This is part of an ongoing series of posts
designed to make everyone think I'm a colossal prick because of my grammatical
specificity. These posts are either me lecturing the masses about how to
properly use grammar/punctuation/the rules of the English language, or me
figuring out for myself, textually, the aforementioned. They will run
every Wednesday. If you run afoul of these rules, rest assured, even
though I judge you for your poor grammar, I'm still a lesser being than you.
I am fascinated by grocery stores, including all of the
studies to market products to us. Shelf
height is based on average eye level of men and women, with the most valuable
shelf space being that which is at eye level.
It works, too. How many times have you made a random purchase where you
had to bend your waist at more than a 45 degree angle, or strain to reach the
top shelf? There are the Malt-O-Meal bagged cereals which briefly made an ad
campaign out of walking like a duck to buy their product from off of the bottom
shelf, but clearly that hasn’t exactly gone gangbusters for them. I am always acutely aware of which brand of
Soda is on special each week, so I can prepare to buy either four twelve packs
of Pepsi or Dr Pepper for ten dollars (they alternate between Pepsi and
Coke/Dr. Pepper product sales most weeks.)
