I moved my head slowly to the left.
The place was massive. Three or four stories high, pallets and crates, boxes and cartons.
Food. Clothes. Electronics.
You could buy almost anything in this shop. This .. Colossus to modern society’s all-consuming need for BIG.
Far be it that the human race would examine itself from time-to-time.
Me though, all I did was examine. Everything within my sphere of vision – impaired as I was – was recorded and analysed.
A girl, young and frail-looking, stuffed a packet of peanut-butter cups into her schoolbag.
A woman pushed one of the big trolleys found here, two babies squalling in the double seats.
An old man shuffled along, his cane tapping. Tap. Shuffle. Tap. Shuffle.
I moved my head slowly to the right.
My red light blinked.
Yes. I’m watching you all.
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We went to Costco today. It’s gigantic. Reminded me of the first time I walked into a Bunnings, except this is food (well, and a whole swag of other stuff).
This story came out of that visit.