The Shoppening
Nov. 18th, 2022 10:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brigidI spent very literally an hour at the grocery store today getting Thanksgiving groceries.
My best friend is appalled and cannot understand what took so long.
First of all I couldn't find yukon gold potatoes. They just didn't exist. I am not used to them not existing so I walked around the produce section a lot looking for them. No. There are none. There also weren't bags of yellow onions, I had to paw through a bin of yellow onions that were pretty small. A woman joined me and commented on how small they were. I agreed, said I wasn't used to not being able to buy them in bags, and then said I couldn't find the yukon gold potatoes.
She said there is a potato shortage.
I am a potato person so that is... alarming.
I managed to get russet potatoes and sweet potatoes and hopefully can find yukon gold at another store... I want to do half yukon gold and half russet in my mashed potatoes this year.
The other thing that slowed me down was all the people who don't normally grocery shop. Or perhaps they have never gone grocery shopping before. You know what I'm talking about, I'm sure. People stopping in the middle of the aisle, cart askew, staring blankly at the relish. There isn't enough room to get around. They don't hear you the first few times you excuse yourself. There was a guy standing in front of the egg nog section of the dairy fridges, too close to the door for anyone else to open it, contemplating the egg nog offerings. It took him several minutes. He finally drifted away and I dashed forward and jerked the door open. The guy who'd been waiting before I got there looked sadly resigned. I gestured for him to go ahead. He grabbed an egg nog and left. I grabbed 2 egg nog and a carton of heavy cream. It took about 45 seconds for both of us to do our thing and move on. There were abandoned carts. There were end caps too large for the aisle. There were employees blocking the aisles as they restocked Christmas items.
There was also live music.
It was hellish! The fact that it took an hour was incredibly depressing, especially give that I had a very specific list and I stuck to it!
But I survived and now have everything (hopefully) that I need for Thanksgiving, minus the bolillo rolls and the pies we're picking up Wednesday.
My best friend is appalled and cannot understand what took so long.
First of all I couldn't find yukon gold potatoes. They just didn't exist. I am not used to them not existing so I walked around the produce section a lot looking for them. No. There are none. There also weren't bags of yellow onions, I had to paw through a bin of yellow onions that were pretty small. A woman joined me and commented on how small they were. I agreed, said I wasn't used to not being able to buy them in bags, and then said I couldn't find the yukon gold potatoes.
She said there is a potato shortage.
I am a potato person so that is... alarming.
I managed to get russet potatoes and sweet potatoes and hopefully can find yukon gold at another store... I want to do half yukon gold and half russet in my mashed potatoes this year.
The other thing that slowed me down was all the people who don't normally grocery shop. Or perhaps they have never gone grocery shopping before. You know what I'm talking about, I'm sure. People stopping in the middle of the aisle, cart askew, staring blankly at the relish. There isn't enough room to get around. They don't hear you the first few times you excuse yourself. There was a guy standing in front of the egg nog section of the dairy fridges, too close to the door for anyone else to open it, contemplating the egg nog offerings. It took him several minutes. He finally drifted away and I dashed forward and jerked the door open. The guy who'd been waiting before I got there looked sadly resigned. I gestured for him to go ahead. He grabbed an egg nog and left. I grabbed 2 egg nog and a carton of heavy cream. It took about 45 seconds for both of us to do our thing and move on. There were abandoned carts. There were end caps too large for the aisle. There were employees blocking the aisles as they restocked Christmas items.
There was also live music.
It was hellish! The fact that it took an hour was incredibly depressing, especially give that I had a very specific list and I stuck to it!
But I survived and now have everything (hopefully) that I need for Thanksgiving, minus the bolillo rolls and the pies we're picking up Wednesday.
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Date: 2022-11-19 09:27 am (UTC)Also I too have been wondering about the weird lack of potatoes so! Yikes!!
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Date: 2022-11-19 05:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-11-20 01:58 am (UTC)I always hate doing the holiday shop with people who are just aimlessly meandering. Don't get in my way!