Give the uninventive ones something to do

We are told that 600,000 old age pensioners are haunting supermarkets in search of a chat with the checkout-person because they have no one to talk to. Which sounds like a large niche-market opportunity for anyone who can organize self-sufficiency training for OAPs. If they are alert enough to get out to their supermarket, they should be reading books, or writing them, or enjoying music on YouTube.com or doing other things on the internet. Education in the utilization of free time is what is needed.