Since I’ve been doing my own grocery shopping for the last month and a half I’ve noticed a lot of things about the grocery store that I’ve never noticed before.
1.) Older people like to stop. A lot. Not just a quick “oh I think I need…” or “I think I left the stove on and my house is probably burning down right now…” but a long stop with a spacey stare that suggests they’re trying to look through whatever it is they’re looking at. I can’t complain, though. I do the exact same thing. I’m just pointing out that the majority of folk who do it seem to be a bit elderly.
They stop mostly in the produce section, by the milk, and in the meats area as well. Ya know, the essentials.
2.) Some people have absolutely no shame.
I walked by a group of folks who literally smelled from a solid ten feet away. I really, truly wish this was an exaggeration, but it isn’t. It’s that kind of awful smell where you can actually taste the nastiness in the air. I actually didn’t buy the peas on my list in order to avoid running into them again.
3.) If you need something and you don’t know precisely where it is, you’re probably never going to find it. It’s almost as if you truly have to believe something exists before you can see it.
