“For most men shopping is a necessary evil. “
indeed. I don’t “shop”, but I DO buy stuff, mostly online though, except for hardware and groceries at brick and mortar stores. for the latter, i have lists for what i need, so i don’t exactly consider that “shopping”: i consider it buying.
I’m picky about the quality of the food i buy, so specific kinds of things are bought at specific stores, so buying trips are clustered with many purchases and errands run in serial fashion to save time, money and aggregation.
i suppose if i didn’t enjoy cooking so much, particularly the creativity of creating my own dishes and recipes using my own techniques, i’d give the blue apron types of deals a try. maybe when i get too decrepit to want to cook, that’s what i’ll do.
Like I said:
For most men shopping is a necessary evil.
Something to be planned and carefully executed; like a raid on an enemy stronghold.
Men, approach shopping (buying), with a strategic outlook. Our list are our plans for battle. We attack shopping with a goal in mind. We achieve that goal and retreat to home base with the battle won but the war goes on.