Stupid Grocery Store!
As you know, we had a hurricane bimble through the area...well, near the area. And true to classic DC over-reaction, many people swarmed the grocery store to stock up on goods that would take them through any potentially electricity-less days. Now, I normally do my weekly grocery shopping on Sunday mornings...it's the time I have to get it done. Knowing that the weather could still be kind of icky on Sunday morning, I decided to go on Saturday afternoon to pick up a few things to see me through a couple days. The good thing about this plan: I missed the mass of people. There weren't too many folks in the store when I stopped by. The bad part of the plan: Some of the shelves were completely bare. Most notibly, all the tuna fish that I would normally get was gone (good thing I had my own stock pile already!). ALL the saltine crackers were gone. A good amount of bread was gone. The canned soup was thoroughly picked over. I didn't look around the entire store, because I was just picking up a few things to last me; a variety of stuff for if the power stayed on, and if it went out. This was to be expected though, and I don't blame the store for that. I also got what I basically needed, so no biggie.
Fast forward to yesterday. You would think at large store that's open almost 24/7, would get restocked on a regular basis. Working under this obviously false assumption, I did my normal weekly shopping trip last night. Tuna still gone. Yogurt heavily picked over (thankfully they left some of the few flavors I like). Saltines, still quite low, but I got some of the whole wheat ones I usually get. There was other stuff I was forced to choose alternates of just because there wasn't much left. It wasn't Soviet-style rationing or anything like that, but the pickin's were slim. Anyway, I hope things are back to normal next week...there will probably be a massive run on beef and weinies for Labor Day, but I can avoid that stuff. Just as long as people leave me the things I need for whatever ends up on the menu next week.
Fast forward to yesterday. You would think at large store that's open almost 24/7, would get restocked on a regular basis. Working under this obviously false assumption, I did my normal weekly shopping trip last night. Tuna still gone. Yogurt heavily picked over (thankfully they left some of the few flavors I like). Saltines, still quite low, but I got some of the whole wheat ones I usually get. There was other stuff I was forced to choose alternates of just because there wasn't much left. It wasn't Soviet-style rationing or anything like that, but the pickin's were slim. Anyway, I hope things are back to normal next week...there will probably be a massive run on beef and weinies for Labor Day, but I can avoid that stuff. Just as long as people leave me the things I need for whatever ends up on the menu next week.