???...

She charges me for a pound, because that's what the bean measure is calibrated to dispense...And of course, we all know coffee weighs more after grinding...

She's about high-school senior age, maybe a graduate...And I'm afraid she may have gone as far in her chosen career field as she's likely to go...

I'll have more on the taste of inflated-weight Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee in a day or two...After I've finished my Devils Mix...

10-15-2014, 08:40 PM	#2
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,197 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	Supermarket Adventures ...A scathing indictment of our education system... So today I'm down to about two or three mugs of 'blended' coffee left (I mixed the dregs of Maxwell House, Tovazzo, and Dunkin' Donut coffee together - not bad) and decide to try the 'grind-it-yourself' 8 O'Clock coffee...The Blue Mountain Jamaican blend... The instructions see simple enough...Inflate bag, dump beans in it, dump them in the grinder, and put bug under chute. Hit 'Start' button. [See pic below] I 'inflate' the bag, put it under the bean measure chute (like a big powder measure), and pull the handle...Beans tumble down and fill bag...I mean, FILL...They're up to the edge of the top of the bag...OK, I think - It'll settle when they're ground...So I dump the bag o' beans into the grinder, re-position the bag, and let 'er rip... After about a minute, it seems done...No more coming down...I pull the bag out...And it's still full...To the brim...I can't even fasten the tangs on the bag, I can only pinch the bag a bit and hook the tangs to the edges... So I take it and the other three items to the check-out...15 registers, only two manned [womaned?]...And 2 or 3 customers in line at each...So I go to one of the 4 automated check-outs...Scan my three items, put the bag o' java on the scale, and select Non-Scanable/Bulk screen...No coffee... I wave to get the girl manning the Reset desk...Tell her it's grind-it-yourself coffee...She has to get out her store items list...Can't find ground-yourself coffee...Asks me if I remember how much it was; I tell her "$8.99 a pound"...She flips pages a bit, finally calls somebody on the store phone, and now she's all smiles...Yes, it's really $8.99 a pound (like it says on the front of the grinder, which someone just checked for her)... She tells me to put the bag on the scale; I do... 1.7 pounds...I tell her "That's not right - The bag measured the dump"...She looks at it and says "It must have settled when you ground it; that's why it weighs more now"... Huh???... She charges me for a pound, because that's what the bean measure is calibrated to dispense...And of course, we all know coffee weighs more after grinding... She's about high-school senior age, maybe a graduate...And I'm afraid she may have gone as far in her chosen career field as she's likely to go... I'll have more on the taste of inflated-weight Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee in a day or two...After I've finished my Devils Mix... Attached Thumbnails __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter... Last edited by sheepherder; 10-16-2014 at 12:57 PM.