Gingeritis

I was at our local grocer recently. I do not generally typecast people, but the Oriental lady in front of me had in her basket one cabbage, one onion, two bulbs of garlic and a 4x6 piece of ginger. Her total came out to be about $3.50 but she did not have cash and our grocer does not take credit/debit cards below $5 so the cashier asked her to get something else. She searched around and finally settled on another 4x6 piece of ginger! Her total was still a few dimes short of $5 and so she brought it up with, hold your breath, another 2x6 piece of ginger!!! It was at this time that my eyeballs, which were bulging out, fell to the ground. Is this what ginger kids grow up to be?