How hard is it to find frozen chicken?
This is possibly the lowest stakes thing to be pissed about, but I'm over here trying to cool down before my husband wakes up and we have the same conversation for a fourth time.
I started a new job at the beginning of June. The hours will be a little more flexible with some WFH days after I'm fully trained, but in the beginning phases I'm out of the house 11 hours per day (long commute, plus drop off and pickup of our newly 5yo). Since my husband works four days per week, he started grocery shopping on Fridays.
Before this, I did all the grocery shopping so I knew there would be some hiccups, wrong items, etc. We have a grocery list in a shared Google sheet, and I curated it for him so everything was in order of the store and tried to be specific about the brands and details that I find important. One line of the list said, "Red Bird Farms Frozen chicken breasts, 2 bags."
On his first journey, he came proudly home with two refrigerated packs of chicken breasts from that brand. I thanked him, explained that it was logistically very important to me to have the frozen bags because the breasts are individually packed etc (I do all the cooking and I prefer it that way). So for his second journey, I wrote the same thing and thought we were good. That time, he came home with one pack of Perdue chicken tenders (?). I got a little mad that he seemed to have completely forgotten the conversation we had one week prior, so I explained it again (not as nicely as the first time).
For round three, I included explicit directions to the frozen chicken area. I showed him what the bag looks like. He came home with a single pack of the refrigerated chicken breasts. Again. I asked him, what do I need to put on the list to get frozen chicken breasts? And he was just like, oh, sorry.
Reader, I just opened the fridge from yesterday's shopping and I see TWO PACKS OF REFRIGERATED BREASTS AGAIN. What in the actual fuck. The same very clear "Red Bird Farms Frozen chicken breasts, 2 bags" was on the list again.
It is not difficult to find. He has shown that he is willing to ask store employees to help him find other items. He has made corrections with other grocery mis-buys (though the romaine lettuce fiasco took three tries even though I explained twice that yes, I'm sure the label above the iceberg says hearts of romaine. The label goes on the shelf below the item). I really don't think this is weaponized incompetence because I never asked him to do the shopping, he just decided to do it even when I told him don't worry I can just do it Saturday. He's also started splitting dropoffs with me.
He's not a stupid person. Is this his ADHD showing? How on earth can I explain to him a fourth time without losing my shit?