Apparently, very few of you have actually observed little old ladies in malls. As for ants following scents laid by fellow ants, that is not what I was talking about as I tried to explain above. Also, apparently, few of you have observed ants randomly searching for food. Making a one inch circle across one's own trail doesn't appear to me to be "organized" or "focussed".

Making fun of little old ladies? Perhaps it might be construed as that. Perhaps it could be construed as, "Why not go up and down the aisles in succesion and LOOK for whatever rather than skipping aisles and saying, "I guess they don't have any of those anymore." without actually looking. That is, searching like an ant instead of like a human.

At the risk of further digging myself into a hole, I shall extend this trait to women of all ages. As a man, I do not skip aisles after I have read the signs posted to guide me to what I want and failed. I coordinate a proper search, during which I also seek out help from store staff... IF I can find out where they are hiding.