gowns:

khajos replied to your post: give me a topic to write about

grocery shopping

it’s wild how american grocery stores, department stores, and so on create an illusion of infinity

always shifting items to the very front; always keeping a ton of stock on hand, pyramid displays; purposefully rearranging items in a not-quite-common-sense way so you have to wander around

i heard a story from a teacher about visiting a soviet region and being shocked that they didn’t have unlimited supply of everything

but the very concept of “unlimited supply” — as well as the concepts of “the customer is always right,” “always keep things stocked,” “if you have time to lean you have time to clean,” and so on — is pretty bizarre