We live smack in the middle of two supermarkets. OK, that didn't sound right - we don't actually live inside the supermarkets; let's try that again: Our flat is equidistant from the two local supermarkets. One is a four minute walk to the left. The other is a four minute walk to the right. For some reason, we always go to the one to the right. Probably because the store is a little bit nicer, more spacious, a little better quality meats, etc.
Why am I rambling thus? Because our regular supermarket has closed down for the week while they renovate it. So what was my initial reaction? It wasn't "Oh well, I guess we'll shop at the other store". It was "Oh no, what are we going to do? Maybe we should go on vacation until they finish the work".
As it happens, the week coincides with half-term, so the girls are out of school, and we could in theory go away. But that's not the point. Sometimes we are able to look at a problem and see the easiest and most obvious solution (in this case Turn Left!); while other times we tend to fixate on a particular solution that may be complicated, costly, and a bit irrational (I actually started to look for cheap flights to Prague...but we couldn't find any).
2 comments:
Thanks for clarifying that you do not live in a supermarket. I think supermarket dwelling would definitely have its downside.
Jeff
Yes, thank you Jeffrey. The upside would be that they would never be closed. Last night I had to run around half of Camden to find some ice cream for S. With the one on the right closed and the one on the left closing at some ungodly early hour, I was reduced to trawling corner stores for premium ice cream. I rewarded myself with a Chicken Balti on the way home, though.
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