This Partially Filled Half-Gallon Of Milk Is Reasonably Pric
consumerist.com — Pretend you're a manager at Ralph's and you notice two-inches of milk missing from one of your half-gallon milk containers. What do you do? Slap on a $1-off "Manager's Special" sticker, obviously!
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- mikegee24, on 07/07/2008, -2/+107That's still expensive.
- 801NvizioN, on 07/09/2008, -1/+5That's a steal man!
Think the manager would honestly let you leave with more money in your pocket? - ROFLance, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1$8/gallon for milk. To think I thought gas was expensive...
- 801NvizioN, on 07/09/2008, -1/+5That's a steal man!
- TheDeepFriar, on 07/07/2008, -4/+46Manager's Special:
get other people's backwash!- feshmania, on 07/07/2008, -1/+12that's like getting the cookie already dunked in the milk for you!
what will the Oreo people think of next? - Speed, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4To be fair, it was still sealed. It just looks like there was a glitch at the plant that bottled the milk.
- tacojohn48, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1Which is why this should go through some sort of vendor chargeback process.
- feshmania, on 07/07/2008, -1/+12that's like getting the cookie already dunked in the milk for you!
- BoonTobias, on 07/07/2008, -24/+2pussy half price for the next 15 minutes!
- smartcause, on 07/07/2008, -1/+20Do not want!
- hotpuck6, on 07/07/2008, -1/+126that's not missing milk, they just needed room for all the extra freshness!
- JorgeGT, on 07/09/2008, -0/+15I'm from an advertisement company, you now work for us, son! You have the *touch*!
- jnuffnuffnomnom, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4That actually makes me want it for some reason!
- Cuchanu, on 07/07/2008, -4/+21Cheap QFC bastards. Shop at Winco they charge 30% less and their milk isn't pre-owned.
- CaptMal, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1Winco is a badass store!
- or3n, on 07/09/2008, -0/+7Winco is made of win.
... ( expects to be dugg down big time ;( )
- ToastedZergling, on 07/09/2008, -3/+3I'm amazed you got a picture of that. With food prices so high as they are I'd of expected it to fly off the shelf already.
- gigibachorski, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3"I'd of expected" ??
"So high as they are" ?? - kabbalahdigg, on 07/09/2008, -1/+1what's wrong with being high, hu?
- smoger, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2"no,.. ***** HUUUUUGH"
- gigibachorski, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3"I'd of expected" ??
- theguesser10, on 07/09/2008, -2/+77It's the manager's special. He just couldn't fill it up all the way.
- damian7, on 07/09/2008, -0/+10There's only so much Yiff on youporn
- hollywoodphony, on 07/09/2008, -0/+9Ralph's does weird stuff like this all the time. If you want yogurt that's going to expire in 3 days instead of 2 weeks, you can save 35 cents!
- adamsteinbaugh, on 07/09/2008, -1/+52EVIDENCE THAT THE FOOD SHORTAGE IS REAL. PANIC!
- Zaggynl, on 07/09/2008, -3/+9Got milk?
- MyDiggIsBig, on 07/09/2008, -0/+59i'll wait till it expires. $1.99 here I come!
- Phennim, on 07/09/2008, -2/+6Pop quiz, hotshot.
What DO you do?- unruly2558, on 07/09/2008, -1/+1(WWKD) What Would Keanu Do?
- Philbert, on 07/09/2008, -0/+9Shoot the hostage?
- gigibachorski, on 07/09/2008, -0/+5What would Brian Boitano do?
- WELLDOITLIVE, on 07/09/2008, -1/+2Bang Sandra Bullock? (10 years ago?)
- Nollykin, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1WWHRD? (What Would Henry Rollins Do?)
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- Fixthemedia, on 07/09/2008, -1/+15Extra organic air included.
- xombi242, on 07/09/2008, -0/+5Even on sale that milk is expensive.
- dragonlink2, on 07/09/2008, -0/+23wow a whole gallon at my local store costs $2.99
- Brineshrimp, on 07/09/2008, -1/+2Just where do you live, and how much are apartments?
- zzz@tkz, on 07/09/2008, -0/+19Willing to move for milk?
- dragonlink2, on 07/09/2008, -1/+5Southern NH, and you could get a one bedroom apartment for around $700 a month, depends really.
- schmuckle, on 07/09/2008, -0/+5Milk is $2.89 here, but no one is willing to move to Wisconsin.
- leftnutz, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1schmuckle: I'd actually be willing to move to Madison if it didn't get so cold or snow there. Maybe in 20 or so years if it still stays a cool college town and global warming REALLY kicks in.
