Is shop blindness a thing? If it is, I’m afflicted. It happens when I’m in a big shop that sells millions of things and I simply can’t find what I’m looking for, even though I know it’s there. This happens most frequently in supermarkets, where paralysis of choice is often the problem. So many peanut butters. So many toilet rolls. So many washing powders. How? Why? And then there’s that thing they do where they move sections around. No sooner do you get used to the layout than it’s inexplicably all changed. The cooking oils go where the herbs and spices once were, which are now where the pulses were. I’ve struggled to locate the coconut milk ever since it first went on manoeuvres just before the pandemic. How much fun they must have watching us on CCTV, bewitched, bothered and bewildered, scurrying hopelessly up and down aisle after aisle. I forgive them. It must get boring running a supermarket. Let them have their sport.
It’s in Boots that I struggle the most, and I apportion no blame to them. I can just never get to what I’m looking for. I think it’s because most of the stuff they stock is of a similar, smallish size. I just see a retina-burning riot of colours with nothing coming into focus. I walk away, floss-less, vitamin-less, antacid-less, clueless. I have no idea if they’re guilty of moving stuff around because I so rarely find it in the first place. Worst of all are garden centres. A low-lying jungle of plants opens up before me. I either know what I’m looking for and can’t find it, or more often, don’t know what I’m looking for and need guidance. Either way, there’s never anyone around to help. I execute elaborate twisting, figure-of-eight style laps of the place hoping to chance upon a human being. Occasionally, I resort to parting the branches of the bigger trees and bushes to see if anyone is hiding within. Always in vain. My garden remains bare. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/13/do-you-suffer-from-shop-blindness-ive-struggled-to-locate-coconut-milk-for-years -- सादर/ Regards अविनाश शाही/ Avinash Shahi सहायक/ Assistant मानव संसाधन प्रबंध विभाग/ Human Resource Management Department भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक/ Reserve Bank of India लखनऊ क्षेत्रीय कार्यालय/Lucknow RO विस्तार/ Extension: 2232 -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CADeSQ2gefmQhi2y0QG9ABCAwzEDAw%2Bg7cQyfo4wD6Yy6HY7Qvw%40mail.gmail.com.
