KateR's distinguished gentlemen (care giver shopping)

Very nice colors on this one. Upright scripts are a nice alternative to the slanted ones. I'm bummed that the postal machinery took a bite out of it. 

Short envelope notes because we have a long tutorial on training caregivers. This has nothing to do with gender and no criticism of people who rarely do any grocery shopping. If you are the primary grocery shopper and find that you have to send your caregiver out to the store - here are some tips.

Step one:

Send them to the store once to see how they do.

If they take a photo of the item, they will probably get the right item. 

If you want the same size - you might have to put that dream on hold.

What we asked for on the left. What we got on the right.

If they do not take a photo - in this case we wanted RAW ALMONDS

and you simply write raw almonds on the list - this is not enough information. 

They will find almonds and assume that an almond is an almond.

They also go for brands they recognize.

Store brands seem to scare them.

That large container has been sitting out in plain sight and it was quite a surprise
that he could not find those containers in the aisle with nuts.

So, I rallied my energy and we went to the store together.
Keep in mind, the last time we went shopping together was in 1993 when we thought we could take one or maybe two kids to the mall to do some Christmas shopping. Utter chaos. This was before cell phones so you just had to park on a bench and hope they would show up. 

My one concern was that I would not be able to get some photos on the shopping expedition.

It turned out to be very easy because he kept wandering off.

I sent him down the cracker aisle because he eats both graham crackers and Triscuits even though I have warned him that those are processed foods that will kill him. Apparently he would rather be in heaven instead of caring for me.

 

While he was finding his crackers, I ducked around to the next aisle with the nuts and found what I had asked for to see how close it was to what he had brought home.

Since this trip, he has been on his own and doing a decent job. He tried a different store and found a lady who helped him find a couple things. She told him that they do, in fact, try to hide some of the items. It was probably a joke. But, you never know.

He says he likes it when I draw maps and diagrams that explain where things are.

It is also helpful to write the list in the order that a person might find them - if you provide a map.

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BigHelpfulBrother alerted me that the Bob's Instant Potatoes might not be be as good as the ones that were good. We should probably stay away from recommending anything that is edible. I believe we have one reader in Idaho and she might have blanched at the near mention of pre-cooked and instant yesterday - which has been removed from yesterday's post.