Last night at Safeway, the "9-items-or-less" express line was exceptionally s-l-o-w. There were 4 of us in line with our items on the belt and I had time to take notice of what they were buying. Some combos were pretty predictable-- as in, they all fit a particular list of what you would expect. Some did not...and it was pretty funny! (To be clear, this has nothing to do with the person standing with the basket. Of them, I remember nothing. I'm just talking about the collected items for purchase.)
Shopper #1: 6-pack CocaCola classic, 1 head cauliflower, fortune cookies, dirt bike magazine.
Shopper #2: 4 Kashi frozen dinners, chicken noodle soup, large bottle mineral water, cottage cheese, shelled edamame.
Shopper #3: 6-pack Budweiser, Wonderbread, Gatorade, Cosmic Rainbow brownies, Tony's pizza, 1 carton Marlborough cigarettes.
Shopper #4: 1 Whole chicken, Crest toothpaste, soymilk, tortilla shells, toilet paper.
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Okay, so Shopper #2 is me. But I've been Shopper # 1 too! Except for the dirt bike magazine. There are certainly times you run in to the store to quickly pick up a few items to supplement what you already have at home, hence the silly combo. But what if he really was going to eat a head of cauliflower for dinner and have fortune cookies for dessert?
To be fair: Shopper #4 got it right: Never buy only toilet paper.
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