Who knew you could spend over an hour in a supermarket and walk out with just one packet?
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I didn't, until two days ago that is. With what i thought was a little gap in the rain, I headed off to the shop down the road. The gap was just there to tease as it rained all the way from the time i left the gate till much later that evening. My experience began with having to choose a trolley or a basket. Easy decision at home, I know. Oh wait, there are no baskets. There is a strange looking trolley thing that has a basket the height of me attached to a handle, with four wheels, the two in the front smaller than the back replacing the common spotted normal basket.
So I start pushing the trolley/basket, as one does right? Half an hour in to my epic experience, I see a fellow shopper, but something looks different. Turns out, you PULL the deep basket, not push it. That's embarrassing.
So, very nonchalantly I pretended I was stepping away from my cart to look at something, then as though I had been doing it all along, pulled my cart after me. Made so much sense afterwards as my feet didn't keep kicking the silly thing.
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After tempting to pronounce every single item in the enormous store and staying at least 45 mins longer than I should have, I realized that something as simple and stupid as going to shop can actually be kinda fun. Next time look through a tourists eyes. It's pretty funny.
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I didn't, until two days ago that is. With what i thought was a little gap in the rain, I headed off to the shop down the road. The gap was just there to tease as it rained all the way from the time i left the gate till much later that evening. My experience began with having to choose a trolley or a basket. Easy decision at home, I know. Oh wait, there are no baskets. There is a strange looking trolley thing that has a basket the height of me attached to a handle, with four wheels, the two in the front smaller than the back replacing the common spotted normal basket. 
So I start pushing the trolley/basket, as one does right? Half an hour in to my epic experience, I see a fellow shopper, but something looks different. Turns out, you PULL the deep basket, not push it. That's embarrassing.
So, very nonchalantly I pretended I was stepping away from my cart to look at something, then as though I had been doing it all along, pulled my cart after me. Made so much sense afterwards as my feet didn't keep kicking the silly thing.
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A couple very interesting things, funny looking meats, strange fruits and vegetables, hams, millions of different cheeses (noms) delicious treats, all kinds of seafood, odd sausages and a very confusing aisle of wine. I mean, all i wanted was a bottle of Merlot. Oh, and I think they breed giant chickens out here, the eggs are insanely large and as for the chicken breasts, it looks like the chicken was previously a weight lifter before landing up in a little polystyrene pack.
After tempting to pronounce every single item in the enormous store and staying at least 45 mins longer than I should have, I realized that something as simple and stupid as going to shop can actually be kinda fun. Next time look through a tourists eyes. It's pretty funny.
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