Grocery Shopping
I hate grocery shopping.
Okay, seriously, who enjoys grocery shopping? Not many people.
But I really hate it.
I don't hate going up and down the aisle and picking out delicious foods that my tummy will soon enjoy. I don't mind pushing a cart. I don't mind the constant BEEP BEEP BEEP of the scanner rounding up the prices of said delicious food..
I hate the people in the grocery store. Especially when it's crowded.
You see, people in the grocery store have two speeds. Slow and so slow you're stopped in the middle of traffic causing the cereal aisle to be backed up.
Come on people. Make a freakin' list. Clip your coupons at home, know what you need, go to the store and get it.
Today I was in the local Shop Rite, and it was like the equivalent of those old reel-to-reel movies that teach you how to drive. People stop carts in the middle of an aisle. They dart in front of you to grab an item. The slow to a crawl to check their cell phones.
THEY DO ANYTHING BUT SHOP.
Are you there to help feed your family? Or are you hired by Shop Rite to attempt to slow me down?
(Yes, I'm stealing a joke my dad makes about the Parkway. But I'm twisting it to my needs.)
I walk around, sighing, huffing and puffing, grunting and being about as obnoxious as I can just so I can get a stinkin' packet of Au Jus Sauce for my Thursday Night London Broil Sandwich.
Keep moving people. If you keep moving we'll all get out of there faster.
What are your food shopping nightmares?
Okay, seriously, who enjoys grocery shopping? Not many people.
But I really hate it.
I don't hate going up and down the aisle and picking out delicious foods that my tummy will soon enjoy. I don't mind pushing a cart. I don't mind the constant BEEP BEEP BEEP of the scanner rounding up the prices of said delicious food..
I hate the people in the grocery store. Especially when it's crowded.
You see, people in the grocery store have two speeds. Slow and so slow you're stopped in the middle of traffic causing the cereal aisle to be backed up.
Come on people. Make a freakin' list. Clip your coupons at home, know what you need, go to the store and get it.
Today I was in the local Shop Rite, and it was like the equivalent of those old reel-to-reel movies that teach you how to drive. People stop carts in the middle of an aisle. They dart in front of you to grab an item. The slow to a crawl to check their cell phones.
THEY DO ANYTHING BUT SHOP.
Are you there to help feed your family? Or are you hired by Shop Rite to attempt to slow me down?
(Yes, I'm stealing a joke my dad makes about the Parkway. But I'm twisting it to my needs.)
I walk around, sighing, huffing and puffing, grunting and being about as obnoxious as I can just so I can get a stinkin' packet of Au Jus Sauce for my Thursday Night London Broil Sandwich.
Keep moving people. If you keep moving we'll all get out of there faster.
What are your food shopping nightmares?
Labels: Grocery Shopping, Move Faster, Plan Ahead, Stay home
posted by Dave White at 8:00 AM
3 Comments:
I hate waiting in the checkout lines. Why the hell can't people bag their own stuff? Why do they need to stand there and wait for the cashier to do it? And why don't they let those cashiers sit down like they do in European markets.
My nightmare? Buying expired yogurt because the dairy kid didn't rotate properly. AAAGH!
Jaymar
I find it's more expensive for my health to go to grocery shopping during busy times, so I do the following.
1. Shoprite from home. For $10 extra I place my order online and pick it up. I prolly save $50 by not going there and buying things I don't need. Or for an extra $20 ($10 +$5 for delivery and $5 for tip), I have it delivered to my house. They bring the bags right to my kitchen, and it saves me 2 hours of my life.
or...
2. I go during off times when no one is in the store. Late at night, or early morning. This is even more true for the odds and ends I run out of or forget.
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