In retrospect, going to the supermarket today may not have been such a wise decision. I was standing in line for half an hour and the check-out register wasn’t even in sight yet. The line up started all the way in the shampoo section!
I had been warned by friends about the ‘supermarket scene’ but did not take it seriously. I mean, how many people would actually go to the supermarket now? They always make a big story out of nothing. And so I stood, patiently, for 55 minutes in line at the supermarket. This must be my personal record.
I know that people – in anticipation of the worst to come – take their precautions, but I have a hard time taking this serious. But when you walk around the supermarket, and see that the milk section is empty, all the lentils, chick peas and dried beans have gone, that the bread is off the shelves, the flour has finished and the cooking oil is running low, you get a little worried. People were leaving the supermarket with double loads (two full carts). Did I miss some important news? Did some politician say something that I wasn’t aware of?
There is no curfew. Yet. I hear (from a friend) that the druze are all packing up and moving to the mountains. Hmmm. Well, maybe they know something.
Let’s not forget that there is a good side to it all. No traffic jams. And maybe now is a good time to gnaw my way through the immense stock of lentils and cans of sardines that hubbie has been stocking up on since the war of 2006.
And so in retrospect, always look at the bright side.
I had been warned by friends about the ‘supermarket scene’ but did not take it seriously. I mean, how many people would actually go to the supermarket now? They always make a big story out of nothing. And so I stood, patiently, for 55 minutes in line at the supermarket. This must be my personal record.
I know that people – in anticipation of the worst to come – take their precautions, but I have a hard time taking this serious. But when you walk around the supermarket, and see that the milk section is empty, all the lentils, chick peas and dried beans have gone, that the bread is off the shelves, the flour has finished and the cooking oil is running low, you get a little worried. People were leaving the supermarket with double loads (two full carts). Did I miss some important news? Did some politician say something that I wasn’t aware of?
There is no curfew. Yet. I hear (from a friend) that the druze are all packing up and moving to the mountains. Hmmm. Well, maybe they know something.
Let’s not forget that there is a good side to it all. No traffic jams. And maybe now is a good time to gnaw my way through the immense stock of lentils and cans of sardines that hubbie has been stocking up on since the war of 2006.
And so in retrospect, always look at the bright side.
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I believe the best place to go to during such times would be the beach. People are fighting everywhere but there!
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