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The Hottest Social Scene in Town Isn’t the Singles’ Bar. It’s the Supermarket
Wall Street Journal ^ | 3/10/18 | Anne Marie Chaker

Posted on 03/10/2018 6:06:36 AM PST by Rebelbase

When Bob Schneider goes out on a Friday night, he no longer heads to the local singles bar. Instead, he goes to the grocery store.

“I once dated a woman from the potato section at Mariano’s,” says Mr. Schneider, a 67-year-old semiretired, twice-divorced lobbyist in Oak Brook, Ill. “The next thing you know we’re at the wine bar and then we’re dating.”

Supermarkets—those havens of the not-so-scintillating chore of scouring numbered aisles, pushing carts and perusing produce—are finding a new identity as a social hub in communities. Parents now bring their children here to play, retirees gather for Bingo, and singles find romance.

Grocery stores are fulfilling the new role as traditional gathering spots, from shopping malls to social clubs like Lions Clubs and Rotary International, continue to shrink from decades-earlier peaks. Malls, in particular, are in danger of extinction. Credit Suisse has projected that up to 25% of malls will close over the next five years, as the internet continues to reshape the way Americans shop.

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To: Rebelbase

I read this article 20 yrs ago.


41 posted on 03/10/2018 7:55:51 AM PST by TalBlack (It's hard to shoot people when they are shooting back at you...)
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To: GotMojo

Cucumbers produce strange reactions. Cats, in particular, don’t like them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXv44YL_Gio


42 posted on 03/10/2018 8:00:19 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: mellow velo

20 years on this site and I still can’t post a JPG. its a team effort!


43 posted on 03/10/2018 8:14:28 AM PST by GotMojo
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To: Yo-Yo

I was looking for that.


44 posted on 03/10/2018 8:18:33 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: bgill

Our brand new HEB’s and Walmart are chock full of (most likely) illegals (non-English speaking, grandma and a basketful of kids are in tow, etc.).

I noticed an influx after 0bie passed his insane ‘refugee’ EO, but it seems like there is a brand new influx.

What in the wide world of sports is going on?


45 posted on 03/10/2018 8:25:39 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: deport

This sounds delightful, but do believe in Texas adult beverages must be sipped outside the store’s premises once purchased. A challenge to keep abreast of each state’s alcohol laws. 50 states and different laws per county, beverage alcohol content (beer/wine, hard liquor) having their own regulations. Much easier to abstain from drinking. [period]


46 posted on 03/10/2018 8:27:21 AM PST by V K Lee (Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken. - Donald J. Trump)
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To: Rebelbase
to social clubs like Lions Clubs and Rotary International,

First of all, Rotary isn't a social club. And second, it's been in a slow downward spiral since they let in women.

47 posted on 03/10/2018 8:39:13 AM PST by PAR35
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To: jdsteel

“I am waiting for a woman to ask me if that’s a banana in my cart or am I just happy to see her!”

Thats why you don’t want to go to the store with any viagra floating around inside you. I’d hate to have to get on my knees and pretend to be looking for something on the bottom shelf...for an hour.


48 posted on 03/10/2018 8:43:41 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: blackdog

“Ok. So as a middle ground I can hang out in the beer section to find my alcoholic dates and spot those eating disorders based on what is in their carts!
The bulemics have ice cream and potato chips and the anorexics load up on lemons and laxatives. “

Also, a cart full of nothing but vegetables...you’d have a featherhead vegan on your hands.


49 posted on 03/10/2018 8:45:45 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Rebelbase

It is not happening. I see these single-ish looking Jewish writer types in the store alone and they smile at me but with my brats in tow I’m sure they assume I’m married. And when I see a dad alone with his kids, I assume he is as well. And anyone who would actually approach me I would probably assume is a perv. So I’m not seeing the love connections in the Asian or paper towel aisle. Maybe I don’t know how to play.


50 posted on 03/10/2018 8:48:14 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: Gay State Conservative

Depends on the Wegmans. In less affluent areas the stores are far less nice, both in terms of selection and clientele.


51 posted on 03/10/2018 8:50:31 AM PST by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: blackdog

The bulemics have ice cream and potato chips and the anorexics load up on lemons and laxatives.


Those your only two choices?

Look for the girl who eats meat. If you pick a girl with only salads and non fat yogurt, don’t expect a lifetime of loving.


52 posted on 03/10/2018 8:51:08 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: Rebelbase

“The next thing you know we’re at the wine bar and then we’re dating.”

I’ve had the same dream.

Seriously that would be the absolute best outcome. For the normal schlub the next thing you know is begging the police to review the store’s security video to prove you didn’t do anything wrong.


53 posted on 03/10/2018 8:51:34 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: V K Lee

Several times in years passed while shopping in this particular isle, men have come forward asking what type of flour does my woman need?


This for the women who want to seduce a married man, and have their wife come after them with a gun one night?


54 posted on 03/10/2018 8:53:11 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: BunnySlippers

“A very convivial drinking stop that draws many male customers.”

Er...what “kind” of males??


55 posted on 03/10/2018 8:53:26 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: blackdog

Upscale liquor stores the best. Just check out the ones buying Grey Goose or Jose Cuervo 1.75 liters.


56 posted on 03/10/2018 9:00:46 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: bgill

“Truth, last time I went to the grocery store (a couple weeks ago), I was appalled at how nasty, scruffy and ugly everyone was. “

Must have been in a Tucson store. Tats and piercings everywhere. Looks like a bunch of pirates and their whores on shore leave. Star wars bar scene.


57 posted on 03/10/2018 9:04:41 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: qaz123

“At one time, the best pick-up location in the Atlanta area, was the Publix in Vinings. MILFs, Cougars or the fresh college graduate. You either got them on the way home from work, in their heels and business clothes or yoga pants/gym clothes. Either way, the scenery was very nice.”

You are making me hungry.


58 posted on 03/10/2018 9:07:09 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Bonemaker

I married the Jose Cuervo one. 35 years now. Interesting at times.


59 posted on 03/10/2018 9:08:07 AM PST by blackdog
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To: dfwgator
"I was looking for that."


60 posted on 03/10/2018 9:12:30 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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