Shopping Adventures Poem by John A'Hern

My Wife and I went shopping today
Not one of my favourite things I do say.
a challenge or two coming our way,
Good Manners and the making of decisions
seem to disappear, that is true.

Need to fix mobile phone problems
join the traffic, busier than normal,
Speed is the order of the day.
Road speed signs appear to be a suggestion
Lots of deep breathing and comments flowing,
Older and younger, Forgetting traffic codes and manners.

Truck horns blasting are quite a distraction
The truck driver's patience it is cracking,
The screech of tyres, vehicles braking
Along with fragrant smells of rubber burning.

Car park full of angry impatient drivers
Oops there goes a shopping trolley,
The lady holding handles not very happy,
The event has rattled her concentration
Now her car is lost in the confusion.

Looking for mobile phone we can fix them store
All shapes and sizes to delight.
I smiled and had thoughts of being asked
Would you like mash potatoes with this or that plan,
My Wife gives me the evil eye.

Shop it is full of mobile phone lost souls
Pay now, pay later, pay for the rest of your life if you want to.
Shop assistant looks up from behind desktop monitor
Gives you the looks of what are you here for?
The young lady seems to be quite efficient
As she presses several buttons,
Done and dusted we are out of there.

Wife suggests that we visit the grocery store
I give her the look and then say let's go
Wife says something funny has happened to her ankle
We sit a while then a decision made,
I am to enter this tide of humanity on my own.
I am quite famous for these commando-shopping raids
List in my head, now there is a problem
Out I come to a radiant smile.

Leave the car park and join the traffic
Red light, green light
Watch for lane changes, the voice commands
how to get there gadget it does not need charging
Just the occasional yes, my darling
Turn right, turn left, home at last
Take deep breaths, giving thanks.