Could just be “now you have to spend your money on boring stuff like milk, eggs, and bills”
I heard it’s intentional, so that you’re exposed to different products once in a while
Why does everyone in marketing think that’s how my brain works? I have NEVER bought anything because of an ad or being “exposed” to it. I know exactly what I want every time I shop and I WILL tell an employee to fuck off if they approach me with the old “can I help you find anything?”. Pushing something into my face only ensures that I will NEVER even think about purchasing the product.
Might be the slight autism though. Maybe other people don’t work this way I don’t know.
Not being swayed by ads and getting annoyed by overzealous retail employees makes me an asshole?
There are times where there’s something I want, but won’t get it unless it happens to be convenient while getting things I need. Like ice cream; on my way out I’m going through exactly 1 frozen food aisle and if there’s something else I want to check that’s not in the ice cream aisle, then I just don’t get ice cream (and if I do go through that aisle and I’m still unlikely to get it unless its on sale). The exposure only matters because being exposed to it means its convenient, not that I suddenly want something I hadn’t considered.
It doesn’t matter to them if that’s how your brain, personally, works. They’re playing the percentages. It’s how -most people’s- brains work. And they’re not operating on a one-visit basis.
I like to think that I’m pretty aware of this kind of thing, but I’m also fairly sure I’ve walked past a product on my odyssey to acquire milk or bread and thought “oh hey I should try that…” then picked it up at a later date. If you asked me why I did that at the time I’m not sure I could have given you a straight answer.
Sure, it’s annoying for you. It’s annoying for me, too, because it fucking works on me.
I stopped going for a while to one because they put the multipack crisps on the other side of the store to the larger bags though as I thought they’d just stopped stocking them
It’s all well and good rotating things around but don’t put stuff in nonsensical places
That paper employees have is called a planogram. Some group in the corporate office creates them and sends them to the stores. They are supposed to match the type and size of shelving you have in a specific location. This only happens some of the time, the rest of the time, the manager gets upset you changed the planogram, even though it doesn’t match what you have.
I usually shop in different places, as my location changes too frequently. I never learn the layout of any grocery store. For me, it doesn’t matter if they re arrange stuff- I always have to figure it out anyway. Fortunately, I don’t buy stuff spontaneously. Unfortunately, because finding stuff every time is so annoying, I don’t always get everything on my list
I’m in this picture and I don’t like it.
