Entry #6: Iceberg Lettuce

Why do people like iceberg, is it just a matter of habit and what they're accustomed to? Iceberg is the shittiest "green" to exist. Arugula, spinach, endive, escarole, butterhead lettuces, frisee, kales, turnip greens, and even romaine lettuces all taste better than iceberg. Iceberg is the laziest shit to put on a sandwich or burger. If you're a "true" red-blooded American, you more than likely just put a "beefsteak" tomato, vidalia onion, and iceberg on your sandwiches. I guess, even according to wikipedia, people mostly value iceberg for its "crunch" and not for its taste or nutritional value. I guess it probably fools a few assholes into thinking they're getting a vegetable serving, too.
I don't want to downplay the importance of texture and color in food though, since the ambiance, our minds, and the way things "hit" our tastebuds all serve some sort of relevance in our eating experiences.

Iceberg annoys me because it sells so quickly sometimes, and I guess I just feel bad for people having such shit taste. I pity people who honestly haven't experimented with other greens. A head of iceberg is $1.29, the same price you'd pay for a pound of red leaf or green leaf - which are both major upgrades. Why the fuck don't people turn the fuck around and just get some red leaf, green leaf, or romaine? Are people honestly that boring?
Customers also constantly bitch about the quality of iceberg; do I expect my shit to look and taste like caviar? No. It's iceberg: it's pretty obvious that it's going to be poor quality, and it's even more obvious that it's going to taste like water. Why don't you just rip off the one or two ugly leaves on the outside, considering the rest is just going to go bad before your fat ass eats the whole head? They're in plastic, and my haughty workplace refuses to sell items at reduced prices (since it's apparently a stab at their "reputation" for quality), so I can't possibly open them up and re-wrap them. Instead I'm just going to have to throw them away. Thanks a fucking lot customer, for contributing to more wasted produce.