Shopping in the Dark

I was in the grocery store this week when the lights went off and suddenly the room was flooded with darkness. Having my cell phone in hand – because that’s where my grocery list resides – my first thought was that I could turn on the flashlight function and easily finish my shopping. Then I realized that the registers would not be working so there would be no way to scan and tally the cost, much less pay for the food with my handy-dandy debit card.

Well the blackout was very short, I turned...