Grocery Shopping at Oasis

This gentleman takes good care of the senior mission sisters when they shop at Oasis. He speaks English better than the others at the meat counter and goes out of his way to always wait on us. This picture shows him making what we would call Hamburger. It is referred to here as Minced Meat. It is much finer ground than hamburger in the U.S. Nigerian cows are the skinniest most mournful looking cow creatures you have ever seen. That makes the hamburger almost fat-free.
The meat department boss is Lebanese and you can hear him hollering anywhere you are in the market if he is giving orders. We waited until he was not around to get this photo. The boss is pretty attentive to the ladies, but this man is polite and lovable. You can see it in his smile and his sparkly eyes.
This nice lady is one Elder Krupp's special Oasis friends. She manages the department with all the shampoos and girlie goo's for staying pretty. I look for her and she looks for me when we go shopping. Most patrons treat the helpers as non-people, giving them no notice or courtesy. I love them and visit with them every time we shop. Sitting on these little stools seems to be part of their job. If they are not moving or standing, they work from or rest on these stools.
Oasis is in two major levels. This ramp moves your carts from the upper level to the lower level. The meat department is down with canned goods, personal care, soaps and kitchen wares. A man like this one moves your cart down or up for you. As a customer you are not allowed to move your own cart on the ramp. Notice the 12 packs of soda pop stacked along the ramp. That's where they keep our pop. You can move up and down the stairs you see with a basket like I have in the one picture.
This is an aisle shot with Elder Krupp and Sister Jones. This aisle is fairly uncluttered. Sometimes when we shop you can hardly get down the aisles at all. There is no such thing as stocking the store at night. It all happens during the business day.
Sister Jones has obviously found something she wants to share with us. Shopping is a treasure hunt and we find unexpected things at times. One hard-to-find item is raisins. We have found them here on occasion. Twice we have found real American brown sugar in 2 pound bags. When we find a treasure, we buy all we can. We have learned not to expect to find it again the next week.