Friday, March 7, 2008

thanks for the additional OCD stress, grocery superchain

So apparently King Sooper's (which is a Kroger grocery chain, for those who don't know) is trying to drive me insane. They've just decided, I guess at the corporate level, to rearrange the entire store. I think I overheard an employee say that they're getting newer shelves and displays, etc.

As you'll come to find out, I am a big fan of routine. I like for things to always be in the same place, even if that place is not logical. For example, I like for my digital camera to always be on the bookshelf in the living room. I like for my debit card to be under a placemat on an end table in the house. So this is especially important for my grocery store, since I go there like three to twenty times a week.

They've gone and screwed everything up. It has taken me three trips to find the snack packs of fruit for my two-year-old, Aidan... I finally just decided today I was going to go up and and down every aisle until I found it. And I finally just had to ask where the cans of chopped green chilies were. The answer? Over in the new "Mexican" foods aisles, where the video rental area used to be. I seriously considered changing grocery stores, because I get irrationally irritated every time I go in there and the canned beans aren't where I usually get them. Then I think, Safeway has no self-checkout... Walmart is full of idiots and also has no self-checkout, and I realize I'm stuck with King Sooper's. But I don't have to like it.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I personally don't understand why every Walmart in America cannot have the same layout. I realize some regions would have areas that would differ...like we'll have a Mardi Gras section and if you go to Pensacola, they'll have a beach section. But it should be the same otherwise. I hate wasting time searching for things.