Grocery Store Cards

On a lighter note, a higher note, a louder note, a sixteenth note, what is it about these cards one most possess to shop in a modern day super market? Why is it so important ot carry around yet another little plastic card that the checker can scan to save you money? They keep track of your individual purchases I suppose. If you must go to the trouble of registering, that is telling the food chain so to speak all of your personal information, they can easily keep track of your purchases. Hummmm. Okay, if you use a debit card, your financial institution can track your purchases, or rather a group of bored bank workers could presumably sit around and make fun of where you shop and what you buy. Isn't that an infringement of our constitutional right to privacy? What is there is a little global positioning chip in each of our cell phones? It seems to be a good idea for the next generation of kiddie phones soon to be on the market. Locate your lost child. I like it, but I have always suspected carrying around a little power generator marks your spot on the earth like a big fart. Where's is Perkin's today, Mr. President? He shopped in Walmart, had a little lunch, went to the gym, then caught a movie. Big news! So I don't get it really. I went to the store the other night to buy a bag of chips. In all three places I shopped, the price was exactly the same, two grocery stores and a food mart. I bought at the latter because there was no intense demand to own an MVP card or a VIC card. No 2 for 1 signs. No you are saving this much with your card. No double figures on the items. Just here is your food, and this is the price. No negotiation, no trading of information, simply performing an all American free trade for goods or services. I like that. I don't like having to carry around a little red and white card. It feels like being a Jew in a war camp. Scan my personal bar code to make sure prisoner Smith is getting the right nutrition. I do like the U-Scan lines though. No muss or fuss once you get the process down pat. Scan, punch some buttons, slide your card, and exit the store. Too bad you can't get a rub and a tug the same way.

P.S. This blog isn't really meant to be a conspiracy theory post, but we will allow banter about things that seem to curve that way.