Beware the Safeway on 15th Ave on Capitol Hill

I'll swear if I feel the need to. I do not consider swearing to be worse than any other word. The perversion of the concept of profain words bothers me. It's my mini-rebellion.

Public or not, swearing's validity is held in it's use, not existence.

However, I know that I can over use a "curse" word. If it is gratuitous, that is the "dumbing down" of America.

I am tired of reading innapropriate language in blogs. Blogs are in the public domaine, and swear words simply do not belong.

The dumbing down of America continues .... please rise above it.

While the soup was old, it had not "expired." The label says "Best if served by...". Which means just that; it doesn't mean that beyond that date it is unsafe. No, it shouldn't be on the shelves, but hysterically calling the entire store "unsafe" is a bit over the top.

As long as the manager voiced appropriate regret along with his offer to replace it (or, I would assume, offer a refund), I'm not sure what else Abbey expected from him.

I'm not claiming I know everything. I may think I do. I may think I know damn close to everything. I may not. You don't know. I didn't claim any additional knowledge. I just brought something significant to the comment table.

You brought a half eaten bag of generic potato chips. Your request for additional proof may have been entertained if you were not so brazenly hostile towards the idea that a freelance writer may not be full of fiction.

Your inability to bring civil discourse is the prime issue I have taken with you. It's entirely plausible to have inquired further into the matter like an adult. I'm sure that there is a lot more interesting aspects to this story. It could have been something great. Instead, it consisted of you and your bunched up panties getting offended by expired soup.

I don't recall stiffling your opinion or telling you to stop commenting. In fact, I have been looking forward to hearing back from you. So your comment about "everyone gets to have an opinion" is fully endorsed by me. However, tacking on the request for me to get off an imagined throne puts you in direct conflict of the conjoining phrase.

So comment away-- I'm just wanting some additional value to this discussion. I'm honestly not attempting to stifle your opinion. If it comes across like that, I'm very glad you don't accept it and contiune commenting.

And yeah Tony, that be my opinion.

Wow Troy!! You know everything, So smart! Again, show some evidence and I will pick a side. Just sounds too phony. And Yes, I did read the whole statement, and I don't buy it. Everyone gets to have an opinion, get off your throne...

Seriously. I almost posted a ton of names defaming your reputation, but decided that would make me suseptable to being thought of as a jackass. I refrained.

In your defense, that sentence was poorly constructed. Let me break it down again:

Bring something significant to the table other than "Untrue!" "Falsities!" or "Shoop'd" if you're going to disagree. Otherwise your statement holds about as much weight as hydrogen.

Ignore the Bible-God argument. It is and was an unnecessary comparison to prove a point better served by simply saying what I did above. The need to elaborate further with examples to prove the point would be wasted energy.

Also, yes if you read the full post (probably difficult to do so through your anus), she did try to resolve the issue with the store's maneger who was apathetic to her plight.

And pick a side. Is it fake or is she not going through the "proper" channels.

I swear folks. It's possible for people to just tell a story AND take actions. It's what civilizations of merit have been doing for eons.

In conclusion, tony23rum, you are free to consider me an idiot if it makes you feel better about your abysmal ability to utilize and harness the English language and deal with your loss of a sense of humor.

Do you work at that Safeway or something, tony23rum?

significance is proof, my dear idiot Troy. Who's bringing god or the bible into it, you are my dear idiot. The point is it is a fabricated scam, and needs more evidence brought to the table before you post something so damn silly. What kind of outcome were you expecting?? People to refuse to shop there, because that idiot can't check dates??

That's right Tony. The Seattlest is trying to take down the fucking SAFEWAY at 15th by taking a picture and waiting four months to post it and pretend to have the flu.

This is not a post that should have anyone getting defensive. It's paranoid to think that this is any sort of conspiracy.

If you seriously think this something other than it was portrait, bring something more than a flimsy defense akin to saying that God exists because so does the bible. Please bring something somewhat significant to the table or walk away.

