Everyone has to go food shopping at some point in the week. I mean, we all got to eat right? Now, This is a task that should easily accomplished: you go to your local supermarket, maybe with a list of what you need to buy, find the items you need, pay for them and go home -- right? Well, at my particular supermarket -- it's not always that simple.
To start off, even though it's 90 degrees outside in the summertime, you have to bring a jacket. Why...? Because they have the air conditioning set at antarctic level - you can practically see your breath. And if you don't have that jacket, you'll be so cold -- that you'll be barely able to move, and even with the jacket, your fingers you'll get frostbite. The poor workers there, wear up to two jackets so that they don't get sick.
Now, you may ask, why do I even bother to go there to shop in the first place -- aha, because they have really good prices, and many promotions where you can get points -- to get items way cheaper than the competition. But this makes them a bit careless, and at times it seems as if the workers feel that they don't have to follow normal supermarket procedures.
As in, for example, stocking extra in popular items, or even being consistent in stocking basic items that people buy everyday. With them, it's hit or miss. The product you find there today, it's not guaranteed to be there tomorrow. And as for their produce department -- well that also it's a gamble. You may or may not get a really great, fresh, organic produce ... or...you may get something that one day after you get it home -- suddenly rots right in front of you. And then, you have to go back and return said produce.
But in spite of all its flaws, it's the only supermarket, around where I live that has a huge selection of foods from all over the world, organic produce, and really friendly workers, who actually believe in providing quality service to the consumer.
So I keep going back there, because, sadly, in the other supermarkets that I occasionally go to, there are not many workers -- just plenty of self-checkout machines that have taken over, depriving who knows how many people from being employed. And I, for one, will not support a place that puts machines ahead of people. After all, we all need to be able to make a living, and I really don't want to speed up the day when very smart robots will take over the jobs that we imperfect humans are presently doing.