- WELLDOITLIVE, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1@ leftnutz
Madison will ALWAYS be a college town. Our last winter did suck though =( - JupiterSSJ4, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1I get TWO 1 gallon milks for 5.50 at the K gas station. cheapest I can find, was 2 for $5 until this year
- Brineshrimp, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1Yea, milk is like 4.50 a Gallon here.
- okaroleo, on 07/09/2008, -0/+14.50 in chicago.
- intangible, on 07/09/2008, -0/+13.25 in Vegas. And we have legal brothels just outside of the county... What's not to love?
- Cuchanu, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3SCHMUCKLE: What in the hell is a Wisconsin?
- blackjack75, on 07/09/2008, -0/+10Sure if you raise your cows in apartments, milk is bound to be expensive!
- SpeedSteamBoat, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4I both laughed and dugg you up yet I have no idea why.
- thereaintnojust, on 07/09/2008, -1/+2I can't help but feel this is all terribly wrong somehow.
Better get the serious toothpaste.
- psykiv, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1Here in Miami a gallon of milk at Winn Dixie costs $7.99. I'm not talking about that special organic milk made from some special breed of cows. We're talking normal generic milk. A half gallon of the organic stuff costs $4.99.
- Brineshrimp, on 07/09/2008, -1/+2Just where do you live, and how much are apartments?
- wastedfish, on 07/09/2008, -4/+15Wow, I'm just *so* glad this is on Digg
- Celt23, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3Someone was thirsty.
- dragoon1067, on 07/09/2008, -4/+5I wonder how long it took the manager to fill that up with his "special" stuff....?-_-
- Crossmenjeff, on 07/09/2008, -10/+3oh no, the cows are going dry before they finish filling bottles.... what do we do? i blame global mooing.
- DarkShroud, on 07/09/2008, -0/+14The real question is was the seal broken? You can't tell with the picture provided. This sometimes happens at the bottling plant, though that should have been better labeled and cheaper.
- LiquidShield, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2If the company had high quality standards they wouldn't have let that bottle leave the plant. Yes I do agree that things such as this can slip past even the most astute person. Also the price will depend on where this store was located... The further west travel in the US the more expensive things become. Hell a gallon of milk here in Michigan is like $4.19 that's for the el cheapo walmart brand.
- tomato3017, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Where the hell in MI are you from? Meijer's has Milk for $3.29 in kzoo.
- LiquidShield, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2If the company had high quality standards they wouldn't have let that bottle leave the plant. Yes I do agree that things such as this can slip past even the most astute person. Also the price will depend on where this store was located... The further west travel in the US the more expensive things become. Hell a gallon of milk here in Michigan is like $4.19 that's for the el cheapo walmart brand.
- Marumekomu, on 07/09/2008, -5/+89I work in a grocery store.
This sort of thing happens infrequently with one of our [milk] suppliers. We check to see if it's busted or open, and if it's not, sometimes we mark it down.
Granted, usually there's only an inch off the top missing, but this isn't some OMG SHOCKING UNETHICAL UNSANITARY business practice.
Buried to make room for actual news.- gigibachorski, on 07/09/2008, -3/+1So if it's NOT "busted" or "open", you sometimes mark it down?
What do you do with the special "nothing wrong with it" stuff?- Logicexe, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3Probably either send it back to the manufacturer for a refund or sell it cheap to an employee at cost.
- Duositex, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4Buried for suggesting Digg is a news site.
- gigibachorski, on 07/09/2008, -3/+1So if it's NOT "busted" or "open", you sometimes mark it down?
- Adam420, on 07/09/2008, -0/+10I wouldn't have been able to spot that if it weren't for the arrow. Thank You!
- CaptMal, on 07/09/2008, -0/+10It's still sealed too. That's one sneaky bastard.
- Brineshrimp, on 07/09/2008, -1/+4Sorry, my bad.
- cambob76, on 07/09/2008, -8/+1So someone at a grocery store got bored and figured,"Hey, I betcha people on Digg would put this on the front page." and proceeded to slap a sticker on the milk he just drank. Prove to me it didn't happen this way... and why I should care at all if it didn't. Digg is starting to piss me off. What's a good alternative?
- midbc, on 07/09/2008, -0/+6get high on LSD and lock yourself in a room with a strobe-light
- MrFisty, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1Going away?
- crossmr, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1The cap still appears to be sealed.
