Not This Again
By Mitch Berg
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.
March 12th, 2018 at 6:57 am
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?
March 12th, 2018 at 7:11 am
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
March 12th, 2018 at 7:12 am
I’m lost in the supermarket, I can no longer shop happily. Everything comes with a special offer, guaranteed personality.
March 12th, 2018 at 7:12 am
I’m lost in the supermarket, I can no longer shop happily. Everything comes with a special offer, guaranteed personality.
March 12th, 2018 at 9:24 am
Mine’s bigger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9ZjOCSLYlc
March 12th, 2018 at 9:32 am
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…
March 12th, 2018 at 11:23 am
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!
March 12th, 2018 at 11:51 am
Are they talking about hitting on the cashiers? Cuz I already do that.
March 12th, 2018 at 11:51 am
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.
March 12th, 2018 at 2:57 pm
I use dating sites… as most millenials do.
March 12th, 2018 at 2:59 pm
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. 😀
March 12th, 2018 at 4:35 pm
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.