Given all the love Frank showed for food
through out the series, I am surprised he stuck his nose up at the Fruit of the Month thing.
shareGood point!
It was food.
And it was free.
I still don't know why Marie was even more horrified at the prospect of a box of apricots! They make great jam and chutney and in cooking too.
SkiesAreBlue
It's a good point.
My best guess:
Marie (especially) and Frank are "old school". Being a great cook, Marie probably delighted in food shopping. She would enjoy going to the market and selecting each individual piece of fruit. Touching it, feeling it, smelling it, tasting it.
The idea of it being shipped in a box to her house was foreign to her. And was distasteful/horrifying to her "old school" senses.
To Marie and her "old school" ways, it seemed "cheap" and "wrong". No different than comparing, say, home-made sauce to store-bought canned sauce. Or a homemade dinner to a frozen dinner. Or a cake made from scratch versus one from the box. And so forth.
There is an elegant and refined way to cook, to prepare meals, and to shop. And then there is the cheap, tawdry substitute. For Marie, the latter was not an option.
Yes, I take your point. Marie and Frank couldn't handle anything "new". 😆
SkiesAreBlue
Definitely.
Remember how resistant Frank was to the "clean, crisp, clear sounds of the CD music" versus the "old, scratchy sounds of the vinyl records"?
😂
SkiesAreBlue
Yep. Usually how it goes for many. They don't accept change well. They stick to what they grew up with and know very well. Nothing to get used to or learn anymore. And sometimes it's just for sentimental reasons. Just takes you back to happy times.
I am the same. I preferred the simple flip phones to the new touch screen phones with all the extra crap going on. I used a touch screen for all of 1 week before I took it back, and am still using a flip. Ravine 2. Probably odd to see someone in their 20s still using one, but oh well. lol I'll use a TS phone when I no longer have much of a choice.
Yes, I agree 100%.
People want to stick with what they know and are comfortable with.
Even, as you say, for sentimental reasons.
And the older you get, the harder it is to change. (Or, rather, the more resistant you become to even wanting to change.)
Frank and Marie: perfect examples.
PS: I absolutely hate cell phones, not to mention smart phones. I am happy with my land-line.
I am the same. I preferred the simple flip phones to the new touch screen phones with all the extra crap going on. I used a touch screen for all of 1 week before I took it back, and am still using a flip. Ravine 2. Probably odd to see someone in their 20s still using one, but oh well. lol I'll use a TS phone when I no longer have much of a choice.
Glad i'm not alone in that. I'm also in my 20s and using a flip phone. Part of it is because I just don't go for the whole "buy an unnecessary new model every year" thing, and part of it is because it's just better IMO. Maybe it doesn't have a crapload of flashy features to keep me glued to it every second of the day (but really, how much does a phone actually need?), but for instance it's impossible to accidentally butt-dial people with a flip phone, and harder to break the screen by accident.
Just because something is new doesn't automatically mean it's better. share