There is no evidence though that this wasn't a staged shot. Maybe someone found it in a shipment and slapped a sticker on it thinking it'd be hilarious. - gigibachorski, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2Prove to me you're not a complete wanker!...and I do care if you can
- Cheim, on 07/09/2008, -5/+4" dewrock at 07:26 PM on 07/06/08:
I think it's a little disingenuous to title this post "This Partially Consumed Half-Gallon of Milk Is Reasonably Priced". First off you have no evidence that someone came along and took a swig from the bottle and I think it's a little silly to even make such a claim. Second it's obviously a bottling malfunction, it didn't get filled all the way for whatever reason, and the manager of the store is discounting it. It's up to you if you want to buy it or not...just like dented cans or busted boxes. Stuff happens and things get reduced in price for those very reasons. I really don't get the last sarcastic part about the seal being intact along with the shot about that basically being meaningless. "
Did the title change? This person seems to be making up things to get mad about. As it is currently... the guy never mentions someone drinking it... and I don't see sarcasm about seals. If it makes you feel any better, he misused the word 'disingenuous'.- aladrin, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4Having worked at multiple grocery stores, I can tell you it's much more likely that the jug leaked. Either the top wasn't tight (it can happen without breaking the strip) or there's a pinhole somewhere, probably about at the line of the top of the milk.
Slightly less likely is that it came to the store that way and was never filled properly to begin with.
Really really unlikely is that someone managed to open it without breaking the strip (I can do it pretty reliably) and took a drink.
At any rate, getting upset over the price of -anything- is stupid. If you don't want to pay that, DON'T. Nobody is forcing you to.- crossmr, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2It appears the title changed. Likely even the consumerist was stunned at their own rabid sensationalism
- WELLDOITLIVE, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1Are you the milkmaster? I am the gatekeeper
- crossmr, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2It appears the title changed. Likely even the consumerist was stunned at their own rabid sensationalism
- aladrin, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4Having worked at multiple grocery stores, I can tell you it's much more likely that the jug leaked. Either the top wasn't tight (it can happen without breaking the strip) or there's a pinhole somewhere, probably about at the line of the top of the milk.
- or3n, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4Maybe it's carbonated.
- d4ktu, on 07/09/2008, -2/+29Manager's Special what? That better ***** be milk.
- smilemon, on 07/09/2008, -2/+1The comments on the site itself make me loose faith in humanity... Can they not take a joke?
- Nowaiman, on 07/09/2008, -4/+3I'll probably be dugg down for this but oh well; it needs to be said: cookie
- DeadPlasmaCell, on 07/09/2008, -0/+15Damn, $2.99 for a half-gal?? They're usually $3/gal around these parts (Houston, Tx)
- jbmcb, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1I don't think I've ever paid more than $3/gallon for milk (Michigan)
- jbmcb, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1I don't think I've ever paid more than $3/gallon for milk (Michigan)
- Flappy3, on 07/09/2008, -1/+2Is the bottle partially empty or partially full?
Or is the bottle bigger than it needs to be? - damntourists, on 07/09/2008, -0/+6seeing some cookie bits floatin around inside would make this picture a lot better.
- unruly2558, on 07/09/2008, -8/+0Photoshopped! :)
- kinseyincanada, on 07/09/2008, -1/+2maybe someone drank it after the manager put a sticker on it
- Dylson, on 07/09/2008, -1/+2lol
- pantone286, on 07/09/2008, -9/+1that same artery clogging goodness - alot less money.
- Awspire, on 07/09/2008, -1/+10Go back to drinking your delicious soy juice.
- pantone286, on 07/09/2008, -3/+1MMMMMM, Milk, eggs and bacon.
I hear strokes aren't really that bad.
Go back to drinking your Koolaid monkey boy.
- Awspire, on 07/09/2008, -0/+7Be wary of the manger specials on condoms in that store.
- YodaJones, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4It's time to play "Guess That Tampering" the new reality game show where people eat or and drink products that may or may not have been tampered with. All winner survivors get to sue the living ***** out of the seller and manufacturers. Yay!
- arraz, on 07/09/2008, -4/+2Manager = FAIL
- Mortoman, on 07/09/2008, -0/+8if you think about it theoretically, that's 1/4 of the price off, and you only lose 1/6 of your milk!
BARGAIN! - striker1211, on 07/09/2008, -1/+5I work at kroger (who own this store) and we mark this stuff down (with the same manager tags) when it gets damaged in the cooler or it's about to expire. It flies of the shelf. People will buy one about to expire for 10 cents less than the perfectly fine one. Justification: I'm gonna drink it in a day anyway.
- dasdef, on 07/09/2008, -1/+1good thing its still sealed.
- ZenMojo, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4One sign of a recession: buying your milk on layaway.
- TwwIX, on 07/09/2008, -1/+5still a rip off
- igotdeathstar, on 07/09/2008, -1/+0That is some awesome improvising....
- nontoxyc, on 07/09/2008, -2/+2If the title were really accurate it would say "MOSTLY" filled half gallon of milk! Buried!
- HeatVision, on 07/09/2008, -2/+2El Duderino strikes again.
- jondicks, on 07/09/2008, -1/+1Do you think that the manager took a swig after having a hangover and thought "uh oh, i'd best reduce it"
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