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Oh yes, Berkeley bowl here’s my take on it: The people who prepare the various food items like burritos, etc. need to wash their hands frequently and stop using the same rubber gloves to prepare the food, clean the counters, push down the garbage, wipe their nose, handle the cash and ring up the order, etc. Let’s hope they at least use discretion when they go to the restroom! It’s so disgusting, there are times that I wait and watch for somebody to change their gloves before I order only to frequently leave there empty-handed. The unaware employee just thinks “Oh, I’ve got rubber gloves on I’m so clean”- and all they’re really doing is keeping their hands clean under the rubber gloves. It’s kind of like mass hysteria or collective stupidity. In fact, they outlawed rubber gloves in Washington state because of this very reason. This is a false sense of security, or blissful ignorance. Also, it’s very manic in there -people run around like they have never been in a grocery store before! You know, (tongue in cheek) your typical Birkenstock sporting, mask wearing, goofy hat donning, liberal hippie New York transplants frolicking around like freaking zombies! Caution, as you may get run over by an overzealous cart pusher. Free Tibet, Namaste stickers on their Volvo and Prius’s as they frantically seek a spot in the parking lot. Yikes, there goes Willow entering the wrong way off Shattuck as Bodhi yells, honks, and screams! A terrific multicultural staff, which is a rewarding and enjoyable aspect of this business. Incredible wide depth of product in their massive inventory. As good as it gets but there are some caveats. The number one grossing independent grocery store in the country, (if not the world) and everybody thinks everything‘s such a great bargain which is not always the case. Maybe local Berkeley residents could have those stupid obnoxious, cement blocks like the ones at the end of several city streets put at the end of some of the aisles to slow down the traffic? Write a letter to your city councilman. Oops,I mean councilperson! Yeah,it’s an impressive grocery store but it’s no Shangri-La. Great produce section where you’ll find the ingredients for “whirled peas” like the bumper sticker says.