Aldi sets a target for its cashiers of up to 1,200 items scanned an hour. A cart that isn’t ready when the belt starts throws the whole line off. There’s no room to fumble, and what causes fumbling at an Aldi register isn’t what causes it anywhere else. These are the Aldi checkout mistakes Missourians…
A moving truck spins its tires axle-deep on a dirt road outside Choteau. The rancher who stops to help takes one look and says it’s stuck in the gumbo. The out-of-state driver has no idea what that means, and it won’t be the last time. These are the Montana words and phrases that make no…
Louisiana’s road signs carry French and Native American names side by side. Almost none of them are pronounced the way they’re spelled, from the average American’s perspective. These are the Louisiana place names that trip up every tourist who tries to say them. Natchitoches Natchitoches sits in Cane River country in northwest Louisiana, and the…
Albuquerque’s Embudo Arroyo rose past 10 feet during a flash flood warning this July, gauge readings showed. Monsoon season closes September 30. Once that date passes, New Mexico neighborhoods start doing a set of things nobody bothers with while heavy rain can still undo the work. These are the things New Mexico neighborhoods do differently…
The Southern Baptist Convention is composed of about 23% of Mississippi’s adults, more than any other single denomination, per Pew’s 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study. The fellowship hall is where that number shows up. Every congregation runs its potluck a little differently, but the end result looks nearly the same at all of them. These are…
Alabama’s peanut farmers harvest their crops in September and October. Hand-painted P-Nuts signs go up against fence posts during those same months. Locals know which ones to stop at and what to ask for. These are the roadside stand habits that give away a native Alabamian and leave visitors fumbling. 1. Trusting the Honor Box…
Memorial Stadium seats 85,458 people. That’s more people than those who live in Bellevue or Grand Island, Nebraska’s third- and fourth-largest cities. That’s one of the reasons half a town can empty out by kickoff, and the rest of Nebraska’s autumn runs on logic just as local. These are the things Nebraskans do every autumn…
A mail carrier out of Sidney drives the longest rural delivery route in the country, 195 miles a day. Garfield County averages 0.3 people per square mile. When the nearest neighbor is that far away, keeping an eye out for strangers starts being commonplace. These are the things Montana neighbors do that newcomers mistake for…
Maine’s first tidal lobster pound opened on Vinalhaven in 1875, a dammed-off cove where dealers held live lobsters until prices rose. The places that came after kept the shape of it. More than 14 million people visited Maine last year, and a good share of them walked into one expecting a restaurant. These are the…
Wegmans prices its online orders, curbside pickup included, about 15% above the same items’ shelf price. That means a $60 cart runs closer to $69 before anything gets substituted. These are the Wegmans curbside pickup mistakes Pennsylvanians keep making. 1. Ordering Under the $10 Minimum Wegmans sets a $10 minimum on every curbside pickup order,…
