Everything was so fucking expensive. They also put in those refrigerators where it has the ads and they're just as fucking awful and weird as the pictures would have you believe. Also, the big cctv showing you as you go down the aisle and check out are fucked. At self check out you can no longer mute it so it has to talk to you. Finally, they hired security to stand at the entrance of the store which is gross. edit: Some stuff was also locked in a cabinet
The devil is in that store. I'm so fucking pissed.
American grocery stores are extremely cursed places, the sensory overload alone is overwhelming. Wandering into a supermarket while tripping on mushrooms is like stepping into a bosch painting but all the demons are cereal mascots, do not recommend.
If you're looking to enjoy stores and drugs simultaneously, I recommend shopping on an ecstasy come-up or a mini-dose of acid.
Me and my spouse going shopping together and having to scream at each other to be heard over the music/radio/noise machine being blasted from overhead speakers.
It took me years to understand why I lock up in grocery stores, just autism.
Certain Wegmans stores have really soft lighting and plenty of pleasing brown tones in the signage. Its silly to argue for a grocery store chain but in terms of "soothing elements in the decor improving general vibes" its leagues above most grocery stores I've been to.
I went to a recently opened Barns and Nobel and for some reason the psychopaths in corporate decided this one should be a lot more stark white, blue af lighting, and claustrophobic shelf organization. Thankfully the new Bevins book was right up front and I was able to escape with little damage.
I'm firmly of the option that bookstores should always be some variation on wood tones/furnishing, warm lighting and if possible, a darker shade of carpet.
This infiltration of sterile white into every corner of retail is a sickness.
The only thing worse than sterile white is new apartment gray
It's it just retail. Even homes are like that too now. A friend of mine bought a house with beautiful wood paneling in the kitchen, and the FIRST thing he did was paint that all white.
Pretty much why I only go go to either trader Joe's or bargain grocery places. The bargain places are so cheap if you're flexible and trader Joe's is just straightforward. I've also heard Aldi is pretty good
Aldi US kinda sucks tbh. The produce is always nasty in my town, the meats all come in frozen and never thaw out properly, and while canned goods are cheaper, it's usually because they are smaller sizes than comparable stuff from other grocery stores. They have a few little treats that i like, but it never feels worth it when i go there. I'm just fortunate that we have about 5 different grocery stores in my little town, as well as a bunch of farm markets and weekly farmers markets around the area in the summer.
My local store, part of a national chain, has advertisements for the very same store you're standing in every 2 minutes. The ads are louder than the music itself
I would legitimately lose my mind if I worked there, even shopping there feels like purgatory
Had a friend (rip) who would do this with me. He was the only one I liked to do psychedelics with cause we'd go to retail stores or grocery stores and basically be an Adam Curtis documentary. No one else likes to stare into the harsh abyss of capitalism on a headful of acid. We even referred to taking acid euphemistically as 'going to the linen section at Target' cause we snuck off from a group and dropped acid there as teens.
Ugggh, now I'm sad. I miss sneaking onto the docks and talking about the global supply chain while surrounded by container ships on 3 hits of acid.