An A Salt On Science
I work at a grocery co-op in a gentrified old hippie neighborhood.
Customer: “Do you have organic salt?”
Me: “Yes.”
Customer: “How many of these brands are organic?”
Me: “All of them.”
Customer: “No, they’re not. None of the containers say ‘organic.'”
Me: “They don’t need to. Salt is a mineral.”
Customer: “So?”
Me: “Salt isn’t an agricultural product, so it isn’t certified organic in the same way that produce is.”
She examines one of the containers.
Customer: “But this says it’s one hundred percent sodium chloride.”
Me: “That’s right.”
Customer: “That sounds pretty man-made to me!”
Me: “They’re literally just two elements on the periodic table.”
Customer: “Ah-ha! See! The periodic table is man-made! I knew you were lying! This place would do anything for a sale!
