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Proper Etiquette of Toothpicking Cheese Cubes 101

by Dan Allen on May 6, 2010

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I played basketball today and realized I was extremely hungry. I dipped into Gourmet Garage to buy something to eat. I didn’t know what I wanted, so I roamed aimlessly around until I found something.

Luckily, The cheese department had five platters of cheese cubes with a cup of toothpicks.

Famished, I plucked out a cube and bit it off the end of the toothpick. I sucked off the lingering smokey flavor that seemed infused into the wood. Still starving, I went to the next tray, then the next, then the next and finally hit the last tray and felt a pang of guilt for eating so much cheese for free. Then out of nowhere, some Botoxed Upper Eastsider bitch felt she needed to teach me some manners.

UPPER EASTSIDER BITCH
(condescendingly) That’s extremely unsanitary.

ME
What? Are you talking you me?

UPPER EASTSIDER BITCH
Just so you know…you should use a new toothpick for each cube.

ME
What are you talking about? I carefully pierced each cube individually. Why is that unsanitary?

UPPER EASTSIDER BITCH
No. You’re wrong. I just wanted to let you know. (she then passertively walks away to the olive section)

ME
(I followed her) No, I’m not wrong. Don’t leave now. You felt comfortable enough to comment on my eating habits. Please, I implore you to enlighten me why I am “wrong”.

UPPER EASTSIDER BITCH
(visibly shaken but still condescending) You were wrong and that was disgusting. Don’t do that again. (she quickly beelines it to the butchers)

ME
(enraged) You’re a fucking lunatic, lady!

Another woman pushed her cart directly in between the Upper Eastsider Bitch and me. She was shocked by my expletive statement. I told her the dialogue I had exchanged with the crazy lady. Fortunately, she agreed with me (but I suspect she wanted an easy out of the situation) Then I proceeded to talk to each person and stated my case. Oddly, everyone agreed with me. I realize now that I probably scared everyone I encountered.

The paradox of calling someone a “fucking lunatic” to everyone who walks by because that particular person didn’t like how you ate cheese makes you look like a “fucking lunatic”.

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