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Shopping Alone Is a Soul-Sucking Void, but Crowds Are the Social High You Never Knew You Needed
Empty aisles are depressing; the true thrill lies in the chaos of human connection.
Have you ever felt the hum of a Saturday morning, not as an annoyance, but as an electric symphony? Here is where the overflow of humanity calls for me.
To say I walk into a grocery store that is teeming with all sorts of people is not far from saying that I plunge headfirst into a bright ocean of human energy around and above them.
Such aisles bustled not with annoyance but energy — not deadening but enchanting, not empty. It is this energy and warmth that, to me, seem so attractive, in stark contrast to the drab emptiness of a deserted one.
Allow me to take you on an excursion in which I explain why I do not just tolerate the busy stores — I genuinely enjoy them.
You Came for Milk, But Stayed for the Human Experience
Simple buying and exiting are trends that dominate efficiency thinking: one does not see why a shopping trip should be more than just that.
For me, shopping is not only a transaction, but the common human experience. Walking among the throngs is…
