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[Aug. 27th, 2007|01:44 pm] |
So, Fresh Fields had a sale on Icelandic chocolate. I loved Icelandic chocolate when I was last there in 1996. So I got a bar from a box labeled "Milk Chocolate." When I opened it back at my desk and bit into it, it tasted terrible. That's when I looked at the wrapper and it said, "Baker's Chocolate: Bittersweet."
See, I dislike bitter chocolate. Don't debate with me about it, either, because every time I say that, I meet some dark chocolate aficionado who tries to convince me it's superior to milk chocolate until I pummel them with my meaty fists like a gorilla on a gas can.
It's apparent I didn't read the wrapper when I pulled it from the box, and this variety has a plain butcher paper wrapper where almost all the bars look the same except for small text below the logo. I hope the asshat who put the wrong bar in the milk chocolate display box eats some spoiled food and spends the rest of the day wondering if they are going to throw up.... no wait, maybe not... oh, yes yes yes... OH MY GOD... maybe not, okay... if I just sit here...
As a closet wiccan, I feel the curse must match the crime. |
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2007-08-27 05:52 pm (UTC)
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Meee's Thinks
Baker's Chocolate: Bittersweet /= to Milk Chocolate.
Sorry man.
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Baker's chocolate isn't even eating chocolate - it's completely unsweetened and usually tastes about like cardboard dipped in something bitter - if you're lucky. I love dark chocolate, and you wouldn't catch me trying to eat baker's chocolate.
Some inconsiderate dipwad of a customer is probably responsible; maybe someone put a cart into their car while they were there. Karma is often tricky that way.
i think you need Jet Bar therapy...... hmm when to deliver...
Unpleasant food surprises are the worst kind of surprises, especially when your expectations have been set at such a level that the reaction to the surprise will be somewhere between "0h n0z!! u sux0r!! gh0d y u h@te me s0?!?!" and "I shall wait in the dark shadows for the vile cretin who perpetrated this foul deed upon my person, and shall inflict upon him pain such as he has never before experienced!" In other words, anger is understandable. I will add two other comments:
- Anyone who foreefully tries to convince you that something that tastes vile to you is a wonderful thing should be forced to clean a two year-old's diaper with their tongue.
- As a closet Wiccan (says the not-so-closet Buddhist), isn't it "Do no harm, wish no harm"?
actually, it's "an it harm none, do what thou wilt." plus accepting the responsibility that if you do something you will get it back. (aka the threefold law)
in this case, Punkie was harmed and is invoking the threefold law upon the person who harmed him.
Ok, I am still confused. Is it then ok to wish ill upon someone if they have do you harm, even if that harm was unintentional (e.g., through ignorance or neglect)?
It is not, I am a selfish and angry prick who still can't get that bitter taste out of my mouth. I was going to post, "I hope he gets boils on his ass while mountain bike riding," but that seemed too harsh. "I hope he or she also gets bitter chocolate," seemed too wimpy compared to my self-righteous anger.
The D-man has the correct answer.
Even though I love very dark chocolate (as opposed to Baking Chocolate, which is just nasty to eat), I'd still hate to bite into it when I was expecting something else. Salt and sugar are both nice things, too, but not pleasant when you get one when you needed t'other.
But salt IN chocolate is so nice... there's a salt+almonds+milk chocolate that I got at Ma Petite Shoe last time I was there. I forget the brand, but I think the label was green. | |
