What I come for
What I avoid
Perhaps this is sad, but Wegman's grocery store is my native place. It has been my favorite place to shop for years and like the character in "A Native Hill" I choose to go there even though there are several stores much closer to my home. Unlike the character I am unable to find flaws in my native place. I am a person who does not enjoy change and Wegman's has remained the same friendly, enticing, affordable place that it has been from the first time I set foot inside. I know where everything is, and to my great pleasure, this remains true in any Wegman's I happen to visit since all of the interiors are identical. Like Berry's character, I am so familiar with my native place that I know where everything is. I am able to go to the areas I frequent on auto-pilot, sometimes going those places by accident. I know to avoid the cheese section since I hate cheese and the way it smells. I know to pass the bakery section in case I see something good. I can tell from a distance if they are out of an item.
While Berry's character was able to embrace the changes his native place had undergone, I would not be able to do this. I have abandoned brand name for the high quality, low cost of Wegman's own brand. I am so comfortable with my strange place because of the atmosphere the employees create with their friendly demeanor and superior preparation of fresh items as well as the low prices. If any of these things were to be removed I would not continue to go there. While Wegman's is a sort of "home" for me, I would not want to go back simply for memories. Berry's character was thrust into his native place at birth. I found mine over time and chose it for myself.
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