Not going to the grocery store hungry: Priceless.
I love those MasterCard ads because they do describe me WAY too well. Except that I’ll go to the market for milk, get a bunch of other stuff, and then forget the milk.
Today I do have a couple minor gripes with my local grocery store. To me, it would make sense to have all the varieties of onions in the same place in the produce section, preferably right next to the garlic. Nope – the red and white onions are clear across the produce section from the yellow onions and garlic. WHY??
The other thorn in my side is automated checkouts. They’re fantastic if you have just a few things, and I try very hard to avoid them if I have enough to fill a cart vs. a little basket. However, there weren’t enough full service lanes open today, so automated it was. Issues…
– If you end up with “too many items” at the end of the conveyor belt, the system will not let you scan anything new until you bag those items. If you’re lucky, they have a person bagging at the auto checkouts. Not today.
– Age restricted purchases. They don’t immediately alert the keycarrier on duty, but instead hold everything up when you try to pay. C’mon, just start flashing the light the minute my evil cough medicine gets scanned.
– It wouldn’t take my coupon! It was an instant coupon (the kind you peel off the package) for $2, and required a trip to the service desk.
Now, one very good thing about my market is the soup/salad bar. A couple times a week they have a sweet/savory chili – when it’s cold, I simply cannot resist snagging a container for lunch. (But I feel so guilty! I can make my own chili!) But it’s tasty.