My coworker recommended this supermarket to me as an affordable, local secret, supermarket. She was right. It was super cheap and affordable, probably because it looked rundown, unmainted, unsanitary, understaffed, and completely unregulated (is it even legal for them to sell food??). In other words, it was run by Brown People; I was home.
Finding the supermarket was difficult. It wasn't a complicated journey from my apartment. It was a very simple journey, just turn right here walk at the light, then turn left until you see it. The problem is that when I reached the market, it's very hard to see. Not like it's hidden like a train station at 9 3/4, but because there is something else that demands all the attention—Cinema L'amour.
My first awareness of the existence of pornographic cinemas was in Taxi Driver, and it didn't paint that in a very good light. So seeing it in the big 25 while REAL CINEMAS are dying, was strange. Even more strange when you consider the fact that pornography is even more accessible than ever. What is the value proposition there? I still don't understand. I'm slightly convinced there's some illegal business going on there.
Anyways, what's most perplexing is this:
These set of chairs are BOLTED onto the ground. Specifically facing the cinema. Who designed this? What is the purpose?
Why would anyone sit on these chairs??? You look like a pervert. Or maybe you're a stalker making sure there aren't perverts?
It's the most baffling decision I've ever seen. NO ONE IS GOING TO CASUALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION HERE WHILE STARING AT WOMEN IN LINGERIE!
It would've been sooooo easy to just face the chairs the other way?