Shopping

We no longer wipe the handle of the shopping cart with disinfectant before using it.  In fact, we no longer use a shopping cart at all.  We sit at home, usually in front of television, and do our shopping on our cell phone.  Nope, we don’t even talk to anyone, we do it all on-line.

Of course, the people I feel bad for are the marketing professionals who spent years in school learning about product placement.  Fighting with other manufacturers for eye-level shelf space, end cap displays and that ever popular impulse counter at the checkout.

Suddenly, our entire way of life has been altered by a bug so small that a flyswatter is useless against it.  And what about that?  The poor flyswatter makers, who by the way, haven’t changed their product in 5000 years, find themselves unemployed and defenseless against this pest.

I, for one, believe that 3-dimensional graphics should come with every on-line shopping experience.  This way, as Mom reaches the check-out now option on her phone or computer screen, the children will see colorful images of candy bars, Frito's, and toys.

“Hey Mom, stop, go back.  Mom, Mom, I need that, Mom… can we get that?’

Don’t you see, we’re missing the best part of shopping.