Weis Grocery Store

Have you ever sat down and watched a grocery store cahier? Not just when your in line but when that cashier has to help more than one person at a time? Not many people have, but the young lady at the Weis in Spring Ridge was fortunate enough to have me, not really stalking, but obsessively watching at her comepleting her job.

As I took my spot on the bench near the checkout area, I examined a woman. I belived she was in her late 20's with dark brown hair and it was fashioned into a ponytail. I would guess that she weighted about 125 lbs. She was wearing a pair of khaki pants and a red collard Weis employee shirt with a white name tag on the upper chest area. She was quite friendly to the customers even though there was a feeling that she did not want to be there. This cashier was very effiecient at her job, she could scan, bag, and even hold a conversation with the customers while she was checking them out. The multi tasking of this employee was excellent. In conclusion I believe that she was very smart and her brain could function very well when faced with challenges. This is evident because she was able to count and give change easier than any other cashier in any other checkout line. After 30 minutes of observation, the employee left her station and went out infront of the store and lit up a cigarette.

Immediately after the cigarette was lit I decided to move and observe the shoppers of Weis grocery store. The tiles of the grocery store were tan with specs of dark brown in them. The ailes were numbered from 1 through 10, to the left was a salad bar equipt with everything, lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, cheese, and dressing. As I walked in, around, and through the ailes of the store, the shoppers reminded me of ants working to collect food for the queen. Lines of people browsing different items to consume. I observed a man in a black Billabong shirt and a pair of jeans. This man had a goatee and a mustache with black hair that looked like it was balding on the top. He was examing the cereal very curiously, he looked at every cereal box, from Special K to Cocoa Pebbles. Finally his eyes stopped and lit up with excitment, he had finally reached his goal, he reached out with his hand and grabbed a box of Froot Loops. I thought to myself that this was an excellent choice and that a person can never go wrong with Froot Loops.

During the time that I spent in the Weis in Spring Ridge, without buying anything, with a pen and paper, I probably looked like the biggest creeper in the store. These observations made me realize how simple the people in the world can be when it comes to choosing the food that they want to eat for dinner, lunch, or snacks. I seemed to be amazed with the choices of some of the people in the world today.