Earlier today I blogged about the Man selling on the bus. He really did a good job. He described his product well, demonstrated it and and collected money from his customers. Because a larger product selection I don't think he could have done bettter with respect to sales or his presentation.This afternoon I went to the grocery store and found the opposite. When I entered the store there were no shopping carts and no baskets. I collected a few items I wanted in my arms and checked out. I didn't browse the store. I didn't buy those things I probably would have thought of while browsing. I bought the minimum!
Now this is not uncommon at this particular grocery store. The difference today was that there were few customers.
There were actually lots of baskets I noticed while checking out. However, to get to them I would had to climb over cashier closed chains and/or push customers waiting in line to pay out of my way.
The better alternative was to buy less and spend my money at a different store another time.
Today I vote for the man on the bus.