Friday, May 13, 2005
Grocery shopping for the vertically challenged
Yes, folks, that's right. It is a little-explored sociological issue that deserves some grant money, at the very least, because so few people are aware of the hardships faced by this much-ignored segment of the population. Grocery shopping is just one small area of the issue.
Imagine if you will, a smart grocery shopper. He or she knows exactly what is on sale, what the most nutritious (or least poisonous) products are and isn't swayed by product placement or advertising. Now imagine that half of the items this person needs are out of their reach. Absent other, taller shoppers who are kind enough to stop at their pathetic requests for help, the small smart shopper is reduced to: a) climbing up the shelves to reach the desired item; b) using a reachable item as a tool to knock down the desired item (usually resulting in said item falling on the side of the shopper's head); c) asking taller friends to go grocery shopping with him or her (no easy task in itself); or d) hijacking a child small enough to lift over the shopper's head to reach the item for him or her, which last exercises both the shopper's arms and patience.
So, the next time you witness a person smaller than yourself struggling to reach such thoughtlessly-placed products, please take pity and offer to help. You could even make a new friend.
'night.
Imagine if you will, a smart grocery shopper. He or she knows exactly what is on sale, what the most nutritious (or least poisonous) products are and isn't swayed by product placement or advertising. Now imagine that half of the items this person needs are out of their reach. Absent other, taller shoppers who are kind enough to stop at their pathetic requests for help, the small smart shopper is reduced to: a) climbing up the shelves to reach the desired item; b) using a reachable item as a tool to knock down the desired item (usually resulting in said item falling on the side of the shopper's head); c) asking taller friends to go grocery shopping with him or her (no easy task in itself); or d) hijacking a child small enough to lift over the shopper's head to reach the item for him or her, which last exercises both the shopper's arms and patience.
So, the next time you witness a person smaller than yourself struggling to reach such thoughtlessly-placed products, please take pity and offer to help. You could even make a new friend.
'night.
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