Thursday, February 15, 2007

My supermarket experience

As I entered the supermarket, I first noticed the pre made sandwiches. I had to stop to take a look because I was just so hungry. I took a look at their cold cut sandwiches and observed that the prices ranged from $3. 95 to $5.95. I looked on the upper level and there were Panini sandwiches that cost from $5.95 to $7.95. After observing the sandwiches, I walked down the stairs and through the empty aisles of the supermarket. It was just so empty and clear that I felt like running through them myself. I went to the back of the supermarket and the carbohydrates aisle stood out the most to me. I feel like rice, pasta, etc. are the foods that I eat the most and study the most. I observed what kind of rice was on eye level and what type of rice were in the lower and upper level. I observed that the flavored rice such as Garlic and Herbs costs about $1.69. The red beans and rice costs $1.29. And although brown rice was on the eye level row, it was the furthest from the middle. It’s almost as if it was hidden. The retail price for the brown rice was 95 cents. At this moment, I was thinking to myself, Isn’t brown rice the healthiest type of rice to eat? If so, why do they put this type all the way in the end of the row where nobody can see? And if the brown rice was the cheapest of them all and considered as the healthiest, why are a lot of the consumers choosing the other types of rice? While I was observing the rice section, I also noted that the rice that was packaged in the boxes was the ones that are visible to the consumer and the rice that were packaged in bags are left in the bottom. I was wondering what the difference is between the packaged rice in the box and the packaged rice in the bags? After I observed the rice section, I walked back to the front of the supermarket where the pre made sandwiches were. I was in a moment where I did not know what kind of sandwich I should buy for lunch. I finally made a decision to buy the turkey in a French roll sandwich. I ate the sandwich when I returned to the school and I had gotten very full from it. After eating one half of the sandwich, I was already full. It sort of had a little taste of Tabasco’s hot sauce to add more flavor. While eating, I can feel the pieces of the bread with the turkey getting stuck in between my two front teeth. It took a lot of time to consume the bread, the turkey and the lettuce all at once.

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