[FrancoisBosun]

I hate shopping, because it’s start and stop all the time. I get tired after only 30m.

Then, I’ll walk home from the office (1h) and will have lots of energy to actually DO something.

The title resonated with me very strongly.

[cmgbhm]

It can also be mental fatigue. Shopping is fundamentally making lots of decisions in sequence.

[stavros]

That's exactly why I find large stores like IKEA draining. My brain is constantly in decision mode, unlike even at work, where decisions are more spaced out. In stores, you literally have a conveyor belt of items passing through your decision system the entire time you're in the store.

[tommiegannert]

I was walking through the narrow tourist traps that are the Venetian streets the other week. Lots of stores with shiny pins, bracelets, caps, hats and T-shirts. I realized then why I don't like stores: they're too cluttered. Doesn't even have to come down to decisions; just the visual impact makes me want to leave.

Perhaps this is what makes Apple stores work. Even webshops tend to have only a few products visible at a time.

[readthenotes1]

My theory, after looking down the hallway of a mall and seeing a bunch of guys drooping on the benches and a bunch of women walking briskly, even joyously, is there is a coating on the floor that sucks the energy out of some of us and transfers it to others

[gamjQZnHT53AMa]

Wow, your comment really hit it home for me. I have this exact same experience but never identified why I hate going to the shop so much.