A blog by Cameron and Shannon

Yesterday I Ran Errands. Somehow it seems like a good idea to “accomplish something” and perform all of my weekly errands in one fell swoop, wherein, list in hand, I purchase everything we could possibly need for one week. Usually it takes me precisely one trip around the parking lot looking for a space before I realize this was a bad idea. Somehow I never realize this before heading to the store(s). That said, I have a few things I need to get off my chest:

1. Kroger: Why do you even bother with the compact parking spaces? I realize this technique may result in “more” parking spaces, technically speaking, but since you are low on that number to begin with, I am going to bring something to your attention: a fairly large majority of your customers drive a Hummer/Escalade/other giantly sized vehicle, and don’t even bother trying to keep it to one parking space. Please repaint parking lot accordingly.

2. This one is also for you, Kroger. Why don’t your employees stock things? Or is it that you truly have run out of stock of, on average, three items I am looking for each time I shop there? You have clearly been in this location since at least 1985, not to mention people come to your store every day, so what is the problem? I am not even buying something obscure like wheat germ or a specialty-priced, fast-moving item. This is normal stuff. Get it together.

3. Kroger, you again. Organic fruit and vegetables does not mean nasty, bruised or rotten fruits and vegetables with a giant pricetag. No one is going to pay $5 for a bag of half rotten onions or green potatoes just because they are organic. This is the reason I normally drive another 5 miles to the Whole Foods - their food is organic, beautiful and cheaper than yours.

4. To the lady in the Target parking lot: When someone is following you at 3 mph in the middle-back area of the parking lot, they are not trying to get your parking space when you leave. In case you failed to notice, you were walking in the MIDDLE of the LANE - the lane where people DRIVE. So it was really unnecessary to give me the evil eye several times over your shoulder and walk extra slow, as if I were stalking you to your spot in the back row. Then you proceeded to park your cart in the empty space next to your car, so I couldn’t park there, either. OMG woman, it’s parking, we all do it every day, learn something.

5. Target, I have noticed you started selling Seventh Generation and Mrs. Meyers products in addition to the Method brand. Thank you, this was the highlight of my day.

6. Starbucks: The nation is in recession, yet while standing outside of your store and talking on the phone with my grandmother, I still saw a minimum of 10 gas guzzlers with two or less passengers line up in the drive through for their half-caf extra hot grande soy vanilla no foam latte. Bravo, my friend. Bravo.