ps: i overtook him, despite joining my queue after he joined his ... the moral of this is that express is not always the fastest line .. apu knows it, i know it

this supermarket was one on the reason i was so thrilled to leave fitzroy north, that fish smell eww.

the old express line.can drive people crazy.

but given that there isn't a express line at piedemontes the man must be a complete fucktard!

i make no apologies for sneering about the woman in front of me in the woolies 'express' queue this morning with a trolley and 17 (SEVENTEEN) items.

I sometimes go over the express limit in th express lines, but i am a very efficient unpacker of my basket and make no apologies!

you're first against the wall when the revolution comes, storm...

years ago when it used to be my local, they had an exhibition in one of the aisles. There were a few shelves of canned goods that had been re-labeled. It was funny to see people pick them up and read the labels, look thoroughly confused and then move on.

6 bottles of vodka is ONE ITEM!
15 frozen pies is ONE ITM!

the dudes in the bottle-o think i'm insane

I don't care so much about express lanes. I do care about people not moving out of the way so you can pack your bag, and I care about people taking a plastic bag for a pack of Holidays and half a pineapple which also wrapped in plastic.

I miss Piedmontes. It has a better quality of scumbag than Fitzroy Safeway.

every time i go to piedimonte's i run into mr horse! and he goes "oh for fucks sake not you again canadachat!"

;D

is it just me or has the price of EVERYTHING gone up in there lately?

sounds like a world of love, livingincanada

yeah that place is a rip off sometimes mind you the liquor store is rad. the old italian guy who runs it really knows his shit - he was quite shocked when i asked for an italian liquer he didn't stock. also they price match apparently not that i have the guts to haggle. not a good haggler me.

Yeah. It's pretty expensive.

But how great is the section for cookware and shit up top?

ah, the mezzanine.

i once became convinced they didn't sell condoms ... hunted and hunted in the aisle you'd expect to find them in, right near the bandaids and panadols

i decided it must be some weird family policy dating back to the golden years

then one day i spotted them in the lolly section

cue: 'this chewing gum tastes terrible' gag...

maybe they thought they were party favours

whoever chose where to put the razors and the cornfour needs to be demoted to flattening boxes.

not one of the hot ones, unfortunately

Ok, I think I know and have had plenty of odd comments as well

I once had a check-out chick there stop mid-sentence an say ''sorry was I thinking that or saying it?'' To which I replied ''you were saying it''. She started mumbling about how she was losing her marbles. I nodded in agreement and backed away with my groceries. Young Malaysian(?) chick. I also was lining up behind a dude in the liquor part, who tried to start a conversation with the woman behind the counter about a new bottle shop that was opening up down the road. When she barely nodded in reply, he said ''yeah, I used to be in the industry too.''

the industry

There's a really cheeky check-out chick there, always making smart-arse, if not entirely weird comments

Many a hung-over morning, I had to actively avoid her checkout due to getting embarassed easily and not having the head-space to deal with her.

Rally said 23 hours ago:
Hahaha. I used to live about three houses down the street from pedies and was constantly amazed at how almost all of the girls on the checkouts were really beautiful. My housemates and I decided the owner must be an old creepy guy who only hires hot young girls. If he fathers them all then I guess our theory can be true. But I still imagine him as the leader of a cult, with all his beautiful daughters.

Hahahaha... Like that Seinfeld episode, the diner full of big rack waitresses.

Awesome supermarket but Holy Hell its expensive!!!

e.g. The juice i drink is near 3 dolla more . thats just bullshit.

Cant wait to go back today and explore/shop some more though.

Anyone see the car smash through the front window of Piedimontes today? I walked past shortly after... Biggest thing that's happened to Piede's since...Vince Colosimo.

The correct nomenclature is ''Piedos''

Depends which side of St Georges you fall on.

I once saw Chopper there. Anyway, was there buying dinner tonight. The Daffinois was ok thankfully. Oh and the fat dude who sells the big issue was unharmed.

http://stuffwhitepeoplelikeinmelbourne.blogspot.com/2011/05/piedimontes.html

ha!

A friend of a friend started this facebook page after reading the blog post.

Ha. That fb page is good.

Wow, I never knew this thread existed. I worked there for 3 and a half years about oh 7 or 8 years ago now?

Hrmm.....

So many MANY things I could say. But WON'T ha. Wow. Memories!!

Say it

What do you want to know?

There are heaps of things I could say.....

tell us about the checkout girls (as mentioned 10 posts up).

My best friend was a check out chick there. When she moved to Melbs I got her a job there. The guitarist in one of the earlier bands I was in worked in the bottle shop (That's how we met)
Umm, there was a weird mix of traditional Europeans as well as students and hipsters there. Some were nuts, but not as nuts as when I left. It was hard to find good staff......I worked in the deli and bakery (Occasionally managing the bakery) while I was studying.

The family that run that place were something ELSE I tell you what.

go on then...tell us what.

Nothing. I've said too much.

They have lots of money and connections and I don't. Lets just say they owned a few things besides the 2 or 3 supermarkets that they ran.

Met some great people there. Served Chopper and Red Simmons and other Australian 'celebrities'

Still, not as scary as the family that owned the IGA in North Melbourne......they were not scary so much as nuts. Fucking nuts. Always yelling at each other. It was like working in someone's dysfunctional home - so depressing

Never working for family owned businesses like that ever

Thanks for the insights Bastard. Intriguing, sounds like an ABC mini-series should be in the works.