Hey guys, I am here to tell you about my day at the supermarket. It isn't going to be like any other story or day and I will try to make it as interesting as possible. My day has nothing been short of stressful and hectic but thank God I was able to achieve what I set out to do.
I wasn't even sure if I was going today because we hadn't discussed it the day before but I was told in the morning that I will be going and as such I should prepare. I hurriedly had my bath and got dressed so that I could get a free ride to the supermarket courtesy of my dad. He could only drop me at the bus top as he was heading in a different direction and gave me transport fare for the reminder of my journey.I took a direct cab to my destination and arrived in no time. Thank God there wasn't any traffic gridlock on my way.
Due to an ongoing crisis in my country, they had to control the number of people that can enter at any point in time. The increase in crime rate in the country didn't help matters as they were stricter this time around. This means that a lesser number of people were allowed in.
Those of us who couldn't enter with them were forced to wait for nothing less than an hour for them to finish shopping so that we can enter. The wait was treacherous and it felt like I was waiting for eternity. I sat down hoping that I wouldn't spend too long, how wrong I was.
I listened to some music, checked all my social media handles (Whatsapp, Instagram and even Twitter). Read and replied messages that I hadn't responded to in a long while. When I was done I played a couple of games and watched some funny videos by comedians just to keep my brain busy. When I had done all that I could possibly think of, I got tired. Boredom finally set in and I was starting to get a bit irritated. Like, why was I waiting so long to buy provisions and not like I was going to buy the whole world.
Finally they let us in and in no particular order. So much for the tally I collected. I quickly entered so as to get my shopping done as fast as possible. I got a shopping cart and started putting the things I wanted to buy one by one. I used the provisions list as a guide and it made my work easier and faster. There were somethings that I didn't write but when I saw them on the shelf I knew I had to get them. I was done in 25 minutes and I think that was pretty fast for what I was buying.
The next problem was the long queue at the payment point. The queues were longer than the ones you would find at bank ATM's. Come to think of it, I think I spent more time waiting to pay than waiting to enter. Things like this is making to start to hate that particular supermarket. I waited for like an hour just to pay and I did that standing, nowhere to sit.
The people in front of me were incredibly slow and I think the shop attendant must have been the descendant of a sloth. The people that were behind me were even more irritated than I was. After some time I was attended to and payed. I then drove my cart to the packaging section.
Thank heavens that they didn't frustrate my life here. It didn't take long before I was attended to and my goods checked and packaged. This was the only section of the supermarket were they were swift and orderly. I had to carry my load by myself and I was kind of disappointed with them in that respect. They should hire someone to do that. I called them that I was done and they should come and pick me up. Not long after they came and then we left.
In summary, my day at the supermarket wasn't a pleasant one and they have a lot of things to work on if not they will experience a decrease in patronage. Also they need to improve on their customer services and teach their staffs how to treat customers especially the loyal ones. I would definitely not be looking forward to another day like that and I hope that is my first and last time there.