Parking for Shopping Carts Only
This is amusing to me because it's just such a random thing - a shopping cart left astray in a parking lot. It wouldn't have an ounce of entertainment if the cart hadn't been abandoned exactly in the centre of the parking spot flanked by an overlooking tree. 'Perfect randomness'. Another great oxymoron.
Feeling Crabby?
These pinch. But they're delicious. They're one of the many fresh seafood choices you'll be tempted with when you visit Pike Place Market in Seattle.
Deflating the Fun
Inflatable structures like the yellow one above that are brought to life by an air compressor and flop around in the breeze seem to be the fad these days among local businesses as a way of getting the attention of passersby. It worked for this martial arts place, but got our attention not in the way I'm sure the business owner intended; we stopped to take pictures of mimicry. As we left the scene somebody came out from the building with purpose and pulled the plug on the inflatable man, who promptly became the deflatable man:
Stop Beating Around the Bush
Everything at Costco is giant, and these tropical plants are no exception. They were only $19.98, but buyer beware to think first if you can even fit it in your car to get it home before you buy. Looking at the shopping cart contents, one can certainly buy a schmozzle of things at Costco, can't they? An industrial size box of corn dogs, dish soap, 2 jugs of some sort of tomato sauce, a 10kg bag of sugar and a jungle-sized plant all in one trip. And this shopper didn't even hit the clothing, electronics or household furnishings aisles!
Freedom From Hangovers
A fundamental in retailing is to shelve related categories of products together. Some shopper brought this package of hangover-avoidance pills over from the pharmacy and left them on these cases of beer in the refrigerated section of the supermarket. I'm guessing they were planning ahead, then figured they'd just take their chances.
I guess he must spill a lot.OXO Knockoff
I enjoy shopping in the asian grocery stores. Essence of chicken? How does that work? The only thing I can figure is it's the asian import equivalent of OXO. But are you really supposed to enjoy it as a drink while having a picnic in the park with Mom and Dad?
The Trifling Signage at Walmart
I first thought you had to be at least 18 years of age to be in this aisle because of the "Adult Cereal" label. Would a section label that reads "Cereal" not be enough here? Looking up and down the aisle I noticed that some category manager actually dove down to the minutiae of labeling "Adult Cereal", "Kid Cereal" and, wait for it.... "Family Cereal" sections! What if I'm looking for a box of Count Chocula? Would it be in the adult section because I'm biologically an adult, or in the kid section because it was marketed to kids, or in the family section because both adults and kids like it? I can't figure this out because I didn't have my bowl of Wheaties this morning. I couldn't find what section it was in.
Seasonal Confusion
Passing by this display, I didn't know whether to buy one of the snow shovels and grab my winter coat, scarf and touque and get ready for snow or grab my sunscreen, a garden spade and a bag of fertilizer and plant some of these primulas for spring. It's January in Vancouver. Who knows what season that means it is.
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