The Therapy Thread

[xdaniel]

Lemme rant a bit here, will ya...

 

For one, I've just been trolled by a shower of rain. Going out to do some grocery shopping about 40-50 minutes ago, the skies were a bit cloudy but nothing too serious. Coming back out of the store, there was heavy downpour and I, of course, didn't have an umbrella with me. And now, some 20 minutes after arriving back home, the rain's nearly stopped again. It's like the shower was waiting for me!

 

Also, said store is closing down permanently in two weeks. It's a rather small branch of a discount supermarket chain over here ("N"), which in turn is owned by a large cooperative group whose main supermarkets ("E") are known for being somewhat expensive. And guess what's right next door to our small "N" here? One of exactly those more expensive "E" stores, offering at least some of the same brand-name products for a good 20 to 30 cents more! Sure, they also have no-name products, but - at least when it comes to food - most of it is, in my opinion, awful. Some of the canned stuff they have tastes like dogfood, or at least how I imagine dogfood to taste as I've never tried it.

 

So yeah, starting Monday 18th, I and anyone else who can't always afford the more expensive supermarkets - ex. the elderly and/or poorer people living in this suburb -, will have to say good-bye to getting cheap groceries "around the corner", and instead either go further, out of our suburb and closer to the city center, to shop at ex. other "N"s, "A" or "L", or bite the bullet and go shopping at "E".

 

...actually, to hell with the letters, our "N" closing down is a Netto Marken-Discount, the expensive "E" is the Edeka Group, "A" is Aldi Süd and "L" is Lidl.

[Conker]

Ah, man. Rough.

[Gump]

@Xdan

That really sucks. We over here in NY, have wayy too many grocery markets to count. We've got a local chain, called Wegmans. There's at least 5 within 5 miles of my house! Not to mention, we have 4 other grocery markets all in this 5 mile radius. As such, the competition keeps the prices relatively low, so it's good for us consumers. Maybe you should come over here .

 

Actually, all the markets are good for different things. Specifically, Wegmans has the best meat. A place called Tops has the best bakery. Price Chopper has the best produce. You kind of have to go to all of them for the best quality stuff.