Shopping in person

“Women who shop by telephone do not know what the pleasures of buying are.”

The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen.

It is true that people who shop by telephone or as it stands now, by internet miss the communication that shopping in person allows.

When buying fabric one touches and feels the textures. When buying food, one smells the sweetness, the sourness or sees the freshness of a melon or a peach.

The actual act of choosing and putting back a purchase is in itself a satisfying action of t...