Usually i take special care of the expiry dates of medicine and food products. I believe everyone should.
......
Once I was at my colony's grocery shop to buy a pack of juice. I picked one pack, and glanced at the dates. And to my surprise its expiry date had passed some 3 weeks ago. I got angry and walked up to the shop-keeper staring him straight in his eyes i said:
"ye juice ka dabba 3 haftay pehley expire ho chuka hay"
He was surprised and embarrassed, said:
"shayad ghalti se reh gya ho fridge main, aap koi aur pack dekh lain"
i went back to the fridge and got another pack and saw the same 3 weeks old date. Again i said with a raised tone to the counter-guy:
"ye bhi expired hay"
Took the third pack. Same expiry issue. Kept it on the floor and said
"ye wala bhi expired hay".
I reached for the 4th pack. Ditto.
Pale with embarrassment, the shopkeeper said sheepishly :
"pata nai kesay hogya ye..... yakeen krain do din pehlay hi aaya hay sara maal"
i kept taking out one pack after another from the fridge and kept them down on the shop floor. With the last pack in my hand i walked upto the counter, kept the pack between myself & the embarrassed shopkeeper and told him:
"abb ye sab dobara mtt rakh dena fridge main... koi aur dekh le ga tau COMPLAINT kr de ga colony-administration ko,..."
and was about to continue with my lecture but stopped suddenly because i looked at the pack again.... and was shocked to see that what i thought was Date of Expiry was actually Date of Manufacture.
Oh my God. I walked back to where i kept the rest of the packs. In the same fashion as i had taken the packs outta fridge, i Kept them back one by one in the fridge. Whereas the clueless shopkeeper remained amazed as to what was going on?
Gathered my strength and admitted my mistake to the shop-keeper and walked away 
