Xtreme grocery shopping

[Guest guest]

This is what it is like for me to go to the grocery store. I wrote it

out last night when I got home, just to see how many different things

happened while trying to buy 6 items. Also, I have a question, which

is " What is it called, when you can't read or comprehend something,

if there is other noise going on in the same room? " Is that some kind

of processing disorder? Which one?

I hope the rest of it is mildy entertaining.

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Extreme Grocery Shopping. First of all, I listened to some great

music on the way over to the store, four times in a row, so I was

rocking out. J. S. Bach. I whizzed into the store, and realized

right away I was going way too fast, so I slowed down and snagged a

grocery cart. I was walking at a fairly normal pace by the time I

got into the store. This did not prevent me from whacking into part

of the produce bin, even before I got through the first aisle. At

least I didn't break any skin. I had a fairly short grocery list,

but was having trouble making any sense of it. I thought maybe it

was my glasses, so I took them off, put them on, etc. I stopped

several times to read the list, barely comprehending it, although I

easily heard a man in the next aisle over say to his son, " Pay

attention to the conversation! " I went to that aisle to see if

anything interesting would happen, or if the son looked like an

Aspie, but no luck. They had stopped talking. I stood there trying to

understand my shopping list, which had only six items on it, none of

which were anything out of the ordinary. Suddenly it dawned on me

that I had been dancing in the aisles, and not really paying

attention to the list even though I was trying to, because the music

in the store was too loud. So I whipped out my earplugs, and put

them in. Immediately the list got easier to understand, so I picked

up several items. But suddenly the store radio got even louder.

There was a commercial on for a lawyer-type television show, and I

could hear a man's voice saying, " Do you realize you are facing 13

counts of murder??? " AAAARRRGGGGGHH! I ran to the manager's office.

There were three people there, which was lucky because usually there

is no one. I was babbling..... " Look, I even have my earplugs in,

and I can't hear myself think, the radio is so loud! " I was waving

my list as though it were evidence. They immediately turned down the

radio. The shopping got a lot easier after that. There were two

things I could not find, but I had to get out of there, so maybe some

other day. I didn't even listen to any music on the way home. I

needed silence so that I could drive. I hate grocery shopping.

Rhonda

[Guest guest]

I didn't even listen to any music on the way home. I

needed silence so that I could drive. I hate grocery shopping.

Rhonda>>>>>

I use the PEAPOD home delivery service. Have been since my husband stopped

driving.

I don't drive my self, (so I don't pay gas prices!) and I am willing to pay

the delivery fee

and give up a tip, just for the convenience. Its the same as if I'd used

that expense for gas I

figure.

Some of the drivers, which I've become accustomed to over these yrs. save a

dog biscuit and

know my beagle by name. Cuts down on impulse buying, and for me, it all

depended on how

grocery stores were set up.

Glaring flourescents, registers facing the front, both things hit you too

fast. Doors that weren't on the side,

did not allow a gradual accustomization to the sudden new atmosphere.

Another thing was ads on floors, you've seen them. Big colorful ads, that

look real, I tend to trip over them;

big pet peeve of mine.

K

[Guest guest]

>

> is " What is it called, when you can't read or comprehend something,

> if there is other noise going on in the same room? " Is that some kind

> of processing disorder? Which one?

I first read this and figured, " oh, just a cognitive difficult

with a lot of noise. Sam Walton syndrome. " I eventually

realized what it is..

" Sensory overload, caused by too much audio input. " The same

reason a Hard Rock Cafe is so enjoyable. (Actually they *are*

enjoyable to NTs; otherwise why would they be in business?)

>

> So I whipped out my earplugs, and put them in. Immediately

> the list got easier to understand, so ...

Three letters. ANR.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

ANR is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below:

* Antwerp International Airport (IATA Code)

* Akkineni Nageswara Rao (b. 1923), a film actor from Andhra Pradesh.

* Active noise control (also known as " active noise reduction " ), a

noise-reduction technique

* National Republican Alliance, an Algerian political party

* Alleanza Nazzjonali Repubblikana, a Maltese pressure group.

* Absolute neighborhood retract, a type of topological space (mathematics).

From Google:

* Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights

Two of the above relate to aviation (a persevation of mine) and

two relate to autism. Okay, look at the " active noise

reduction " entry.

The best one is here: http://www.anrheadsets.com/ but it would

look weird to wear them in a supermarket, unless you do your

grocery shopping on an airport tarmac. Besides, $400+ for a set

of Lightspeeds is a bit much. Still, they are amazing -- they

can " turn off " a noisy dryer in a laundry room.

Next stop:

http://www.sennheiserusa.com/newsite/productdetail.asp?transid=004924

These look civilized, meaning you can wear them when not at the

edge of a football field yelling at your players. They have the

form factor of Walkman or IPod headsets, and incidentally

perform that function.

Good Sennheiser ANRs can be had for under $100 on ebay (if you

spell " Sennheiser " right). Upgrade model selection mostly has

to do with the music audio function. But Sennheiser are good

quality.

I've seen ANR headsets for about $40 at Target, so they're

within reason.

But in any case, ANRs will solve the problem that earplugs

solve, a lot more efficiently.

- s

(self diagnosed person writing an artsy fartsy ridiculous look

on the world of autism)

[Guest guest]

> I use the PEAPOD home delivery service. Have been since my husband stopped

> driving.

> I don't drive my self, (so I don't pay gas prices!) and I am willing to pay

> the delivery fee

> and give up a tip, just for the convenience. Its the same as if I'd used

> that expense for gas I

> figure.

I wish someone offered that service in my part of the country. Anyone

know of anything like this at all in Georgia? :-\

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Cody B. / " codeman38 "

cody@...

http://www.zone38.net/

[Guest guest]

>>>I wish someone offered that service in my part of the country. (grocery

delivery) Anyone

know of anything like this at all in Georgia? :-\

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Cody B. / " codeman38 "

>>>>>>

Jim Sinclair is the one who originally told me about the Peapod service.

Although he lives in a different part of the country, he did name two or

three

places that do this. At the time, Peapod had not come to my area, I had to

wait

a yr. before Peapod came around and actually wrote to my local Stop And Shop

requesting they get the service, since that's the store they are 'out of.'

There is always Schwanns, delicious food, from ice cream and pies to

chicken.

I think its national.

I cannot order their food because of my preservatives allergies, for example

the

chicken, which is incredibly juicy comes in a box for freezing, but has

sulfates

because of the juice, Peapod delivers fresh chicken from Stp and Shop.

Good luck.

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> I wish someone offered that service in my part of the country. Anyone

> know of anything like this at all in Georgia? :-\

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> Cody B. / " codeman38 "

> cody@... <cody%40zone38.net>

> http://www.zone38.net/

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