Life or death

You're in the supermarket and you need a tomato for dinner. So you pop over to where they're stacked. You like Romas but they don't have any today so you decide to go with the vine-ripen ones because all the others are pale and unappetising.

There's a guy there. He's been there the entire time it has taken you to look at all the rest of the tomatoes - maybe 20 secs. He seems uncertain which tomato to choose. You excuse yourself - no doubt breaking his concentration - reach in, grabbing the ripest tomato closest to you. Then you head off to collect the rest of your shopping.

It takes another 5-10 minutes. You head to the checkout. You pass the tomato stack. The guy is still there. He still hasn't chosen a single tomato. You line up in the express lane - you don't have much - and then proceed to watch him as he completely fails to choose a tomato. He picks one up, examines it and then returns it to the pile. He does this over and over.

As you're called forth to the checkout girl, he is still there - this time examining the cherry tomatoes. Still uncertain. Still procrastinating like it's a life or death decision. What an interesting life he must lead.