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[–] Thanks4Nothing@lemm.ee 32 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Worked in retail many moons ago. Back when organic was just becoming a thing. I can tell you one thing.: A lot of people were getting a deal on organic food -because cashiers would just key in the code for non-organic. The lines were too long, and you look foolish looking things up in the "book" haha.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I still do this if I have to go through self checkout. Look man, I don't work at a grocery store. If they force me to do two completely separate jobs (cashier and bagger), and still raise my food prices, I'm going to give myself some employee discounts.

[–] DrPop@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

That's stealing, says the person who also does this. Also I have some saffron I nicked from Wally world too if you want to try it with our ill gotten gains.

[–] Nanomerce@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

last time I didn't use self checkout, the cashier keyed in all my stuff as organic when it wasn't :(

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Organic is the same code with a 9 in front.

[–] uis@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The only inorganic compounds in food I can imagine are salts. It is beyond me how they not understand that almost everything everyone eats is organic.

[–] dan@upvote.au 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I get what you're going for, but not everything is literal. People refer to their computers as "rigs" even though they can't drill for oil.

When people use the word "organic" for food, they're specifically referring to particular certifications, like the National Organic Program in the USA, and foods that are "organically farmed". I agree that the naming isn't ideal, but the word "organic" is very commonly used for this, and therefore it's a legitimate definition of "organic". That's just how language works :)

[–] uis@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

an agricultural system that uses fertilizers of organic origin such as compost manure, green manure, and bone meal

Guano wars, anyone?

and places emphasis on techniques such as crop rotation and companion planting.

Isn't this a thing everyone always does? Isn't monoculture turns soil into shit?


Maybe. I'm just tired of seeing "GMO-free" soda kind of idiocy.

[–] Fish@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

As expensive as organic food is, I'm sure that they already factor incorrect item entry into the cost of organic produce items.