You’ve been there. You run into the grocery store for one or two items—a mission that should take five minutes. Twenty minutes later, you’re still wandering the aisles, your small basket is now half-full of things you didn’t plan to buy, and you still can’t find the dang bread. This isn’t your fault. This frustration is a carefully engineered experience. Stores use a variety of psychological traps to keep you inside, disoriented, and walking in circles. Why? Because the longer you wander, the more you buy.
