Fame at the Fish Counter

Every spring semester I have my Biochemistry class do a protein electrophoresis experiment- it's a very nice lab, where they extract protein from several different types of fish (or other types of seafood), run the samples on a gel, and compare the proteins from the different organisms. We can look at the sizes and amounts, as well as get some general ideas about how closely the organisms are related. Anyway... it takes very small amounts of tissue to get enough protein, and my lab budget is rather limited, so I always go to the fish counter to buy exactly what I need instead of buying the prepackaged fillets. This afternoon I went to my local Dillons grocery store (formerly known as Food-4-Less) to shop. As I went up to the counter, even before I pulled out my list and apologized for all the hassle (since each sample needs to be wrapped and labeled separately) the lady who worked there saw me and said, "I know what you're here for! Are you back for one shrimp?" Luckily for me, she is very nice and accommodating and was willing to wrap up one shrimp, one scallop, 1/20 of a pound of salmon... I don't know if it's a good thing to be recognized as the weird fish lady, but I guess there could be worse things.

PS. Catfish was on sale- I got one nugget (probably triple the amount I really need) for a measly 14 cents. SCORE!!!