So tonight I went grocery shopping at the local supermarket. I hadn't been grocery shopping in a long time so this was an event. Then again I did not want to spend hours there soI figured it was good to go there on a monday night right after a holiday as most people would be home. I have to say I was right as there was hardly anyone there except every stereotype one could have of single guys, the diversity of this subset of society was rain forest plentiful. I found myself simply walking around the whole place in search of every type I could find. The task was made easier as I was able to blend in so I was free to roam undisturbed. A wonderful thing happened in the midst of my safari, a woman made a brief appearance! It was obvious she knew she was not on her turf and in possibly dangerous ground as she hurried in and proceeded to walk with purpose to the specific places where she would find the items that whatever home emergency had forced her to venture there at that time.
She was walking fast, looking around very much like Gazelles do when the afternoon is coming and the cheetahs are more active. Of course I had to watch the scene as the scent of a woman was now making its way throughout the place. So, I decided to follow her, try to keep up really, it was very helpful that the hand basket she had was lagging behind as she rushed through. The first one to notice was the heavy set single man, wearing jeans rolled down by the belly. Which are fortunately unseen as the un-tucked bottom of his shirt hangs like a curtain covering all that need not be seen. He is the man who, despite all evidence to the contrary, is still convinced that younger women do actually enjoy it when he stares at them. He smiled in expectation but she simply walked faster staring at the floor as if it could help her avoid the eyes following her.
Our next specimen is the younger guy who is just getting started in his white collar job so he's still wearing his suit at 9 pm and is only shopping for that night's dinner. But he fails to realize that shopping while hugry always makes us get more so at the moment the scent of the woman reaches him he is almost too busy trying to keep all the items in his hands under control. I can almost hear it, "Should have gotten a basket, I always do this!" He senses the coming possibility so his back is straightened, eyes open wider, his legs bend ever slightly in preparation to spring to action when needed. Then, just as she is coming into range the cheese sticks that were precariously placed on top of the hummus container on his left hand slip off of it and begin to fall causing a chain reaction that take his eyes of the prey. By the time he looked up the only one who actually gained something from this exchange was the girl who was now smiling slightly at the amusing scene she had just witnesed.
More later.....
