People should speed date at the grocery store

The idea is just as good as any of the other speed-dating ideas. What better way to get to know a person than to see what’s in his or her cart at the grocery store?

I like to play the game of looking at the person first and then predicting what is in the grocery cart. Sadly, I’m usually pretty accurate with my predictions. The venue plays a role as well. The clientele who shop at Walmart is generally different from the people who shop at Whole Foods or Sprouts. And they’ll let anyone who pays for membership into Costco, so all bets are off there. They really need to raise that membership fee to cut down on the riff raff.

It’s funny how kids run around that grocery store like they own the place. They grab anything and everything at eye level and try to sneak it into the shopping cart without parents finding out. Inevitably, I see them walking sheepishly back to return items to shelves after their plot was foiled. This is why I never grab the front item on a shelf, especially if it’s within reach of some kiddie. I’ll grab an item from a few rows back figuring it is the least likely to have cooties.