Grocereveal # 5

                There isn’t particularly a lot to say about this list.  I found it outside of an H.E.B. near the trashcan, so the author had obviously intended on throwing it away but missed.    The handwriting suggests it is a woman, but I can also tell it is a woman because of the back of this paper.  This list was written on the back of a statement from Verizon Wireless.  I will publish that portion of the list because even though there exists nothing particularly damning on that list (Really just a name and a balance due) it does give away the gender. 

                Yes, this one is not that fun but still needs to be posted.

Grocereveal # 4

                This list was found inside a Target, once you go through the first doors but before you go through the second set.   It’s on a small piece of yellow lined paper, something I have many pads of because you can buy them in bulk.   It contains only a few items, so let’s see what each one of them says about who this could be from.

1)      Earrings – This means the list most likely belongs to a female and the earrings are for her.   Sure, someone could be buying them for someone else, but you know, I strongly feel that men do not make lists such as this.   This is also a potential hint to our author being single, as to want to look nice to perhaps meet a special someone.

2)      Printer Ink – Everyone pretty much has a computer and a printer, so this does neither no harm nor good.

3)      Catfood – This person owns a cat.   More single females own cats than single males, I’m guessing.

4)      Receipt book – I’m not even sure what this is, but obviously this person isn’t very organized and is trying to get organized with their spending.

5)      Calendar – Single guys usually only own calendars if they are given to them for free.

6)      Bank of America – She’s going to the bank with her receipt book and calendar to manage her money.  Hey, maybe the earrings are to make a good impression.

7)      Fax to Discover – Obvious dispute with a credit card company, in terms of her making a payment and them not crediting it to her account so she has to send them proof.  It happens more often than you’d think.

Thus I conclude that this is a single woman, who owns at least one cat, has some trouble keeping track of their money and is probably in their late 20’s or early 30’s, as it seems more like they aren’t going to stay single forever but rather just haven’t settled down yet, which is okay because they’re young. 

Grocereveal # 3

                I found this gem outside of a Walmart, on the food side.  It was folded into four and I knew before I even picked it up exactly what it was.   It has footprints on it from having been stepped on and for all I know it was probably run over as well.   So what are we looking at here?

                This is a typed up, fairly simple shopping list for the week.   The names that appear on here are Kenzie and Mika, who are presumably the kids.   This is a somewhat organized shopping list from numbers one through thirty about what is for food for the week.    Only a few items stand out to me (mostly the crossed out stuff) and I’m going to make my prediction on this one early.

                I’m going to say that while this shopping list was made by the mother herself, it most likely comes from a family of four- mom, dad and two kids previously named- who are most likely white and leaning toward the side of… I don’t want to use terms like “redneck” or “country”, but they definitely have an authentic Texan attitude to their list, as they had “brisquet” listed and crossed out.  Also, the ranch style beans (four cans) and French bread really tip them off.   No one outside of whitey eats French bread.

                So what strikes me as odd in this list?  First off, charcoal is crossed off in favor of cinnamon oatmeal bars.   It goes along with the “brisquet” and “rub for brisquet” (Again, rub seems like a Texas word) being crossed off also, so I guess no BBQ this week kids.   Cherry Jello being crossed off isn’t a big deal, but beef jerky kind of is.  I mean, it’s right next to Slim Jims.   Do you really need both?  I know they’re not the same thing, but come on, pick one.   The half gallon of milk is gone, as well as sausage for Mika’s breakfast (Sorry Mika, time to eat oatmeal bars).    The most disturbing cross out perhaps comes at the very end where grape juice is replaced by spray starch.  “But Mommy… We can’t drink spray starch!!”

                This list is pretty cut and dry and with a husband a two kids in tow, it’s only odd that this list flew out of the shopping cart or her purse when she left Walmart.  It seems so much like it should have been misplaced or ripped up on purpose before then.

Grocereveal The Second

This particular list was found around the holidays last year.  It was folded up and next to the customer service desk at Target, and well, when I saw it I just had to snatch it up without anyone noticing.   What was this person doing at the customer service desk?  Well, let’s let the list decide.

                The first three-quarters of this list is for presents.   Six names don’t have anything listed next to them, while four of them do.    Bryson is getting a puzzle and a movie.   Sydney is getting a Monster High doll and a DS game.   Mom is getting a Nook, cute flat boots (or shoes) and a spa.   Dad is getting a tiller, white shoes (size 8 ½) and a tie (brown or red).    Seems like a rather ordinary Christmas list, doesn’t it?   However, what strikes me is that next to every name, on the extreme left hand side, is a number ranging from 30 to 150 which I can only assume is how much this person is going to spend on the other person.   Adding this all up, we have roughly $690 in presents already, which doesn’t include Zendra who has no presents or number beside her name. 

                Also interesting is what used to be there.   Bryson is no longer getting Connect Four (Though since he has $150 coming his way, you think he could get that too) and Mom has something called “lace front” crossed out which might be either a shirt or a… Let’s hope it’s a shirt.  Next to Dad something is crossed out that I can’t quite make out and the number 10 is crossed out because obviously this person thought that their dad’s feet were bigger than what they really are.

                The bottom fourth of this list are ingredients based on food, which would constitute the family dinner.  Marked off in a box on the right hand side are names of who the probable guests are for said dinner, to give the author an idea of how many to cook for.   Several items are not checked out for the food, so I hope that they did end up getting them.   I’d hate to think that my taking this list (or the owner leaving it behind) would deprive someone of their Christmas brownies.

                At the top of this entire this on the right hand side is circled “17^th”.   This would be the date for the big feast and probably also when they are exchanging gifts (or most of the gifts any way, maybe a smaller family get together on Christmas Day)

                While most of this is pretty standard stuff, the one distinguishing characteristic of it all is that the Dad has a shoe size of 8 ½, making him a somewhat small man.   I almost want to say the author is Asian because of that, but it seems doubtful with all other clues.   Everything about this- with the names being DeWayne and Dre, right down to the cornbread- screams overworked middle aged African American mother.   Her parents are getting good gifts for being in their later years, while the rest of the names are probably her kids, siblings and their kids. 

                The fact that this list was mistakenly left behind at Target also shows me that whoever wrote it was quite busy, but who could blame them since it was getting closer and closer to December 17^th every day when I found this.    And if you have any doubts about this woman being anything other than African American, just look up the name DeWayne.   Asian people aren’t named DeWayne.

                I don’t have the slightest clue what this woman was doing at customer service.   Gift cards can be obtained at the registers, Target doesn’t have layaway (Not that this woman would need it) and it seems odd for her to being doing like a raincheck, return, exchange, etc.   The only out of the ballpark possibility is that maybe she bought her dad a size 10 and needed to exchange them for 8 ½.   Otherwise, I’m going to have to take the easy way out and assume she was at customer service for the same reason why 99% of shoppers visit customer service at Target.   Something she purchased said it was on sale for less than what it rang up as at the register.   This is one of Target’s biggest flaws in their systems and probably makes them millions of dollars every year.   Those thirty cents to three dollars really do add up over time and in bulk.

                Merry Christmas, anonymous shopper!