Shopping

A – Andy

I hate shopping. Every weekend I get dragged off to the local supermarket by my mother for the weekly shop. We have to spend hours walking around, filling up our trolley, and then carry thousands of heavy bags from the car to our house. This is valuable time that I could be spending with my friends. I complain to her of course, but she just ignores me. If it were up to me, we’d live on pizza delivery. You call the guy, wait ten minutes, and bingo, dinner is served.

B – Samantha

I am generally very happy with my life but sometimes things happen which get me down. I have the ideal solution for such days. I go shopping. I walk around town, looking at this window, trying on those jeans, and after a few hours I feel great. Shopping helps me disconnect from all the problems I have in my life and I feel like new afterwards. I don’t need to spend a lot of money, and I usually don’t, because what I enjoy is the fantasy of trying something on which I may one day buy, or not.

C – Jack

I understand that shopping is necessary, but I have my own way of doing it. I make a list of everything I need, and group the items by which shop I need to go to for them. Then I set off and whizz around each shop picking up the items on my list. I run a mental race against myself. The object is to get in and out of each shop as quickly as possible. When I go shopping with mum, she floats around, looking at this, touching that, and drives me crazy. She doesn’t even make a list.

1) Which person is proud of being organized?

2) Which person doesn’t need money to enjoy this activity?

3) Which person feels this activity is a waste of time?

4) Which person uses this activity to relieve stress?

5) Which person would prefer to eat fast food on a daily basis?

6) Which person treats this activity as a competition?

7) Which person spends a lot of time doing this activity?