JUNK , JUNKER, JUNKEST

                              

Nowadays, you walk into any super market in the city and you will find people buying

loads of items for their monthly grocery shopping.

Grocery shopping has become monthly event where you go out and spend time and money.

In fact, it has become a hobby and a source of entertainment for the rising middle

class.

Any retail chain, you will find people comparing the prices of various items, their

nutrient contents and finding the best.

And then there are Junkies. That’s how I name them.

Junkies can be differentiated from the mango man(aam admi) easily. If you see the

shopping cart of the junkie, you will find all kind of packed foods such as maggi,lays,

chocolates and the most important of all, 2L Coke bottle bought on 5 rs exclusive offer.

And if there are more than 2 members in the group, you will find each one of them

throwing items in to the shopping basket just like ricky pointing hitting the stumps

from silly point.

I must shamelessly admit i was a junkie once. I will go to buy "N" number of items and

while  returning, i will find my bag filled with N^N items provided N <> 1.

Everything that is sold in the name of offer will inevitably end up in your shopping

bag. whether you need it or not is not a question.

Another typical quality of junkie is when billing, the guy in counter will ask whether

He should charge for the carry bag, they will frown upon him like they were born

and brought up in a carry bag(i.e. silver spoon).I find same set of people coming

again and again to the same shop without carry bag for reasons best known to them.

The English media calls them  "The sprawling middle class", “the face of india”. Yes, the rising middle class with 5% GDP growth and 8% inflation.

Some call it Excessive consumerism .Whatever it is, the consumption pattern of this country is changing slowly.

To overcome this non-sense buying stuff, me and wifey nowadays put a list which contains

what to buy and what not to buy. We now have a list of banned items at home.