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Community · Posted 23 minutes ago Tell Me About A Stereotype You Associate With Items You've Seen In A Stranger's Grocery Cart What's in your shopping cart says a lot about you...

by Hannah Loewentheil BuzzFeed Staff Link Facebook Pinterest Twitter Mail What you buy can say a lot about you. Maybe you've worked as a cashier at a grocery store or heck, maybe you're just someone like me who enjoys peeking into other shoppers' carts to see what they're buying. Paramount Vantage And chances are.



..you've probably come up with a quick judgment about said stranger based on what they were buying (we're only human, after all).

So, I want to know what stereotypes you associate with popular grocery items you might find in a stranger's market haul. Christopher Furlong / Getty Images For example, maybe you were working the register checking out a young man with nothing but instant ramen in his cart, and your first reaction was, " Welp, this college kid has probably never cooked a day in his life." Nina Dermawan / Moment Editorial / Getty Images Perhaps you were ringing up a woman who handed you half a dozen different kinds of nut milk, the entire produce aisle, and several protein powders.

So naturally, you wondered if she was operating a smoothie shop out of her home. Xsandra / Getty Images Or maybe while waiting in the checkout line, you took a peek at the guy standing behind you. His groceries consisted of a box of frozen pepperoni pizza and a six-pack of beer, which forced you to conc.

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