The Einsteins of the Produce Game

If you look closely, you can see some decorative items on top of the refrigerated cabinet. Whilst that is not my personal style - it is difficult to avoid such elements of personal creativity.
What I can't handle is when produce clerks try to think for themselves and jeopardise food safety in the process. And yes, the top of the multideck can play its part in that.
Recently observed at my local supermarket: cartons of fresh cut salads stored on top of the refrigerated cabinet - instead of in the rear store cooler. I mean - how stupid can you get?

Dead Flowers Anyone?

There is nothing like a bunch of dead flowers to turn me off my fruit and vegetables. Why would I want to buy fresh produce from someone who is not capable of looking after cut flowers or Cymbidium orchids he has on sale - and then has the audacity of leaving them on display for all the world to see during prime shopping time at midday Saturday?
The produce manager is either thick or does no longer care - or both!

The Fresh Produce Retailer's Lot

Retailers do have a function in life - believe it or not. Their function is to have all the food the consumer wants to buy when she visits the shop on display - including the fresh produce. In the right condition, in the right quantities and at the right price. What's 'right' then?
Well, that is where the problem starts. Retailers believe that it is their role to determine what is 'right' and that does not necessarily meet with universal approval.
Should a retailer, for example, be able to decide whose apples, bananas or potatoes he should stock? Of course he should - after all he pays for the produce. But how far should that go? Where is the boundary line between the unique requirements of a retailer and the systemic needs of the fresh produce industry? And whose job is it to look after 'industry good'?