Lobster Tale

From the, "Oh, Brother" Dept.: It appears that the folks at Whole Foods Market appears to be having pangs of a guilty conscience. The Dallas Business Journal reports that the trendy grocer says it'll quit selling live lobsters if a more humane way isn't found to handle them.

The Journal reports that Whole Foods says it will pay close attention "to significantly reducing the time from boat to shopping cart to avoid the long-term storage many lobsters endure after capture." Well, er, considering what happens to the lobster at the end of its "long-term storage" don't you think that given the choice, the lobster would just as soon be "stored" for as long as possible?

The Whole Foods spokesman goes on to say, "We are viewing the lobster as a live creature rather than a commodity that deserves no concern. Just because we sell lobsters and have customers who will buy them is not a compelling argument to maintain status quo." Puhlease. The end result is the same. The lobster ends up on somebody's table. Now