What his grocery cart reveals By Analise Pendergast
Everyone knows the supermarket can be a fruitful place to encounter potentially eligible catches during their downtime. When it comes to getting a read on the datability of that cute guy in the grocery aisle, that cart he's pushing around speaks volumes, if you know how to read the signs.
If you spot a promising prospect in the supermarket aisle, become a grocery store gumshoe and observe discreetly to see he's:
…Adorably attempting to decipher a crumpled grocery list, flummoxed by trying to select satisfactory fresh fruits and acceptable vegetables.
Go ahead and help him pick out the ripest cantaloupe if he appears completely perplexed, but then smile and walk away, because this guy's obviously taken. Clearly, his significant other has sent him out with a list to pick up a few things, and he's doing his very best to carry out the confounding quest. Next?
…Stacking super-sized econo-paks of mass market food products and household paper goods into his overflowing cart.
Now, no bona fide bachelor with a chic pad to call his own has the shelf space for twenty rolls of TP, nor the stomach for a jumbo jar of PB and a magnum of J. If he's stockpiling bulk quantities, chances are he lives with a pile of roommates, or a pack of kids. Clearly, this bloke's on a budget and buying for a crowd. Next?
…Filling his cart with frozen pizzas, TV dinners, hotdogs and baked beans, and beer in the can.
This sad case may be just working up to preheating the oven and remembering to take the food out of the plastic wrapper. Oh, he's a bachelor alright, but this fella's limping along at the bottom of the food chain. If his personal and domestic leanings bear any resemblance to his culinary sensibilities, he may be a bit of a fixer-upper. Cute in that boyish kind of way, yes, but potentially high maintenance. Proceed prudently.
…Picking up a savory still-warm spit-roasted chicken, a pint of golden baked-in-the-store mac 'n cheese, and a bag of ready-to-eat salad greens.
The contents of this guy's cart reveal that he's a comfort food kind of guy who appreciates the difference between fresh and freeze dried. While he may not exactly be braving the recipe book and the cooking utensils (hey, it's no fun cooking for one), given the chance to enjoy a bona-fide home cooked meal with a sweet companion, he'd be star candidate. A promising prospect, but further information is needed to determine if he's available. Chat him up and suss him out.
…Humbly soliciting your advice on soft French cheeses, fresh red snapper, or how to pick out the perfectly ripe artichoke.
Very sneaky there, Mister Right. This slick catch knows perfectly well how to buy a Brie, because he's a genuine renaissance man, and he's just trying to get your attention. Congratulations �?you are officially having a supermarket moment! Reciprocate the flirtation by suggesting you two swap recipes later this evening, and you'll bring the wine. Besides, it just so happens those gorgeous artichokes are on special today, two for the price of one �?and everyone knows artichokes are no fun to eat alone.
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