OK so this is the post filled with angst that my job has me wanting to make each and every single day i am there. If you buy your food from a grocery store, then you need to read this list. This is the list of things to do and to not do in the store you do your shopping in.
Firstly, if you have kids, don't bring them unless you can control them. If you bring your kids into the store you should not have to yell at them, tell them to do something more than twice, or be impatient with them. I know, sounds hard right? But here is the dirty little secret, you chose to have kids, and they aren't necessary for buying food. Leave them somewhere else if you can't have them behave.
Next, you know that lovey dovey partner you have? The one you miss every single second you are apart? Ya, feel free to shop with them, feel free to kiss them, but keep moving, and remember there are other people besides you. If you want to go around the store slowly, then shop late at night where people can go around you. But don't shop slowly when the store is full.
On that note, you know your old when you only meet your friends at the local grocery store and need to catch up on every single detail of each other's lives. Well guess what? There are places where you can go to to sit and do this out of the way, don't congregate together and block the way.
Next, shop with at least 2 people. Yep, do it in a group so you can get stuff as you go, and have someone to check the prices at the cash register together, and have someone to make sure you don't make a colossal ass out of yourself. Believe it or not no matter how much you complain we can't change things for you. The more that you complain about it the less we really want to help you.
Now on that note, sometimes we actually do want to help you. Yes, there are days when we feel like being good people and would like to show you around the store, but generally it isn't up there on my list of things to do before i die. So listen, its OK to ask for someone to check for things in the back if they are walking slowly, if they are working slowly, or if they are asking if you need help. But if you see someone talking on a phone, leading someone somewhere, working very fast, or walking very fast in one direction don't bother them. These are the people who are doing something more important and most likely your question will waste their time.
As well when you ask people questions set an example for the kids you really shouldn't be bringing shopping and ask it politely, if you are rude when talking to people they may do one of my favorite things. We go in the back and because the person was being such an ass to us we go and find someone to shoot the shit with for say 5 minutes before putting on worried/regretful face and walking out to tell you that "I am so sorry but i can't find any, we must be out of stock..." then no matter what you tell me, no matter how many times you have been to the store, no matter what you think about the people who place the orders i can't be held responsible. And you are going home with whatever was worth making the fuss.
If this does happen to you, don't ask for someone else to go look, don't ask to speak to a manager, just let it go and leave. If it is that important for you to get whatever this product is than you can afford to go somewhere else. Because if you bring up a manager and get them to get whomever you were dealing with in trouble they will A) tell every single person they know about how you are such an ass and B) probably get in trouble at the job they need. Nobody works at a grocery store for the inner peace it gives them.
While in a grocery store ask a person about the items, and this is the tricky part AROUND THEM!!!! Don't go to say the person at the meat counter and ask about bras or to the person in electronics about mangoes. They wont know, true they might be able to get a hold of someone who knows but it will be a major pain in the ass, instead hang out in the department in question, you will be helped eventually.
Keep in mind that if you want to buy a lot of stuff then you should be putting aside at least half a day, and plan it out to be done starting really early or finishing really late. This way you can have some time in the store when it isn't jammed with people so that you can get some help and move around. Shopping during weekdays also is a good idea.
Now i don't like the whole shopping for even a month in advance, if your going to do your shopping in advance i think it should be for about a week at a time, this way you aren't buying as much at a time so you can leave sooner. Plus this way i think your food is slightly more likely to be healthy.
OK next rule, look around you. Most of the time people will run up to me and ask about where some kind of product is, not noticing that they walked right by it to get to me. So look around, be observant, pay attention. Just look around you and use your head and you can find most of the things in the store.
Finally just keep in mind that the people who work there are people. Treat them the way they should be treated, and that they don't want to spend as much time there as much as you.
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