In my very New York way, I have taken to wearing headphones in the grocery store. Because it's Monday morning and I don't necessarily feel like chatting. Because hearing people talk on their phones (loudly) while they navigate their carts (poorly) aggravates me. And because I can't abide by the seemingly endless loop of 80's hits (you have to go away for us to miss you, Tommy Tutone).
My headphones and I got a big thumbs up from Y. She assumed not that I was being anti-social but that I was rocking out and hoped to see a viral video of me later literally doing the "shopping cart" (you've seen the dance floor move-- reach up as if you were taking something from the shelf and then put it in the imaginary cart). This is not me.
Y. mentioned that the store's set up made no sense to her and that she felt like she always spent half her time looking for things-- naturally, asking for help would be admitting failure. After an aisle by aisle search she had just finally located the power bars. By the diapers. Why?! We decided that the powers that be must have decided that mothers of infants have no time to eat real meals.
Which led me to think how I might set up a grocery store. What would my own logic dictate? Obviously you'd put the buns, pickles, ketchup, and mustard near the hot dogs and hamburgers. And the salad dressing near the salad fixings. Paper towels near the watermelon? Gum near the garlic? Milk and ice cream right next to every register? Shout! near the tomato sauce?
Hmmm. Not very efficient. I guess I'll defer to the professionals. Except I'd put power bars near the cereal and granola bars. Duh.
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