Right or Left?

85% of American shoppers go to their right when entering a store.

So says today's trivia calendar entry and I've thought all day long about the stores I frequent.  Both grocery stores I patronize funnel customers to the left.  The United store practically forces you to go to the left, otherwise you'll have to run the gauntlet of check out stands to get to a point where you can enter the aisles.  Going left has you pass by the deli, where the delicious smells of fried chicken and food being cooked stimulates your appetite, therefore making you purchase more groceries.  It's nearly the same way at the other, smaller store I sometimes shop at, but there's no deli. 

I also turn to the left when I go into the Dollar General store; there's a clear lane to the right, but the items I most frequently buy are to the left.  I DO go to the right when I go into the Family Dollar store, but the purpose is much the same as with the Dollar General.

Walmart has several entrances, so I don't know that this "fact" would hold true, but when I enter via the middle entry, I turn to the left to start my shopping.

So, this percentage is skewed by how the store is laid out, plus I must be one of the 15%!

Walk This Way - Aerosmith

Count Me In - Gary Lewis & The Playboys

NOTE: Was looking for an old post and saw this one and thought I'd like to listen to it tonight, but saw the original video was now private. I found another and here it is. Originally posted 8/24/07

The Joy of Being a Koi

Koi fish have been known to live up to 226 years.

Comical Corrupted Content

I was on Yahoo earlier, reading some articles and a link caught my eye:

Now, I'm not particularly a fan of Mr. Trump;  I don't think I've watched more than a few minutes of any of his reality TV shows and I certainly didn't like how he used eminent domain to acquire properties upon which to build his casino in Atlantic City some years back, but I do like the way he is stirring up the Republican presidential primary race - and treating the media with disdain and putting them in their place, long overdue -  and truth be known, although I wouldn't vote for him, I agree with much of what he says.  THAT said, this is what I got when I clicked on the link:

I have never seen that error page before.  Funny, though, considering what I was clicking on.  If Trump sees it, there will be hell toupée.

No Peeking!

Yesterday's trivia calendar entry was this:  "About 40% of people who go to a party in someone's home admit to snooping in the host's medicine cabinet."

If it was a party, then I'm not sure whether they were just being nosy or looking for prescription meds.

I don't even recall snooping through someone's medicine cabinet;  oh, I'm as nosy as the next person, but I'm always afraid something like this would happen: