Episode III: Revenge of the XYZ supermarket
just yesterday i went to the XYZ supermarket to do some grocery shopping. It was hilariously funny.

I was sauntering by the aisles when I thought it might be interesting to get some peanut butter for some outrageous experiment. so I ambled down to the relevant section and got a shock. There were so many brands. Of peanut butter. But that wasn’t it. Immediately I saw a brand of peanut butter called … JIF. Isn’t JIF the previous name of a brand of detergent that’s called CIF??? You know the one with the really weird TV ads (but all TV ads are weird so never mind). Whatever. I got a rude shock anyway. Sad isn’t it that our lives have sunk to such a deplorable state.

That wasn’t all.

Following this, I walked a bit more and came to the rice section. I saw this: Royal Umbrella Fragrant Rice: $10.30. Thai Fragrant Rice: $7.30. The only other difference? Thai Fragrant Rice had XYZ supermarket’s label on it. Why would Thai Fragrant Rice be $3 cheaper? Then I had a dreadful thought. Maybe it was a secret conspiracy on the part of XYZ supermarket. Reverse psychology. Maybe Royal Umbrella Fragrant Rice and Thai Fragrant Rice are one and the same. So by purposely pricing one at $3 more, they entice customers into buying the $10.30 one because after all, Singaporean mentality is such: more expensive means better quality!

Most possibly and probably this “secret conspiracy” is all bosh and is a figment of my imagination. Well, let’s hope it is. If not, the consequences would be dire.