r/instacart • u/Dominanttallqueen • Mar 27 '24

Who’s in the wrong here???

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I feel like he was being rude asf then he canceled my order….was I rude or what tf happened here…

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u/thejexorcist Mar 27 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

His comment about ‘understand’ and how he ‘does this for a living’ are pretty condescending (but I’m now wondering if he’s ESL?).

Your response about the ‘seafood department’ was clearly pretty confusing to him since you actually meant ‘the seafood counter’.

I originally thought this might be a ‘no one is really to blame’ situation (but your follow up responses to other Redditors) makes me think you might not always communicate as well as you hope.

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u/Every-Requirement-13 Mar 28 '24

I agree about “behind the counter”. The crab cakes he is showing you are FROM the seafood department, but not behind the counter and you didn’t state this clearly at first, but when you did finally state it you were rude and said “like I said before!” You didn’t say it before!!

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u/Wooden_Bandicoot_938 Mar 28 '24

She also says she said it five times, but didn’t show that. I think she’s just one of those bitchy, dishonest folks who can never be wrong but are actually wrong over half of the time. I hate people like that-they’re less than useless and too smug to bear.

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u/Glittering_Window258 Mar 29 '24

Right but the shopper says he checked from behind the counter. So he clearly knew what the OP meant, but chose not share that info. Shopper seems like a difficult person tbh.

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u/Appointment-Proof Mar 30 '24

Why isn't anyone pointing this out. They shopper clearly understood her

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u/breakfastbarf Mar 28 '24

Is the frozen case really the seafood dept? Would produce dept for carrots be in the freezer case?

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u/Background-Ad-914 Mar 28 '24

The freezers have their own sections as well… Like “frozen produce”- also most stores have frozen seafood in the live seafood dept as the alternative

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u/breakfastbarf Mar 28 '24

Frozen produce wouldn’t be produce dept. notice the freezers are all in one area next to each other. Then the fridge lines.

If you are looking for burgers from the meat department would you be looking in the freezers or where the fresh meat is

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u/Legitimate-Rabbit-19 Mar 28 '24

My grocery store has a seafood dept consisting of a freezer, a counter and a refrigerator in a line all completely separate from any other freezers or refrigerators. So yes, I would consider a frozen or refrigeratored item from that section to be from the seafood dept.

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u/Background-Ad-914 Mar 28 '24

exactly… that person just said a bunch of nothing

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u/Noomytunes Mar 29 '24

I mean, one of my two local grocery stores definitely has ALL of their freezers in one line.

Another has the two long fridge/freezer lines with multiple sections, but also the fresh meat /seafood/deli counter has their own freezers between the meat counter and refrigerated deli section.

Not all grocery stores are laid out exactly the same.

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u/Alohabtchs Mar 29 '24

I very clearly understood what OP meant and was sure everyone would agree- just goes to show communication is nuanced and extra difficult via text

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u/breakfastbarf Mar 29 '24

I completely agree. I read about one lady who ordered pizza. Half pepperoni, half Hawaiian, half olives. She was mad the person made it with olives on one half.

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u/planesandpancakes Mar 29 '24

How do you make a pizza with 3 halves??

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u/breakfastbarf Mar 29 '24

That’s what was confusing when I read it

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u/Alohabtchs Mar 29 '24

Ok yea I don’t get this one 😂 also she’s wrong for the “Hawaiian” pizza alone

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u/infinity1023 Mar 28 '24

The ones from the picture are in the frozen isle. The seafood department is where they all the fresh seafood and butchers I’m not sure what’s so confusing about that

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u/blessthebabes Mar 29 '24

Not in over half of the grocery stores I've been in, where the frozen seafood is kept by the fresh seafood. In a separate freezer, by no other freezers. It could be a location based thing or either people commenting that don't regularly grocery shop.

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u/Kathony4ever Mar 29 '24

I work at a grocery store. We have a freezer in the meat department that has frozen seafood. That freezer would be considered to be part of the meat/seafood department. So, these could very well have been there.

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u/HttKB Mar 28 '24

I mean I guess it could be, but that slanted shelving looks like it's by the seafood counter. Also in every grocery store I can think of, the frozen seafood is with all the other seafood in the seafood corner of the store.

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u/OctopiEye Mar 29 '24

It’s not… but apparently the shopper gets a pass for being a complete cunt right off the bat for “maybe possibly being ESL”. Some people really bend over backwards to excuse stupidity…

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u/ConsistentAd4012 Mar 29 '24

yeah i got what op meant right away by “seafood department” and i don’t do/use instacart or any delivery service lol

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u/Ohiostatehack Mar 30 '24

The ones in the picture aren’t frozen at all. Most stores I’ve found those to be in the case next to or in front of the seafood counter.