text: This is the first time I have been to AJs I went to a fine foods store because I wanted a really fantastic ribeye steak and I was willing to pay top dollar for it nnI purchased said steak and when I got home was really angry to find that it had been HORRIBLY butchered It was basically sawed in half and stuck back together with a toothpick I paid bucks for this steak nnI called and spoke to a manager Stephanie She said that because the ribeyes were too lean they were cut like that Huh How does cutting a steak in half make it less lean If it was too lean than they should not have sold it in the first place A ribeye is meant to be well marbled nnShe offered to let the butcher explain why they had done it like that Side note person behind the meat counter said the butcher was gone for the day Am I being lied to and they are suddenly back in the store I honestly did not need an explanation about how it was to fix something wrong with the original cut It makes me mad that the when the steak was not up to par they decide to patch it together with sticks and sell it at the same price If it was not a good cut to begin with why the heck are they still trying to sell it at a fine foods storennTo Stepanies credit she is going to refund me for the steak However they still get a one star review The fact that they KNEW the steak was not up to quality standards and pieced it together so it looked halfway decent in the case is why the one star review is well deserved nnIf they had a bad cut they should have sold it at a discounted price and informed their customers about why it is pieced together with a stick They should also have quality ribeyes at the normal price next to the discounted ones so the customer can choose if they want to pay more for the better steak nnI will come back to get my money back but I will not be shopping at AJs anymore Why am I going to pay top dollar when they try to trick me into buying shoddy products It is the knowingly dishonest practice that really infuriates mennWorked years at a steakhouse Do not mess with my steak