Anyone heard of a company called Capital Meats? This guy rang the doorbell tonight and told me he was selling boxes of meat to my neighbors and he’s trying to empty his truck and would I like some frozen stuffed tilapia? He’s mostly out of meat, but he’s got shrimp and fish, maybe a few hamburgers left. He’s practically giving them away, he said. I said no, thanks, and then no again, and then no, really, I have a tiny freezer and it’s full, and good luck with that, but I’m going back inside. His truck was parked up the street (couldn’t tell how big it was or if the company’s name was on the side), and when I looked outside again, I saw him staggering down the sidewalk with a stack of boxes in his arms. I guess another neighbor is buying.
I understand meat being delivered by truck. That just makes sense, particularly when it’s being delivered to restaurants (of course), and even to individuals who ordered ahead of time. It seems really weird to then go door to door and try to get random people to buy boxes of whatever on impulse. I feel that way about anything when it’s sold door to door, but particularly meat. Ding-dong! Hi there! Wanna buy a cookie steak? Weird.
Hm. Add tilapia to the list of words WordPress’ spellcheck doesn’t recognize.
momma betty
It was probably stolen.
Zannah
Stolen or rancid.
Curiosity
I love the image of a door-to-door meat salesman in the same style as the old fashioned vacuum salesman or something. “Excuse me, ma’am. Would you allow me to demonstrate what this sirloin can do on your carpet?” Classic.
spokeit
that’s disgusting! why would you buy meat from a mystery man at your door?
tokenblogger
I don’t remember the company name, but we’ve had those door to door guys in Kentucky, too.