[could someone please find me a soap box?]

It’s official.

Someone…somewhere…is either getting a whopper of a kick-back or a nice percentage cut on the sale of watermelons to the US military.

[not that they're actually selling]

Exhibit A- the Osan commissary….yesterday.

C’mon…you had to know that the Humphrey’s commissary is not that nice looking & definitely not that spacious.

Exhibit B – locally grown Korean watermelon….keyword “locally”

FIFTEEN NINETY-NINE – - – ON SALE?!?!

REGULARLY $19.98?!?!

WHAT, IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MAKE US THINK WE’RE GETTING A DEAL?!?!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!

[I'll give you a moment to look again.]

SERIOUSLY, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!

If that’s not proof of watermelon extortion with a generous kick-back somewhere along the line, I don’t know what is.

And don’t even try to tell me that they can’t ship in melons from the States…that they’re “too delicate” to ship overseas.

You fly in eggs!!! You bring in other fruit & veggies from home!!!

And don’t tell me the cost to weight ratio is too great & not profitable.

Ahhh…dog food?….fire logs?…cat litter?

Hello, all from home.

Really? Twenty bucks?!

I want to know what person with a straight face managed to convince someone else with buying power that they could sell melons to us for twenty bucks.

They’re just going to sit there & rot!

Do you realize they could fly in the $3.00 melons from home, TRIPLE the price and it’d STILL BE CHEAPER than the Korean watermelon!?!

Seriously!

I’m all for supporting the local farmer…but I don’t want to buy the man a new Mercedes!

Who’s brilliant idea was this?!?

If you’re going to charge us ridiculous rates I’d rather support the local American farmer back home who’s got a bumper crop of melons & no huge demand for them.

Guess I’ll be growing my own next year.

….really?…twenty bucks?….seriously?