About thirty years ago, Big Media spread the word; forget the bars, meet the next significant other at…
…the supermarket.
Which sent millions of lonely hearts trudging through the aisles, finding nothing but, well, food.
The meme is back. And I’m pretty convinced it’s a PR stunt by the National Supermarket Marketing Council.
let’s see:
buy food you don’t need in search for love
eat food to feel better when you strike out
gain weight
develop deteriorating body image
return to supermarket in increasingly desperate search for love…
cui bono?
If you’re a woman looking to meet someone,
buy one of these
http://www.browning.com/content/dam/browning/product/firearms/pistols/buckmark/field-target-suppressor-ready/BPT16_051527490.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/original.img.jpg
then go to the range and shoot at targets:
– you’ll have a lot of fun
– there are plenty of single financially solvent guys there
– you won’t gain any weight
– as your shooting skills increase you’ll feel better about yourself
I’m lost in the supermarket, I can no longer shop happily. Everything comes with a special offer, guaranteed personality.
I’m lost in the supermarket, I can no longer shop happily. Everything comes with a special offer, guaranteed personality.
Mine’s bigger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9ZjOCSLYlc
Most single guys I know seem, in general, to spend as little time shopping as possible, and even less time and effort shopping for food.
Now, if they had suggested hanging out at the liquor store…
Seems to me that anyone who’s seen a freaky montage of Walmart shoppers would be spooked at the idea of a hook-up at local markets. Has me thinking of the Jonny Lee song “Looking for Love”….Ha!
Are they talking about hitting on the cashiers? Cuz I already do that.
Now, if they had suggested hanging out at the liquor store…
Or by the video games? :^)
Seriously, I’m partial to the idea of people courting in places other than bars–my wife and I’s first date was building houses for Habitat for Humanity–but at the same time you’ve got to ask yourself what your opportunity to talk to someone for any length of time at the supermarket might be. Anyone half familiar with how relationships development is going to see that “hey, can you grab that can of tomatoes for me?” is going to be a little bit less effective than other methods, to put it mildly.
I use dating sites… as most millenials do.
nerdbert
It’s not just single guys. When I shop in any store, I know exactly what I’m there to get, grab and get out of there.
My wife learned very early in our relationship that if she wanted to wander around the mall looking at every clothes rack, that I was not someone that she wanted along. Well, except the two occasions many years ago when she “made me go” to Victoria’s Secret with her. 😀
nerdbert, you’re exactly right. My wife hates shopping with me because she always feels rushed, as if I’m standing around looking at my watch and tapping my toe. I have no idea where she gets that notion.
If the stores had any Real Men in their marketing departments, they’d clear out a 10×10 space for half a dozen decent chairs and a television tuned to the Lingerie League. “Shop as long as you like, dear, I’m good.” Throw in a Kegerator and sales would skyrocket.