The crowd, tiring walks down the alleys, running from one shop to another and the long drives on microbuses or tempos give me repulsive feelings towards shopping. When anyone asks me to accompany them for their trip to the market, I refuged with an excuse or two. I hated the idea of what I call the ‘aftermath’ of shopping.Tired eyes, swollen feet and the unbearable headache as the result of the day spent running around in the heat going over and over to the similar stores in search of one good tee shirt or a pair of jeans or that comfy shoe that your friend got for her. The whole idea of going round and round the same block looking for one thing or other has always gone beyond my head. I always wondered what motivates people to shop, especially those who go to each and every store in the market trying out each and every item and still at the end of the day finding nothing satisfactory to them. It is all too time consuming. The whole concept of shopping at the market seems pointless to me...

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