Hubby offered to meet up with someone on the mainland and bring chocolate covered macadamia nuts. He hasn't seen or talked to this person in over three years. The person asked for pineapple. Now this is a very removed acquaintance, but they did send a truckload of gifts when we had Son1. Yup, it's been that long since he has seen this person.
He stood in the Honolulu airport staring at pineapple. At Costco the very same pineapples are $2.79 each. These were $24.99 for three pineapples. Pineapples that travel outside of Hawaii must be agriculturally inspected, approved, and specially boxed. An airport purchase was his only option. While he stared at the pineapple, an elderly lady asked Hubby to help pick the best box of fresh pineapple. I am sure this was because Hubby looks so local. She was sooo grateful. She was so grateful that Hubby did not even hesitate and asked her to sell him just one pineapple. She quickly agreed! She only wanted a single pineapple anyway. So now Hubby is traveling over 4,000 miles with a sweet and spikey companion! If you want souvenirs it's either chocolate macadamia nuts or Kona coffee, folks!
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And here's the irony. The very same Maui Gold pineapples are available in mainland stores for $2!
ReplyDeleteHEHEHE yeah I used that phrase recently to my oldest son...don't ask for Pineapple...it was 7.00 at our market!
ReplyDeleteYour husband could have picked up the pineapples at Costco and boxed it himself. The only difference is that he would be required to have the pineapple go through agriculture inspection (keep the receipt)since it wouldn't have the "agriculture stamp" like the airport purchased ones. There is a pineapple pick-up service at the airport and is cheaper than the ones sold in the kiosk near the check-in counters (same company).
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