Running in circles, hitting the bullseye, and the ripple effect

It is a pain in the neck to have to keep going in circles. I try my best to save steps, tires, gas, what have you, by planning out routes so I am not backtracking. The time expended going in circles is, generally speaking, wasted time and I don’t like to waste time. For me this is especially important when shopping. Let’s make a list, stick to it and not have to make a repeat visit to the same store/area in the same day. (I am not a shopper so this is really important to me and though it may not seem like it would be fun in any way, I have been known to follow this stringent procedure a...