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When not to Grocery Shop
Feb. 8th, 2013 11:14 amI used to think the witching hour for grocery shopping was that time just before dinner, when everyone was in a mad rush to get something before coming home.
Then I discovered that family shopping time with little ones occurs Saturday & Sunday afternoon.
Yesterday beat both. It was old folks shopping time. In that time after lunch and before working people get home, all of the retired people are getting their groceries. They've completed bridge or their morning senior center activity and now, fully energized, proceed to the grocery store in order to walk at a top speed of 1/4 MPH. They are nice enough - no screaming kids - but it is slow. Confusion abounds as one shopping cart is trying to go one direction while the other card is trying to go the other direction. Or, a cart will park itself as the person goes to get an item from the same shelf that you need to get an item from. They are ahead of you and it is like watching slow motion replay. What once would take seconds, now takes minutes.
Sigh.
When I get to that age and become that slow, I'm just going to send someone else out to do the shopping.
Then I discovered that family shopping time with little ones occurs Saturday & Sunday afternoon.
Yesterday beat both. It was old folks shopping time. In that time after lunch and before working people get home, all of the retired people are getting their groceries. They've completed bridge or their morning senior center activity and now, fully energized, proceed to the grocery store in order to walk at a top speed of 1/4 MPH. They are nice enough - no screaming kids - but it is slow. Confusion abounds as one shopping cart is trying to go one direction while the other card is trying to go the other direction. Or, a cart will park itself as the person goes to get an item from the same shelf that you need to get an item from. They are ahead of you and it is like watching slow motion replay. What once would take seconds, now takes minutes.
Sigh.
When I get to that age and become that slow, I'm just going to send someone else out to do the shopping.
