Safeway Glen Huntly

It seems that every time I enter during the day, my eyes instantly start to water and continue to do so until I manage to scramble back outside with my $1 stale bread (if it's still in stock, that is.) This store recently completed a renovation, expanding the store quite a bit. I honestly couldn't give two steaming piles how much more space they have, in fact I haven't noticed any great leap forwards in stock -- the problem I have is that used to FEEL like an unassuming suburban supermarket, something I could at least pretend to stomach. Now its simply an over-bright monstrosity from the school of shopping centre psychology; bright, loud, dominating, cohesive, overwhelming when all I want is a capsicum without having an existential crisis/panic attack to ruin my dinner. The customers here are like nothing else I've experienced. They all seem lost in their own little worlds, so much so they don't even seem bothered when they nearly walk into me or block walk ways. Zero awareness of the world around them. The one star is for the addition of self service checkouts so I can avoid forced conversation. I recommend Black Flag as an earphone soundtrack for this particular store.