Last day of Strawberries

I love strawberry season, but the time has come for them to end. Honestly, I am glad they have ended because they just aren't as good of quality at the end of the season. I have definitely had to develop thick skin this past week. People were brutal about the quality of their produce. Since all of the excessive heat and rain, once the strawberries left our shelf, people had to use them to the day of for them to hold. In result, people would call two days after their purchase and be furious that their strawberries were over ripened. We had to personally tell every customer to use the strawberries that day or to not purchase them. I was very surprised to see how rude people got about produce. I even had one instance where a woman called to complain about her strawberries being mushy, so I told her to bring her bucket back, and she said that she had already used them all for shortcake! People were just calling to complain, even after we gave them forwarning. I'm so glad strawberries are over. Now we can focus on peach season, and Lord knows we got plenty of them.