Things I Don't Understand

I don't understand why I like the idea of jello so much.

Look! English jello!
It is a brick of concentrated jelly-like stuff.
This little brick makes 4 servings.
 It is about the same size as our boxes of powder.
You make it the same way, with some hot water, then add some ice cubes or cold water, and cold-i-fy it to make it gel.
(Cold-i-fy is the aphasic's word for refrigerate, which didn't come into my head right away, but I left it in so you could get a glimpse of what it is like to have a brain with cloggy synapses.)

Soul Economy

You would not believe the number of expired power bars I found on the power bar shelf.

BUT... GUESS WHAT??

All the expired jello was SOLD!

I SWEAR!!

Not one box was left in the Half Price Gulag.

The Jello Underground

Where the Jello Revolutionary Front waits...

Jello Condos.

... to liberate Jello Patriots in captivity.

Coconut Cream Is Back

YAY!

And Shelly can come get her pudding anytime.

Secret Plot To Sell Expired Jello Exposed

Grocery Czar Scrutinized

Accusations Made

Invective Hurled

Ok, so it's true.

I left expired Jello on the shelf.

But I didn't intend for it to actually sell.
I mean, the reason they expired is 'cause no one bought those flavors,
so it's not like I was going to order MORE

and I thought it looked so pretty --

the full range of flavors side by each, colorful and cheerful.

The only pic I have of OLD Jello. I always meant to take a better one but I never felt like it. Now, flavors are GONE.

It was a REALLY WEIRD day.

====> FIRST,

I had already decided to do a Jello Expose early Friday morning.

====> SECOND,

mid-morning, a lady came up to me holding the last four boxes of

Jello Coconut Cream Cook and Serve Pudding,

which I happened to know were expired.

So I thought, "Uh oh. Duck and cover."

BUT,

she only wanted to know if I was going to order more.

"No," I said, "becuase it expires. No one buys it."

She said, "But I can't get it anywhere else! I BUY IT!"

I told her she was holding -- GASP! -- EXPIRED JELLO.

She knew and didn't care that it was 8 months out of date,

 as long as she could be eating

Jello Coconut Cream Cook and Serve Pudding.

So, I ordered more!

A case for her and a case for me!

YUM!

====> THIRD

 You won't believe this.

Mid-afternoon there was scene at Register One.
A customer was offended at having found -- GASP! -- EXPIRED JELLO
on the shelf and complained to the Cashier On Duty.
Who told Dan.
Who implemented a
Police Action against the Jello State.
He pulled a WHOLE BASKET OF JELLO off my shelf,
called me over,
 and told me about The Expired Jello Incident At Register One.
I told him,
"Sure, there is some expired Jello but NOT THAT MUCH!!"
I hurled invective and examined the Jello in the basket.
In fact, he had READ SOME OF THE THE DATES
I N C O R R E C T L Y !!!

So I got to do the "It's Me I'm Great I'm Right HA HA" Dance.
Which was very satisfying.
But then,
I had to accept that my Jello Display was forever altered,
that it would never reach Peak Flavor Saturation again.
The grief was so overwhelming
I couldn't even bring myself to photograph my ravaged display.
I rearranged things a bit and tried to accept
 The Post-Apocalyptic Jello State.

Notice the box of Jello Chocolate Cook and Serve Pudding acting as a place holder for Jello Coconut Cream Cook and Serve Pudding, which will be arriving Monday.

So what have I learned from all of this?

The sale is giant, not the Jello.

 Never put all your Jello in one basket.

You see before you here, in this basket -- GASP! -- EXPIRED JELLO.