Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Ski hats in summer ? Really?!?! and New Aisle Arrangements


I realize that Becca has been diligent in keeping this blog updated with information about Issac and his progress, as well as her own perspective on all issues that need to be addressed, so some of you may wonder why I, David Vala, haven't posted any thoughts. It is quite simple, it is because I talk much better than I type. Anyway, let me start this post appropriately, with a Really?!?!? moment,I am walking Issac recently down to the supermarket when a car approaches us from the opposite direction,that has two teenage boys with the music turned up,the sound of Nickleback filling the air, I apologize to any fans of the band, but to me Nickleback has inherited the mantle of Craptacular Canadian Rock Music from Loverboy and dragged it into the new millennium, now that is bad enough but the real issue was when I noticed that both of these hipsters were wearing wool caps, Really, it is 100 degrees in the shade and you two look like you are headed up to go snowboarding, Really? That extra layer of insulation must be keeping your brain at such a high temperature that you can process information and think at lightning speed, oh wait, you are listening to a Nickleback CD, maybe you are delirious. I took that moment to roll Isaac's stroller into the shade and have a father to son talk. I explained to him that it would be alright if he listened to or even bought a Nickleback album or whatever band inherits the role of Crappy Canadian Rock band of 2024, but I cannot have him wearing ski hats in the sweltering heat of summer, it is one thing to wear something in the hope of looking cool that will be embarrassing when you are older,but it is something completely different to wear something that violates your body's struggle to maintain a delicate internal environment. He grunted and drooled a little bit so I think he understood me.
So we continue on our way to the grocery store. On my list for this trip is a pair of baby nail clippers for Isaac. So as I am searching the baby section, my eyes wander over to the pharmacy area where I notice the birth control prominently displayed in the glass case. At that moment I had an epiphany, why not arrange the aisle by the theme of cause and effect. Each trip to the store could be a subtle way to check yourself before you wreck yourself. Shouldn't you have to walk past all the stuff in the baby section in order to get a box of condoms? And why stop there, make consumers walk past the birth control in order to get a 12 pack of cold beer. And if you wanted to promote abstinence only, you could always arrange the condoms right next to the Herpicin, penicillin and anti-fungals.

2 comments:

Jessi said...

I had to give a big really to some kid in a knit cap the other day too, and some girls wearing all back from head to toe walking across Highland Drive while I was cranking the AC in the car.

Also I love your grocery store aisle idea. Maybe the should put the diabetes testing kits in the same aisle as the candy and soda!

Dana said...

HA! Love the aisle rearranging idea. Good to hear from the other Vala Mooseknuckle on the ol' blog!