\nI lived away some months last year. It was a lot to get used to, compared to living at home. Life was much simpler, yet some logistical things needed to be worked out. One was grocery shopping.<\/p>\n
\nTypically, there is an expensive place to buy groceries, and also a much more economical place as well. People go where they go for their own reasons. However, living away, I needed an economical place: where was it?<\/p>\n
\nEveryone I asked sent me to the same place – let’s call it Store A. Its name suggested that, indeed, it was a discount place. Inside, it looked like one, too. Yet, its prices were upscale. Alas: no-one else seemed to know that they were paying high-class prices for their groceries there. In fact, they were all convinced it was a good bargain to shop there.<\/p>\n
\nA long three blocks away – so far you can’t see it from Store A – is another grocery store. Let’s call it Store B. Their prices aren’t cheap, but you can find deals there. Once my wife alerted me where it is, I always shopped there instead of Store A.<\/p>\n
\nTherefore, Store B was a longer trek from my res room, and harder to find. However, it’s a much better store, in my opinion. I mentioned this to a few people, but they continued to shop at Store A. They were already familiar with Store A, it was closer, and they had already decided its prices were reasonable.<\/p>\n
I, on the other hand, never returned to Store A after finding Store B: it was worth the extra three blocks to go to Store B, in my opinion.<\/p>\n