I honestly think you are full of shit about the soup. I have been a loyal east john shopper since their re-opening in 1998. Those employees are always working their asses off. where do you come off bitching about a human mistake??, if it was actually one. You got so much time on your hands taking pictures of expired product, SHOW us a picture of the receipt. show us that it is actually true. Why not try to resolve your problem with the store?? I can't see them refusing you. Instead you have to try to EXPOSE THEIR FAULTS.. get a freakin life, dude. HUMAN MISTAKE, appartently you are perfect.

I'm with Abbey on this one. That's what the people who get paid to work there are supposed to do. I pay for their shit. I shouldn't have to do that work.

It's like when I go out to a sushi bar with a conveyor belt. They asked me to sign in. They asked me to bus my table. I was expecting them to ask me to wash the windows next. If I wanted to put that much effort into dinner, I wouldn't have gone out.

I've learned to look at expiration dates, but really, that's not my job. That's the company's duty. Yeah, consumers need to take some responsibility, but it's ridiculous not to expect a company to take proper stock. It's why they put the dates on there anyways. It's not like this is the fucking Grocery Outlet.

I think we're all going to have to agree to disagree on that.

Should I really have to check the dates at a store in the fresh deli section to make sure it isn't three months old?

Well, yes.

no, I am a freelance writer with the flu and a camera and nothing else to do.

I am however pretty shocked how many people have free time to sit and write comments hating on me for expecting the food sold at my local grocery store to be edible. Who knew it would be such a touchy subject?!?

Should I really have to check the dates at a store in the fresh deli section to make sure it isn't three months old? I don't think it's moronic of me to expect the food I buy at a store to not be rotten. But that's just me.

Are you a moron with nothing else to do? Rather, you spend your time taking pictures of old food and slandering Safeway? It sounds like you just got fired from that store and you are disgruntled. Here's a good idea: Check the dates on your food when you buy it.

I check the dates on food there, definitely. But it's SO MUCH CHEAPER than QFC that I shop at Safeway regularly. Trader Joes, and Safeway. The produce is okay... at least it's not in extra packaging like TJ's. Can't wait for the farmers markets to start back up!

Boo for being sick. Get some Pho!

Huh. There's supposed to be a strikethrough on Paycheck up there.

Abbey,

Expired items are a fairly common occurrence in all grocery stores. Even Whole Paycheck Foods can’t avoid it.

I once found meat at QFC that was a week past its expiration. Meat! A week!

In summary: It happens. It’s unfortunate. It’s not desirable. But the Safeway on 15th is neither unsafe nor unhelpful.

Caveat emptor, etc.

I am obsessed with Hopvine's Pumpkin Soup.

I can also assure you that my friend wasn't trying to kill me, the soup was for him as well.

If having food made with cream and meat sit on shelf for three months and be sold to unwitting customers isn't unsafe, I don't know what is.

And no, I didn't expect her to bring me a new one. But a little shock in her voice would have made me feel better about the whole thing. As karokestud points out, expired food on this Safeway's shelves is nothing new, so I guess I shouldn't have been upset at all.

hopvine's pumpkin soup is delicious.

I'm not really sure you can blame Safeway (although I them folks, regardless). Perhaps your "friend" had himself some expired soup he wished to inflict into your bowels? Perhaps said "friend" was the one to get you ill in the first place.

Maybe it's the cynic in me, but perhaps you should ask some tough questions to your "friend." And lock the door.

I'm with MvB on this one -- that friend is no friend. Hopvine's "signature" soups were but a hop/skip/jump away.

I live right across from a Safeway, and this is one of the many many reasons I avoid going there. They have expired food (if you want to call it that) out all the time!!

I think your complaint is more with Safeway's Signature soup not flying off the shelves. Your friend couldn't spring for Progresso or Wolfgang Puck's stuff?

I think your post is a little harsh. What did you want the store to do when you called? Have them bring you a new one?

Characterizing the store as unsafe is questionable.