Which one do you prefer Supermarkets or Traditional small shop????

Nowadays, more and more people do their shopping in big supermarkets, instead of going to the traditional small shop. Supermarkets are much more common than they used to be. By ‘Supermarket’ I mean the kind of large store which has several sections stocking a wide range of goods: foods, drinks, kitchen equipment, stationery, clothes and toys. Normally, the customer pays for all his purchases at the same time, at a cash desk situated somewhere near the way out. It is very convenient to be able to buy so many things in the same place, at prices which are often lower than in small shops and it is probably for this reason that many people prefer to shop there.

Some people claim that supermarkets are the shops of the future. They say that their bright lights and attractive shelves are much better than the cramped confusion of the small shop, with its forest of buckets and brooms hanging from the ceiling and its narrow passageways between piles of sacks and boxes leading to the dark interior. But in my opinion, traditional shops have a lot of good points which the big modern supermarkets cannot match. Then the small local shop is much friendlier than the supermarket. If the owner knows you, he/she can help you choose between the different brands which he/she has in stock. He will let you choose the best vegetables out of box-something you can never do in a supermarket. He/she may even be able to offer you credit if you are short of money.

What is more, the local shop is a social centre in a way that the supermarket can never be. In the small shop you can meet your neighbors, and then chat with them. Nowadays, all of people are busy, so after finish work they don’t want to chat, just want to relax. Even though your neighbors, maybe you also never chat with them. So this is a good side that can chat with your neighbors. It makes people closer to each other.