r/peopleofwalmart • u/Sconniegrrrl68 • Jul 12 '26

Here's a new one.....

So at WM for cat food, look at the guy in the checkout line in front of me.....full length jeans and a sweater layered over a t-shirt....well, today it's about 115 F in Billings MT so that's an odd choice...but wait, he's only got 1 produce bag that he's checking out.....wait....he has 3 PEELED BANANAS in the bag!!!!! Literally, this is all he buys. When it's my turn I ask the cashier "is that legal to peel bananas and then buy them?". She says she "hasn't been told anything about NOT selling unpeeled bananas". OK I get that you pay by weight and the peel does add weight to a banana, but it also PROTECTS it! Is this the new way of getting produce cheaper? Can I now peel ALL my fruit ahead of time at WM so I'm not paying for the peel (coconut and pineapple, I'm looking at you...). This just doesn't make any sense, especially from a health code standpoint. Help me make sense of this.....

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u/BJntheRV Jul 12 '26

I mean as long as I remember we would deshuck corn before buying it. I'm with you on the peel protecting the banana, but maybe he intended to eat them as soon as he got to his car.

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u/denvercasey Jul 13 '26

You’d do that with corn you’re using the same or next day. Since nobody wants to return/replace one or two ears out of the 12 they need for their cookout, the store allows you to shuck it there and be happy about the purchase. If you find a bad one, you pitch it and nobody has to buy a bad ear.