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I'm not being weird thinking this is a bit odd, am I?

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MrsChemist · 20/01/2011 18:17

Went to the shop to pick up some bits, and when the lady was packing my bag she asked me if it was ok to snap a baguette in half so it would fit in the shopping bag. She then added, 'or you could have it sticking out of the bag,' in a tone that seemed to say that letting it stick out would be pure madness.

It's not angered me or anything, I'm just wondering if it's odd for shop staff to essentially, cheerfully offer to damage shopping for their customers.

I declined, and put it under my pram. She seemed a tiny bit put out that I didn't take her up on her practical offer.

It was weird, right?

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nickschick · 20/01/2011 21:10

fab Envy a smoked salmon baguette picnic??? bjesus best I get is a hollands meast pie or if hes feeling romantic the dry roasted peanut dust at the bottom of the pack.

Saddled · 20/01/2011 20:55

Its quite normal where I am from.

IAmReallyFabNow · 20/01/2011 20:51

DH took me for a picnic and had made me a smoked salmon baguette. It looked delicious. I put it down to turn the page of the paper I was reading a dog ran up, picked up my sandwich and ran off with it. The owner was mortified and offered to pay for the sandwich. I thanked him but declined.

mablemurple · 20/01/2011 20:47

"Slices" of pate Confused

onepieceoflollipop · 20/01/2011 20:41

funny thread. :)

If I worked on a checkout I would offer to drink your wine and eat your chocolate to save you the bother of taking it home.

nickschick · 20/01/2011 20:40

see I have that french jenes sec qua Grin

PixieOnaLeaf · 20/01/2011 20:38

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pippitysqueakity · 20/01/2011 20:28

Wouldn't it go staler quicker if in two 'opened' pieces?

alwayshasbeen · 20/01/2011 19:54

ooohhh I always fold (snap,break,cruelly tear!) my bread in half to fit in the bag
(am now thinking i'm a weirdo)

dilbertina · 20/01/2011 19:40

I am currently living in France and can report it seems quite common for the French to snap their baguettes.

nickschick · 20/01/2011 19:35

Ermmm hey up are you trying to suggest I feed my family inferior baguette baguette??? the bloody cheek of you.
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FlyingSquirrel · 20/01/2011 19:29

Snap it in half to make two inferior baguettes? It's not a bloody worm you know.

If I wanted two truncated baguettes I'd buy them. If I want a long 'un, I get a proper sized baguette. No one had better flippin' mess wiv me when I'm baguette buying.

That woman was blardy psychotic Mrs Chemist, and she should keep her carbohydrate violence in check. (maybe that's it, maybe she was on Atkins and had developed envy based hatred of all carbohydrates, did she also offer to mash your spuds for you, or grind your penne into cous cous with her bare hands?)

I do hope no one asks her for assistance getting a squirmy toddler into a trolly. Shock

The3Bears · 20/01/2011 19:24

odd

nickschick · 20/01/2011 19:20

Its very normal around here to fold the baguette.....tis honest

Eglu · 20/01/2011 19:19

THat is odd, and made me laugh.

TheMonster · 20/01/2011 19:17

I have honestly never thought of snapping it.

missy10 · 20/01/2011 19:13

pmsl at suzikettles

"Sick of people talking behind your back because your baguettes stick provocatively out of the top of your shopping bag? Save your blushes by simply breaking them in half! Even better, why not buy ciabatta rolls instead, you long bread waving hussy"

:) :) :) :)

Adair · 20/01/2011 19:13

I also snap my own baguette. Probably since the checkout lady offering incident. It was clearly an epiphany.

I also have fond memories of eating the end of the baguette as a child hoping my mum wouldn't notice...

Tigresswoods · 20/01/2011 19:11

Weird.

I once bought pate in sainsburys from the deli counter and the girl was like, "DO you want me to scrape it into a little pot for you?"

Erm, no... slices will be fine in a little plastic bag as normal.

Is that weird?

ChunkyBrewster · 20/01/2011 19:10

Ditto Pozzled and Souteastastra; I also snap my own baguette.

Once I snapped it though and it fell out on the street and a dog ate it in front of everyone. Not my finest moment. Maybe I need professional baguette snapping help...

southeastastra · 20/01/2011 19:05

i also snap my own baguette

pozzled · 20/01/2011 19:04

Well I have been known to snap my own baguette when bag space was at a premium! But yes, it's weird for the shop assistant to offer.

Adair · 20/01/2011 19:02

Ha, this has actually happened to me once. I think I actually agreed in a bemused/amused confusion.

ashamedandconfused · 20/01/2011 18:53

I witnessed baguette rage once when i worked in a well known major supermarket......woman 1 accidentally bumped her trolley into woman 2 - whose response was to ignore the "sorry" and bop the lady on the head with a french stick

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MrsChemist · 20/01/2011 18:26

That's kind of what made me query it, the fact that she clearly thought I was a bit mad for refusing. She'll probably tell her mates about the weird customer who didn't want her bread snapping for ease of packing.

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