Tuesday, 3 July 2007

If I ruled the world....

I really should avoid the supermarket….it’s becoming my muse or something!

So, following on in my egotistical reverie, here are a couple of other things I’ve noticed that I would change, given half a chance…

So you walk into a supermarket and what is the first aisle you come across? Bingo, fruit and veg. Fine, I have nothing against fruit or indeed veg, my point is this. You put your bananas and tomatoes and whatever else in your trolley or basket, happy that you at least shop healthily, even if you don’t necessarily eat the same way. Then you move on, and for the rest of the shopping trip are trying not to squash all the delicate fruit and veg with less delicate items, like tins, washing powder, wine or whatever. Why not turn the aisles round, have the heavy, ugly stuff first, and the glamorous, fragile fruit and veg at the end?! Come on you know i’m right!

Secondly, imagine you’re a bloke (hopefully for some of you that’s fairly easy) and you are out shopping with the missus. She’s off to try something on that will probably look fine but she needs at least half an hour of flattery first, so you are waiting outside the changing rooms, among all the underwear, belts and god know what other accessories women seem to buy. Why don’t shops put the men’s section near the women’s changing rooms, so that we can have a look at clothes while we wait? No matter how long I’m waiting outside the changing room the chances of me buying a bra are slim. Put some men’s shoes, or wallets, or shirts or anything, and I reckon I’d give in and buy something. Surely someone must have done this somewhere?

Or maybe it’s just me….

Right, time to go again….hasta luego

2 comments:

  1. I know exactly what you mean regarding the fruit and veg I think it is because supermarkets usually have male managers of a certain age who probably don't even do the shopping and certainly don't listen to women shoppers. I made the point some years ago at the local Asda and they said that the fruit and veg made a colourful display and looked nice as people entered the store!!!

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  2. Well Tom, in my shop (remember the poster) we have a lounge with a flatscreen and a coffee machine for the men to wait as well as a small men's section near the changing rooms ! The world is already changing, my friend...!

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