Grocery Shopping Frustrations
We all have to purchase food, and most of us dread the chore. With today's busy lifestyles you either have to go at the end of a long day of work, or on a day "off". Which is pretty much a joke as I don't think many people truly have a lot of time off with nothing else to do.
It isn't just the time involved in making the purchases, but many other things associated with it. If you are anything like me then you prepare for grocery shopping. Make a menu for the week, make a list and then go shopping. Then we put the bags in the car, go home and take them into the house (mysteriously nobody is ever there to help), and then put the food away . This usually involves washing fruits and vegetables so the things "good" for us will be eaten and not left to rot in the fridge.
Of course when you get home there is a good chance that you will find frozen with dry goods or soap in with bread, etc. And when I tell the young person bagging that I don't want the bags too heavy I'm not sure they understand because when I get home I inevitably find bags that a linebacker would have trouble carrying into the house. I know that they must be trained when they get hired, so I'm not sure where the knowledge goes as they stand at the end of the checkout putting groceries in the bags.
And the worst part of it all is the cost. There are only two of us and it is expensive no matter how hard I try to watch what I buy. My heart goes out to young families with 2, 3 or more children. I don't know how they are able to feed their families - especially if they want to give them fresh fruits and vegetables. It is no wonder that they struggle when the cost of living is so high.
I know none of this changes any of the issues, but sometimes talking about it lets people know they are not alone with their frustrations. There is some comfort just knowing this.
It isn't just the time involved in making the purchases, but many other things associated with it. If you are anything like me then you prepare for grocery shopping. Make a menu for the week, make a list and then go shopping. Then we put the bags in the car, go home and take them into the house (mysteriously nobody is ever there to help), and then put the food away . This usually involves washing fruits and vegetables so the things "good" for us will be eaten and not left to rot in the fridge.
Of course when you get home there is a good chance that you will find frozen with dry goods or soap in with bread, etc. And when I tell the young person bagging that I don't want the bags too heavy I'm not sure they understand because when I get home I inevitably find bags that a linebacker would have trouble carrying into the house. I know that they must be trained when they get hired, so I'm not sure where the knowledge goes as they stand at the end of the checkout putting groceries in the bags.
And the worst part of it all is the cost. There are only two of us and it is expensive no matter how hard I try to watch what I buy. My heart goes out to young families with 2, 3 or more children. I don't know how they are able to feed their families - especially if they want to give them fresh fruits and vegetables. It is no wonder that they struggle when the cost of living is so high.
I know none of this changes any of the issues, but sometimes talking about it lets people know they are not alone with their frustrations. There is some comfort just knowing this.
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