The Car Is Miles Away - 1917 Words

The nearest supermarket to my apartment is miles away. I have not dragged myself to it in a long time because it is so inconvenient to get to when, like me, you have no car. Usually my family gets its groceries from a little corner store a half-mile’s walk away, a store on the bus route from my brother’s school, or my mother takes the senior bus to the big supermarket. She is too young for it, but they let her ride anyway; the senior bus drivers understand how difficult it is to get to the store if you cannot drive. The supermarket is virtually inaccessible to those without cars. Its huge parking lot invites drivers to come, though it does have a bus stop as well; the stop is located at the back door. For a long time, back when I did most†¦show more content†¦This is where holiday foods and candies go after the holiday is passed. For the most part, however, the Halloween candies were all sold away by the time I visited the store in early November. The bins were full of the usual mix of pastas, pasta sauces, canned fruit, and soaps. If I had continued forward I would have passed the checkout aisles. Instead, I turned left through the drugstore section of the supermarket. At the edge of the drugstore are racks of small stuffed animals and other cheap gifts. The drugstore area itself is laid out in orderly rows. The shelves are lower than in the main part of the store; my guess is that they were created to ease the look-out for shoplifters. Ads featuring smiling, multiracial, families adorn the ends of the aisles. Each of which contains a carefully ordered section of items that go together; each of these sections is then arranged by brand. This creates uniform blocks of brand names and logos; the toothbrush section is, at first glance, a display of Colgate and Oral logos. The drugstore has a wood, or fake wood, floor in contrast to the shiny, white industrial tile that floors the rest of the store. The shelves are wood look-alikes. The store seems to have made an effort to create a more natural looking environment for the drugstore, or â€Å"health and beauty,† section. This natural tone is meant to convey a feeling of health, freshness, and cle anliness. The drugstore is one