Why is it hard to buy a banana?

Bananas are fragile, and though I love them dearly, they cause a lot of stress. As with all fruit, it's hard to tell from the outside what's on the inside. But for bananas, it's often the prettiest banana that is the worst, and the ugliest that's the best.
At stores and bodegas bananas will often be near the counter. They are usually bright yellow and a little green, and are terribly firm on the inside. Whereas the best bananas are often a little brown on the outside, but smooth and delicious on the inside.
But you feel like an idiot buying a brown piece of fruit. So vendors sell bright yellow ones, and you buy bright yellow ones, and you go home and cry over your too firm banana.
If only we could look beyond the exterior and see our bananas for who they are in the inside.