As we’ve suspected all along

We did some­thing really stu­pid on the last Sat­ur­day before Christ­mas — we drove to Park­way Parade and tried to shop. Well actu­ally, we were in the area for rea­sons beyond our con­trol, but hav­ing said that, we could’ve avoided Park­way Parade, but didn’t.

We could also have avoided din­ing at Olio Dome, but didn’t, and paid the price (about $55) for a din­ner so, so bad I’m try­ing to erase it from record, but because I think there should be some pub­lic ser­vice announce­ment about how bad it is, I’m telling you now — don’t order the Christ­mas set there, and if you think Olio Dome looks nice, quiet and cosy, it’s because the food’s bad and you should go home and chill out if you’re look­ing for nice, quiet and cosy this week.

The only good thing about Olio Dome at Park­way is that it’s attached to Bor­ders the book­shop, and that’s about all the good I can say, really.

It’s the first time we’ve been to the Park­way branch of Bor­ders, and I was hop­ing for a more sen­si­ble lay­out and cat­a­logu­ing sys­tem than the Whee­lock one– like doing away with a sec­tion called “Lit­er­a­ture” for exam­ple — but after two min­utes, was utterly disappointed.

I had been look­ing for the Preg­nancy or Par­ent­ing shelf/section which I thought might be in the Health area, which I found to be next to the Com­puter ref­er­ence area, which was fine because some­times you need to fig­ure out why your com­puter can’t log into some preg­nancy websites.

Then I saw a row of books labelled “Fer­til­ity and Infer­til­ity”, which to me, is like labelling a row of books “Self Help, and No Help”, or “Inspi­ra­tion and Disillusionment”.

What was even more star­tling was that “Fer­til­ity and Infer­til­ity” came under the head­ing “Appear­ance”, as labeled at the top of the shelf. Then again, that’s what some peo­ple might have sus­pected all along.