Reply #74: I've seen a tarantula in the bananas at a grocery store

[booksenkatz]

Several years ago, I was passing near the bananas when a little boy yelled out to his mom that there was a "spider" in the bananas. His mom and some employees came over... I saw the thing myself. The ONE thing on this planet I'm afraid of is a spider (I think rodents, snakes and bugs in general are cute), so it has definitely changed my grocery shopping habits. My need for bananas has dropped to about zero since then. I've wrestled with arachnophobia for 40 years, and it's abated a bit, but never goes away entirely!