Tell Me About A Stereotype You Associate With Items You've Seen In A Stranger's Grocery Cart

What ’s in your shopping handcart say a lot about you …

What you buy can say a lot about you. Maybe you’ve worked as a cashier at a grocery store or heck, maybe you’re just someone like me who enjoys peeking into other shoppers' carts to see what they’re buying.

So, I want to know what stereotypes you associate with popular grocery items you might find in a stranger’s market haul.

For example, maybe you were working the register checking out a young man with nothing butinstant ramenin his cart, and your first reaction was, “Welp, this college kid has probably never cooked a day in his life.”

Perhaps you were ringing up a woman who handed you half a dozen different kinds of nut milk, the entire produce aisle, and several protein powders. So naturally, you wondered if she was operating a smoothie shop out of her home.

Or maybe while waiting in the checkout line, you took a peek at the guy standing behind you. His groceries consisted of a box of frozen pepperoni pizza and a six-pack of beer, which forced you to conclude that his significant other is probably the household chef…and they’re probably out of town.

Or you took a peek at a woman’s cart that contained nothing but several different cartons of cottage cheese, and you thought,“She’s clearly been watching lots of cooking videos on TikTok.”

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What’s in your shopping cart says a lot about you…

A man in a grocery store aisle, looking intently ahead, with shelves stocked with various packaged foods surrounding him

A shopping cart with cereal, pasta, melon, baked beans, milk, ketchup, and strawberries in a supermarket aisle. A person is seen shopping in the background

Four Nissin instant noodle packages in different flavors: Soy Sauce Seafood, Miso Tonkotsu, Black Garlic, and Tokyo Shoyu

Ingredients including strawberries, banana, and blueberries in a blender, ready to be mixed for a smoothie

Frozen pizza boxes arranged on grocery store shelves, including McCain Thin Crust, McCain Rising Crust, and other pizza brands

A rye bread slice topped with cottage cheese, avocado slices, a boiled egg half, and parsley leaves on a white plate

What you buy can say a lot about you. Maybe you’ve worked as a cashier at a grocery store or heck, maybe you’re just someone like me who enjoys peeking into other shoppers' carts to see what they’re buying.#

So, I want to know what stereotypes you associate with popular grocery items you might find in a stranger’s market haul.#

For example, maybe you were working the register checking out a young man with nothing butinstant ramenin his cart, and your first reaction was, “Welp, this college kid has probably never cooked a day in his life.”#

Perhaps you were ringing up a woman who handed you half a dozen different kinds of nut milk, the entire produce aisle, and several protein powders. So naturally, you wondered if she was operating a smoothie shop out of her home.#

Or you took a peek at a woman’s cart that contained nothing but several different cartons of cottage cheese, and you thought,“She’s clearly been watching lots of cooking videos on TikTok.”#

What you buy can say a lot about you. Maybe you’ve worked as a cashier at a grocery store or heck, maybe you’re just someone like me who enjoys peeking into other shoppers' carts to see what they’re buying.

So, I want to know what stereotypes you associate with popular grocery items you might find in a stranger’s market haul.

For example, maybe you were working the register checking out a young man with nothing butinstant ramenin his cart, and your first reaction was, “Welp, this college kid has probably never cooked a day in his life.”

Perhaps you were ringing up a woman who handed you half a dozen different kinds of nut milk, the entire produce aisle, and several protein powders. So naturally, you wondered if she was operating a smoothie shop out of her home.

Or you took a peek at a woman’s cart that contained nothing but several different cartons of cottage cheese, and you thought,“She’s clearly been watching lots of cooking videos on TikTok.”