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Axtdool t1_ixy5hy4 wrote

Quick question, why aren't they in a 'canned goods' section. And why would people know the aisle numbering system?

Aren't the aisle's labeled with what is in them?

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NeedsItRough t1_ixyj5ks wrote

Once you've been going to the grocery store for a while you can get a feel for where things should be generally.

I'm home in bed but I know canned pumpkin is probably in the baking aisle, and canned gravy is in the aisle with the mashed potatoes and soups.

But people in a rush don't want to take the time to look so they see an employee and can ask because they'll almost definitely know.

The aisle system is numbered with signs, and the numbers go in sequential order so saying "aisle 5" is just as easy as looking for the signs and following up or down until you get to 5.

The signs have generic labels like "soup" or "canned vegetables" but surprisingly, canned pumpkin is usually in the baking aisle, and it wouldn't be in the canned vegetables aisle so that sign wouldn't help.

The baking aisle sign also doesn't list canned pumpkin because that's very specific. It might say "pie filling" but even that's a stretch, it's more likely to say "flour" "sugar" "baking supplies" and if the person who doesn't normally cook is out looking for an ingredient while the person who does usually cook is at home prepping Thanksgiving dinner they might even think to look there.

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FrankHightower t1_ixyvwwq wrote

I've been eternally spoiled by growing up with a grocery store that had a "toiletries" aisle; that's my "feel" for where those things should be. Once I moved away, the idea that I may need to go to the other side of the store go from the toilet paper to the toothpaste seemed like madness to me. Still does.

^(For anyone as confused as I was, most grocery stores keep toilet paper in the "party" section, apparently the logic being it's smaller paper towels/napkins; and toothpaste in the "pharmacy" section, apparently the logic being if you want toothpaste, you must have tooth pain, so it goes by the pain killers the gum-disease vitamins.)

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Benblishem t1_ixzb2ht wrote

I've never seen a supermarket that did not have numbers on it's aisles. A long, long time ago, some didn't have signs saying what was in a particular aisle, but even then, they had numbers.

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Axtdool t1_ixzb67b wrote

See, i've yet to see a supermarket with numbered aisle's.

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Benblishem t1_ixzciwn wrote

I think it's possible that you are underscoring the theme in this thread of people not observing written communication in stores. I'll bet you a can of pumpkin pie filling that if you look next time you go, you'll see numbers on the aisles.

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Axtdool t1_ixzeqcd wrote

You'll loose that bet unless they remodeled the supermarkets around here this weekend.

And that's not even considering the fact the ones closest to me have no signs on their aisles at all.

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GreggAlan t1_iy2wu77 wrote

The local big store here has signs hanging over each aisle with six types of items each one contains. They should have hung up 8, or 10 on them.

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