Friday, January 17, 2014

A Super Market Users' Guide for My Fellow Indians

1. First and foremost, a Super Market is a place for getting shopping done and NOT A PICNIC SPOT. So STOP treating it as such. In other words, don't bring your entire family to go grocery shopping.

2. Decide beforehand what you need to buy. Making a shopping list is not rocket science. You might enjoy a family discussion in front of the cereal isle. Others don't.

3. Don't use shopping cart as a battering ram to move through crowded areas. Remember that you are not the only one with a shopping cart.

4. Make your purchase and step aside quickly so others can go ahead with their purchase. If you feel a strong urge to ponder over a thorny philosophical issue, do so in the privacy of your living room and not in the Juice, Chips or Biscuit isles.

5. Please note that those who are patiently standing in a queue in front of the guy who weighs fruits and veggies aren't doing so because they don't have anything else to do in their lives. YOU ARE SUPPOSED to stand behind those who came before you. In case you don't know, it is called First-Come-First-Served.

6. When picking up veggies or fruits, don't behave as if the Armageddon is upon us and you and your loves ones will starve to death if you don't pick anything soon.

7. YOU ARE SUPPOSED to stand in queue at the Checkout Counter. YOU ARE SUPPOSED to stand in queue at the Checkout Counter. YOU ARE SUPPOSED to stand in queue at the Checkout Counter.

8. Please note that the guy at the Checkout Counter is not going to process things any faster even if you stand so close to the person in front of you to be called his/her Siamese Twin. If you have never heard the term 'Personal Space', please go check it on the internet.

9. Kindly have your membership card, credit card or cash in hand as soon as the guy starts to process your grocery - especially if you are a woman and happen to carry a purse that has infinite number of pockets. The patience of the person standing next to you in the queue is inversely proportional to the number of pockets that you have to rummage through to get these items out.

10. Please keep your views about the inflation in the country to yourself. Airing them at the checkout counter is going to do nothing to bring it down.

11. Bring your own carrybags or pay for them. Arguing about it is really not going to get you anywhere.

12. And finally, for the love of God, after you have paid, checked the receipt and got the grocery bagged, move away from the counter and take your empty cart with you.

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