Tomato tester almost ruins my day

I pushed my cart to the other side of the island and watched as he seemingly touched every tomato in the box, then moved on to another box.My wife hushed me, but I couldn't contain myself and, in a loud voice, said, "Do you have to touch every tomato?"He didn't even look up."I want to make sure they're ripe," he said.Of course, they're not ripe.You have to leave them out a day or so to ripen.I appealed to an employee, but he said it wasn't his role to say anything.After we checked out, a manager we spoke to said customers can't be blamed for touching the fruit, especially if they lived far away and didn't want to return for a refund.The wild-salmon fillet yielded six portions.I prepared them with lemon juice, ground Aleppo pepper and chopped fresh herbs, and baked them for 10 minutes in a preheated 350-degree over for medium.They occupy buildings where other ethnic eateries have come and gone.A great Afghan restaurant operated on DeGraw for many years, serving wonderful food in a dining room filled with oriental rugs.В 
Plant Engineer