I haven't used a grocery cart in years. Since I do little
cooking, I'm able to use a hand-carried shopping basket,
a wonderful invention. I'm able to slither quickly thru
the tightest cart blockades, sometimes having to lift the
basket above the traffic jammers like an Olympic torch.
Now if the grocers would come up with a checkout line
that says 10 Items Or Less (Violators will be shot),
No Coupons, Green Cash Only, No Price Quibbling
Under A Dime and No Shouting Into A Cell Phone,
grocery shopping could become a breeze.
Actually, I stop at the grocery store nearly every day,
where I pick up the newspaper and whatever else I think
I need that day. I've never been a grocery planner who
makes only one trip to the store every week or so. It's
genetic -- my mother was, and probably still is, a non-
planning frequent shopper. Same for my dad, who does
a lot of the cooking and makes separate trips to the
store. Anyway, the Frequent Shopper Gene has contributed
to allowing me to avoid the horror of grocery carts.
(Penni, America desperately needs a column from you on
supermarket etiquette. A book, even??) |
