Sunday, June 11, 2006

Grocery store etiquette

As I was walking down the frozen food aisle, I took notice of two single guys. They had to be single. The contents of their shopping cart screamed bachelor: chips, soda, frozen dinners. That's it. They each were standing in front of a freezer with the door wide open trying to decide which nutrient-deficient, trans-fat laden item to place in their basket next.

Apparently they were unaware that glass is see-through or else they would have decided on their selections before opening the door thereby avoiding the foggy glass syndrome that results from staring at frozen food items with the door open. The problem is perpetuated when the next bachelor comes along looking for tasteless Hungry Man dinners. In order to see the selection, he has to stand with the door open too.

Single guys, just keep the door closed until you've decided what items you're buying. And would it kill you to put at least one vegetable in your cart?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good thing frozen french fries are considered a vegetable.

Actually, now that I think of it, chips and salsa have the vegetable category covered pretty good as well. Corn in the chips and tomatoes in the salsa.

Now I am hungry.

Dre said...

Ain't that like typical men? Just standing and watching like the selection will change eventually. I have the contents of my fridge memorized, but that doesn't stop me from staring. As for nutritious meals, that's an intellectual thing, and we don't do intellectual very well in general. We know what we like, and mostly we like saturated fat and sodium.

m/p said...

sometimes, when i am really hot, i stand in front of an open freezer.

not a good thing, huh?