TV's and Safeway??

This past weekend I went to Laguna Beach for a wedding. During my stay, I needed a few things from the grocery store. So my cousin and I thought we were going on an average grocery shopping trip. We were wrong. The Safeway we went towas far from the average grocery store.
Since when did they start putting plasma screen TV's in the grocery store? We could not understand why they were there and what the purpose was. We finished our shopping, still amazed with all those televisions. After the grocery store, we went to Target and Wal-Mart, and to our surprise, those stores had plasma screens throughout the stores, as well.
As I watched some children watching cartoons, while the adults watched the advertisements, I began to understand the reason for the televisions. The T.V.s were being used as promotional items in order to attract customers to their stores. With all of the advances in technology, the stores must keep up in order to maintain thier appeal to customers, and the televsions are a perect tool of attractions. Knowing that our society has become addicted to televsion, I felt that the companies were smart enough to recognize this addiction, and use it to benefit them.
The TVs are also being used for advertisment and promotion. Even though the products can be seen in person, they appeal more to the customers through the advertisments on the televisions. It is upsetting to know that we have become so relient upon TVs, that we must have them while we shop. Although TVs are a great benefit for the stores because they appeal more to customers and help sell their products, it is unfortunate that we are becoming more and more addicted to television. I am not sure when this phenomena began, but I assume that this is only the beginning of what will be in stores in order to attract customers.