his way”, mixed with a sigh. There were only a few situations as this, but they were the most memorable, in fact. After I decided that these three groups of people were the most prevalent, I turned my attention to the area in which I was sitting. There were no other people in the vicinity of the lounge area, even though it was the most comforting place to be in the store. I suppose that if I had been there a few hours earlier, I would have seen a bit more activity in this area. Most of the action was going on in the checkout lines. There were about 30 people in that open area and most of them were carrying on conversations. As laughter came from that area, so did the sound of constant beeping and banging of grocery carts into each other. It was a completely different environment than my domain, which was located on the complete opposite end of the building, separated by a large display of living plants and bouquets. I couldn’t help but to switch my attention to the people coming through the entrance of the store from the outside heat just as I did twenty or thirty minutes ago.The look on each person’s face was one of the most humorous sites I had ever seen in a grocery store, and almost all expressions were similar. As they plunged their way through the heavy doors and through the boundary between what seemed to be hell and heaven, there were looks of bewilderment and exhaustion. One man who came in looked as though he had a car accident and then ran ten miles in the extreme heat before stumbling through the doors. It was a common sight to see people change directions three or more times in just as many paces after they entered. I must note that the older men were the most comical sights to see. On that note, I reluctantly exited my quite, gentle surroundings and headed through the doorway to hell again only to realize that I had actually been missing out on a lot of things that I discovered that afternoon. Though it w...
