Go to any mall in Bangalore on weekends. It is overflowing with boys,girls, moms, dads, grampas, grammas so on. What are all these people doing here? Shopping, windows shopping or just time passing...(?) What will they do with all these shopped items? God knows. Like all these I am shopoholic. Yesterday I shopped around 250 Rs worth of fruits and vegetables and some bedsheets and some crockery. What do I do with these?
Vegetables will be lying in kitchen for 2 days and in refrigerator for 15 days. When they are rotten, they are thrown. Now don't ask me don't I cook? I do cook but saaru which does not need veggies. On some days when I happen to find time and inclination I do put some tomatoes in the saaru. Don't I think these when I am shopping? I don't. When a child sees some sweets, will it pause to think how much it needs or grab what all it can?
I shop for dresses. And that costs much more. And I put them in ward robe. Then I decide, one is too tight, other is too short (not short skirt, short kurta which will show my pajamad legs if they are tight) So I will pick up old faded dresses and wear them thinking I must buy some dresses.
I wonder does the same thing happen with most other urban folk?
But many of us can't help it. They announce such enticing sales, 40% off, buy 1 get 2 free, buy 2 get 3 free etc. And for grocery items 3 Rs off for 1 kg sugar, 5 Rs off for 3 litres coke. (Don't tell me 3 ltrs is too much junk drink, It can be kept in the fridge and given to guests when and if they come.), 2Rs less per kg of tomatoes etc. So you will save so much when you buy. For example yesterday we might have saved around Rs 50 altogether. (It is a different matter that we spent 50 Rs for petrol, 225 for meals, and Rs 100 for auto and Rs 300 for mechanic as car broke down)
Vegetables will be lying in kitchen for 2 days and in refrigerator for 15 days. When they are rotten, they are thrown. Now don't ask me don't I cook? I do cook but saaru which does not need veggies. On some days when I happen to find time and inclination I do put some tomatoes in the saaru. Don't I think these when I am shopping? I don't. When a child sees some sweets, will it pause to think how much it needs or grab what all it can?
I shop for dresses. And that costs much more. And I put them in ward robe. Then I decide, one is too tight, other is too short (not short skirt, short kurta which will show my pajamad legs if they are tight) So I will pick up old faded dresses and wear them thinking I must buy some dresses.
I wonder does the same thing happen with most other urban folk?
But many of us can't help it. They announce such enticing sales, 40% off, buy 1 get 2 free, buy 2 get 3 free etc. And for grocery items 3 Rs off for 1 kg sugar, 5 Rs off for 3 litres coke. (Don't tell me 3 ltrs is too much junk drink, It can be kept in the fridge and given to guests when and if they come.), 2Rs less per kg of tomatoes etc. So you will save so much when you buy. For example yesterday we might have saved around Rs 50 altogether. (It is a different matter that we spent 50 Rs for petrol, 225 for meals, and Rs 100 for auto and Rs 300 for mechanic as car broke down)
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