The feeling you convey through describing collecting shopping carts during the cooling dusk is so peaceful. It ties in perfectly with the refuge and calm that grocery stores provide mixed with the feeling of independence and freedom of having a job free from the demand for efficiency that our modern excel jobs exert
I'm so homesick sometimes for midwestern grocery stores. My first year working in NY we lived in Hoboken and my boyfriend would drive us out to an Aldi until I finally got the urge to "stock up" every Sunday out of my system. More so than any experience in New York itself, the Jersey parking lot road rage and people cutting in line at the grocery was what made me miss Ohio so much those first few months. I think I cried every time we went food shopping until I finally learned to just pick up a day's worth of ingredients on the way home from work.
I've never been to Krogers but Trader Joe's does have a special quality about it. I moved to the US in 2021 and shopped only at Target etc for a year before a Trader Joe's opened near my uni. I didn't know what it was but everyone was talking about it like an anticipated movie release. But as soon as I walked in in my first visit itself, I could tell. This place was just... different. The items were packaged better. There was more stuff around. The employees were just better at small talk, and friendlier than in other places. This is the only store in America I've been genuinely mesmerized by in my initial visits, apart from maybe Home Depot.
The feeling you convey through describing collecting shopping carts during the cooling dusk is so peaceful. It ties in perfectly with the refuge and calm that grocery stores provide mixed with the feeling of independence and freedom of having a job free from the demand for efficiency that our modern excel jobs exert
I'm so homesick sometimes for midwestern grocery stores. My first year working in NY we lived in Hoboken and my boyfriend would drive us out to an Aldi until I finally got the urge to "stock up" every Sunday out of my system. More so than any experience in New York itself, the Jersey parking lot road rage and people cutting in line at the grocery was what made me miss Ohio so much those first few months. I think I cried every time we went food shopping until I finally learned to just pick up a day's worth of ingredients on the way home from work.
This is what Lindyman was talking about when he said the youngsters don't have social initiations anymore
My mildly autistic friend and I worked at Meijer during the Pandemic. We'd argue over who got to take the carts in from the parking lot
When’s the Trader Joe’s tour of duty?
my autistic midwestern kroger-going heart loves this
I've never been to Krogers but Trader Joe's does have a special quality about it. I moved to the US in 2021 and shopped only at Target etc for a year before a Trader Joe's opened near my uni. I didn't know what it was but everyone was talking about it like an anticipated movie release. But as soon as I walked in in my first visit itself, I could tell. This place was just... different. The items were packaged better. There was more stuff around. The employees were just better at small talk, and friendlier than in other places. This is the only store in America I've been genuinely mesmerized by in my initial visits, apart from maybe Home Depot.
I worked in a gas station/car mechanic place when I was a teenager. All the fun stuff I got to do!!!