"Pile it High, Sell it Low" (King Kullen)

An amazing place, the supermarket. On display are the miracles of twenty-first century technology and processes, the tactical maneuvers of contemporary business, and the behavioral customs and consumptions of modern society. These all have their good and bad points, of course. For example, the science and art of today's production and distribution processes are mind-boggling. The genetic engineering of crops, mechanized farming, high tech transportation and operational efficiencies and so much more to get so much to market so soon is phenomenal. Of course, there are costs for all this "progress." Dangerous chemical additives, the unethical treatment of animals, and the exploitation of labor (mostly Walmart) are among the many concerns, and frankly the costs may outweigh the benefits in delivering some of these products. Nevertheless- amazing.

Also amazing to me are the behaviors, or the misbehaviors, really, of people in the supermarket, which will probably be the subjects of the next couple of entries as I think of them.