@Gordon Shumway Don’t even get me started on supermarkets! LOL I detest grocery shopping, or any shopping, except for my violins, violas and cellos, and sewing, and mostly my two little granddaughters. Why, oh why, do I need to use three supermarkets to get all items on a list of maybe 15 items? Why, oh why, do they constantly move things around?
I mean, really. Back in the early or mid 80’s I made a spreadsheet by aisles for the one supermarket (at that time there was only one local one). I used to make up my shopping list with that and I knew exactly where to go. Pack up my three kiddos while my husband was at work and off we would go. In and out (oh, yum, love In & Out in California and Vegas), no time at all. Two weeks later, they moved everything around. I had my list, went in and could not find a thing. Kids loved it. Had a game, spot what I need on the shelf! Had to do something to keep my sanity. Never made a spreadsheet for it again. The kids were not so enthused about shopping after I got used to it. They didn’t move things around much, that I can remember after that, til now. Just little tweaks.
Recently, our Walmart redid everything. It made no sense before, not it is worse. Then that supermarket I just mentioned changed it up. They made even less sense. Why bread at the beginning? Do I want to smash it with everything else? I have to keep adjusting my cart.
Oh, my husband and I went there last week. One of the items was distilled water for our humidifier. We looked where all the othef beverages were. They used to have all their water varieties there too. No more. We went all over and could not find it. Saw two workers stocking shelves and asked if they could tell us where the distilled water was. Her reply, “With the other water,” Huh? That was helpful. I did not ask any follow up question because I was not in the mood and it would have come off sarcastically, but not in my normal humor tone of sarcasm, where people know I am not serious. We finally found a worker who has been there since it opened. She is pretty slow and talkative, always has been, but extremely helpful and friendly, she told us exactly where it was. You see, they have not changed the signs hanging at each end of the aisles yet.
I know why they move things, so I will see things I wasn’t getting before. I don’t get them because I don’t need or want them, I did see them. Moving them will not cause me to get them. I make a list and that is it. I tell Jer, “Ok, all done. If it wasn’t on list, we don’t get it.” There is no, “Can you think of anything else?” He is fine with that system, too. No thinking about what to get while there.
Phew! Back to listening to Rita Coolidge while finishing my coffee. “Southern Lady”. I transferred my album to a CD.