At The Supermarket

Okay, I’m at the supermarket. Let me see if I have my

shopping list with me. “Oh, here it is!”, let me put on my
mask and head over to get a cart. “Oh my gosh! I forgot
my rubber gloves. I look around and I see that there’s a
sign that says that the supermarket provides free gloves.
So, I got me some. Suddenly I bump into my neighbor
Kelly and she asks me “ do you know how to separate
recycled trash from the regular trash? If you don’t I can
show you.” So I reply “why do you ask me this here at the
supermarket? At. This moment I don’t care about my
trash at all. I have important stuff to buy. If you want to
share with me your thoughts about separating trash, we
can continue this conversation back home. See you later!”.
So Kelly replies: “ Sorry, I didn’t mean to upset you. I just
emailed the landlord with this question and he hasn’t
replied for a week, that’s why I asked you. Have a good
day!”. So I reply to Kelly: “ wait just a moment, I have a
lot of free time today and I suggest we get together later
to talk about it over a cup of coffee at the Seven Stars

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Bakery. They have new recipes direct from Paris for
croissants and we will try them. Afterwards we can look at
the Bakery’s trash container and I can explain to you how
to separate trash.” So Kelly says, “I’m so glad for your
kind offer. Actually, I’m launching a new environment
project called Clean Providence and we are asking for
donations, would you care to become a member?”
After this conversation I check my shopping list and
realize that I don’t know how to ask the Butcher for one
kilo of ground beef in pounds. Suddenly, I remember how
to convert kilos into pounds and I ask the butcher “I
would like two pounds of ground beef ”. The butcher
answers: “ we don’t have that much”. So I think to myself:
it’s so sad. I am expecting two guests in a couple of days,
so I’ll come to the store tomorrow to buy as much meat as
I want.

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