The Shopping List Compendium:
a collection of abandoned shopping and grocery lists
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Saturday, August 05, 2006
The Times Educational Supplement  I'm a teacher. I don't think I've ever explicitly stated it on the site (indeed, why would I have need to), but this fact makes me eligible for an appearance in the Times Educational Supplement: the kind of newspaper you could face the sack for if you don't at least give a passing glance to. Which is ironic, really, as all the jobs are featured in it. So, it's a pretty important newspaper - and they featured the Compendium in it as part of their Work/Life Balance section. Ultimately it's there to say "look, teachers do other things outside the classroom" but as well as profiling the Compendium's quirks, David Mattin's excellent article also demonstrated the educational benefit to be gained from reading others' lists. posted at 23:43  
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This site is made possible by the kind people who abandon their shopping list at the end of a trip to the supermarket. I collect those shopping lists. You might refer to these as grocery lists, which strikes me as a bit strange because not all the items on the lists are groceries. Anyhow, I won't worry myself about it if you won't. For those of you who have asked why I do this, please just be content with the fact that I do. I saw a list lying abandoned in a trolley once, and thought, "I'll have that". So I did. Each shopping list I find is added to my collection along with comments about each list, which usually consist of me spouting on about the possible personality of the person who wrote it. I'm quite harsh at times, at others I feel a pang of compassion. Sometimes I just don't know what items are. Hopefully it will aid your procrastination. Monthly Shopping List Archives Previous Lists
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