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By Val Schefe, published 26/5/2010Am I the only person in the universe to be regularly incensed by the shopping experience?
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There is a solution. Stay out of malls and big-box stores. There are still a few surviving small independent retailers. Yes, they might cost a little more. If you want service you pay for it. If you pay for it, they'll survive, and we'll remain that little bit more civilised.
There's a marvellous weekly farmers market in my town, patronised by thousands. It's in open sheds, not closed and managed environments. You dress down. People smile and are friendly. The food is real, and from not too far away. The money I pay goes straight to the producer, all of it.
There are other markets operating most days. Find them and patronise them, so they can survive.