Subj : Posts To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Oct 30 2019 09:50:00 Hi Nancy! 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! NB> All depends on what got answered when, I guess... Now you NB> should be getting a relatively steady stream... with gaps just NB> for days I get too busy to write messages... ;) That'll work! 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. NB> Exactly... or at least that's the theory... :) True. All kinds of holes in it: some people thrive on the last-minute shopping, same as others thrive on the Day After Thanksgiving madness -- err, excitement. And I'll admit to being one of those who doesn't always plan ahead that well: not "oh, tomorrow's Christmas?" but I don't do the shopping for Christmas during the 4th of July sales either. And yes, I have started Christmas shopping; there are a couple of boxes here so actually shopped, not just considered. :) 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. NB> Sales like that do tend to bring out the aggressive behaviours... NB> I figured out a long time ago that the bargain wasn't worth the NB> aggravation in my book... ;) Bargains are nice but 99% of the time not worth fighting over. Sure it's perfect for Uncle Ned, just as perfect for the other person's Uncle Jed. "Call the other store" isn't going to work as the other store is also busy and probably have a fight of some sort going on too. (And I will admit most people were decent if not nice; just more fun to talk about the quirks.) 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. NB> At least that worked... :) You'd think that people would expect NB> that things like shopping carts might be in short supply, and NB> that there would be way too many people crowding the place.... NB> but, I know, common sense doesn't prevail at times like that.... NB> ;0 I was a little surprised the coupon calmed him down so fast. Maybe just the fact he got something because normally he got nothing? Before giving him the coupon I did respond about the limited number of carts and the reply was stuck on we should have more. (He's lucky: the store was designed _not_ to have shopping carts [!]. When we got them in we had to create a space by the entries for the cart corrals.) NB> ... Flying saucer: what follows a flying coffee cup during an NB> argument. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Old Spam: 90% off PrintingPressCartridges! Works on all Gutenburg models --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .