Subj : Re: Posts To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Oct 29 2019 15:41:54 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 16-Oct-2019 17:28 <=- NB>> One last message, 14 October, from the Pond, about 8:25pm.... BM> In that case I'll probably not have any more for you for a bit BM> either! All depends on what got answered when, I guess... Now you should be getting a relatively steady stream... with gaps just for days I get too busy to write messages... ;) DS>>> The day after we give thanks for what we have, we practically kill DS>>> each other at the store, trying to get something we want (and don't DS>>> really need). NB>>> I'm not much of a shopper anyway... but that is one day I carefully NB>>> AVOID going to the store... no bargain (even if it is a bargain) is NB>>> worth that sort of horribleness.... BM>> Some of the deals are better before Black Friday, or repeated a few BM>> weeks later. NB>> Especially true lately... I've seen a number of stores that make NB>> a deal of having super sales ahead of time, now... BM> Part of it is if they can grab the consumer's money now a competitor BM> can't get it later. Exactly... or at least that's the theory... :) BM>> And some shoppers really enjoy the excitement of the crowds, etc. BM>> I was almost always scheduled for opening, I think because management BM>> knew I'd be there, plus could handle issues without needing BM>> management. There was definitely a unique excitement in the air! NB>> And perhaps the shoppers at your store were a bit better behaved NB>> than those at some stores.... :) BM> I don't recall anything like the fistfight over the last chair like BM> OfficeMax had! A bit of minor nastiness but nothing to that degree. Sales like that do tend to bring out the aggressive behaviours... I figured out a long time ago that the bargain wasn't worth the aggravation in my book... ;) BM> And think some time ago I wrote about the guy who was getting a little BM> nasty about not being able to get a shopping cart; only thing I could BM> do was give him a $5 coupon, which calmed him down and he was placated. At least that worked... :) You'd think that people would expect that things like shopping carts might be in short supply, and that there would be way too many people crowding the place.... but, I know, common sense doesn't prevail at times like that.... ;0 ttyl neb .... Flying saucer: what follows a flying coffee cup during an argument. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .