Ben by Daniel Shelton for October 26, 2021

If they were smartphone type people, Bring syncs across devices, so if I cross bread of my list if disappears from my partners, too. It’s an excellent defence against the problems of trying to split shopping.

We’re with the old folks though we do add letters for the various departments to keep from zigzagging around the store.

And no feminine hygiene products.

We each have a list and meet at the check out. I scan, he bags. Quick, easy and sort of fun.

For some couples, shopping together is one of their major exercises in being together in public and making decisions together. It’s not always about saving time.

By the way – I have never seen samples being handed out in a supermarket and that takes into account the 1950s to now.