SUPER MARKETS

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

I have loved going to the grocery store since I was kid. I started working in a grocery store when I was in the ninth grade. I worked through High School and four years of college. Today we have super markets and I love them. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and we have a lot to be thankful for. Grocery stores should be on all of our lists of things to be thankful for. They are beautiful and full of great stuff.

I went to the grocery store today. Charlotte and I both went yesterday and bought “tons” of stuff, but of course, we forgot some things. I went back today. One thing I wanted was a half gallon of 2% milk. I looked and I looked. I thought I must be going blind. Nobody runs out of half gallons of milk. I asked the manager. He said, “Let me check.” He checked and said, “No.” That’s it—not, “No, I’m sorry,” not “No, try back later,” just plain “No.” Later strolling back past the milk I saw a sign that said, “Albertson’s Gallon size milk, $1.99.” I said, “Ok, I’ll take that!”

I went up and down every aisle looking for dried beans. Since Charlotte was making corn bread today for tomorrow’s dressing, we decided to have beans. I asked a cute young thing working in the flower department where the dried beans were. She didn’t know and before I could stop her she raced all the way to the front of the store and across to the last checkout stand and inquired. She came rushing back and headed for the produce department. I followed behind saying, “No, no, dried beans are not in produce. Listen to me; I worked in a store for years. They are not in produce.” She didn’t listen. The man in produce said, “They are on the backside of the pasta aisle.” I wanted to go there alone. The cute little thing wouldn’t let me. She insisted on showing the way but she didn’t know the way. I finally got the beans.

On the way out I saw a sign that said, “Dreyer’s Half-gallon Ice Cream , 2 for $5.00.” I love ice cream! I love Dreyer’s Ice Cream! Wouldn’t you know it—no vanilla! At least I couldn’t see it. Rows and rows of ice cream but no vanilla. Finally, when I turned the corner and started to leave I saw it all by itself away from the other ice cream.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and one of the things I am thankful for is the great super markets. They are beautiful and full of great stuff—if you can find it!