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Let’s say you’re at the supermarket; Is it against social norms to open a few punnets of strawberries and gather only the ripe ones to put in the punnet you eventually purchase?
Edit: also no, I have not done this personally
Given they are sold as a pre-packaged item I think it would not just be against social norms, but could also be illegal. Especially if you have to break a seal to do it. It's like openeing a few bags of jelly snakes to consolidate the red ones because you don't like the mix.
It's not the same as the bag of grapes which are still weighed at checkout and just divided into bags for convenience.
They're in a punnet for a reason. It's not a pick n mix. WASH YOUR FRUIT & VEG PEOPLE.
I think it's fine if you sort the non-ripe ones into their own punnets of similar ripeness at the same time, and arrange those punnets in order of ripeness such that is clear to other shoppers that what they are seeing is indeed punnets of strawberries arranged in ascending (or descending, I guess) order of ripeness.
Edit: you would also need to be leaving at least five punnets as described above
I wouldn’t open them if they’re packaged in a punnet, feels wrong.
I do it grapes but I guess that's different because they're open bags. Not sure I would pick and mix strawberries, but ya know what, if I saw someone do it I wouldn't pay them any attention.
Only if you also leave a bonus needle in once in a while, anything else is simply un-Australian.
Oh no ! I forgot about that ðŸ˜