self-checkout 🛒

written with ryan creamer

directed and edited by gregory stees

co-voiced by @verymarykate

Set location: Supermarket 🛒

i wish groceries stores had maps of the layout of their aisles so i could study them before i go shopping so that i know exactly where to go beforehand and not look like a fucking fool looking around trying to find everything i need.

is this a neurodivergent thing to say?

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Oh fuck…. What the fuck….

Google Translate in the Grocery Store

August 21, 2023

The supermarket is the size of a large Walgreens. I don’t know where anything is located. The products look like things I recognize from a dream but have never seen before in real life. I walk around with a basket in one hand and my phone in the other. The basket always gets too heavy but I never grab a cart from the front because I’m always convinced I won’t need one. I always need one. The carts are smaller and they look like the ones from Wegmans but with only one place for the items. I find items on my list like spinach, bread, and garlic. I lament the loss of niche (or not) food items I love like nutritional yeast, plant based butter, peanut butter that isn’t peanut flavored cream, and maple brown sugar oatmeal. I try to replace this with a feeling of gratitude for the improved access to locally grown rice, miso soup, pickled ginger in large amounts, bread that tastes savory like pastry dough, red bean flavored anything, and 9% alcohol in a can for like barely $2. 

The picture above is part of the alcoholic drink section in the grocery store. I can get these at my local convenience store for slightly more yen but it’s not a huge difference. The drinks range in alcohol content- the light pink peach drink in the upper right corner is 3%. The grapefruit vodka soda I picked up from the front of the aisle is 5%. My favorites are ‘Strong Zero’ and Chu-Hi both in lemon flavor. These are 9% and they make me the closest I’ve ever gotten to drunk on one drink. They taste so good it is easy to forget they’re so strong- similar to the Soju effect.

This is all of the miso soup options. I wanted to buy the paste because it seems more cost effective but one time I did that I forgot to use dashi (fish stock that gives the salty flavor) and the result was awful. I was so paranoid that I just got the packets that come with the seaweed, green onions, and tofu, etc. with it. I must have stood in this aisle for so long trying to google translate the differences between all of the miso soups. I don’t usually get stared at too much in the grocery store but I think this warranted a few glances as to what on Earth I was doing. 

In a lot of stores, including the grocery store, there are sections for omiyage (souvenirs) or items that can be given as gifts. It’s an extremely common cultural practice. When people go away on trips it's customary to bring back small gifts for family, friends, and/ or coworkers. Usually, it’s small items special to the place you’ve visited or sweets that are local to the area. For example, Chiba prefecture is known for peanuts (among other things), so if I went to visit friends in Kobe I would bring some peanut based sweets to give to people. Also, most prefectures and sometimes cities and towns have mascots. So, often in train stations you can find small memorabilia of the mascot of the area. Example: Osaka is known for takoyaki so they sell octopus plushies and keychains (and I have a large plushie of him). Even my small town has omiyage in the local train station! 

Grocery list… #groceryshopping #grocerylist #grocerystore #groceryday #bloodaesthetic #skullcollector #cornflakes (at Catalina Foothills, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci08OsLJqK9HsTU8HJfW74I2j5sW_pdh0e5o7w0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I bet, the shop owner can find anything you ask for and knows every single item in stock! Do you remember your village store? . #doukan #dekkeneh #bakala #oldshop #oldstore #grocerystore https://www.instagram.com/p/CpXXDNSoVaj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

This is from #SpiceKitchen within #SpiceCulture #GroceryStore. Nice flavors n great soft textures. Generous menu list, will be trying a few more items from here in the future. (at Spice Culture Grocery Store) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpV8ZmOuit1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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