Subj : disability was: Posts To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Thu Mar 05 2020 11:51:00 Hi Nancy! BM>>>> some strange things happened overnight. Nothing bad, but sometimes BM>>>> mechandise and other items weren't in the same place ==> I thought BM>>>> sure I put this away last night, or a stack on the left instead of the BM>>>> right type of thing. NB>>>> You didn't have cleaning staff at night when the store was closed, NB>>>> did you....? BM>>> No, the cleaning (and restocking) was done when at least two store BM>>> employees were in the store. NB>>> I thought that was somewhat unlikely, actually.... BM>> Some stores do have overnight stockers. NB>> Wegmans does... but then most of their stores are also open 24 hours, NB>> so the major stocking happens when there is less customer traffic... :) BM>> For some reason Hy-Vee, WalMart, and I think a few other stores BM>> suddenly started closing at midnight, reopening at either five or six. NB> It may be a cost-cutting move... I know that a number of the NB> Wegmans stores are closing at midnight, reopening at six, NB> including our usual one, but don't think that that applies to all NB> of them.... OK, thanks. Just thougt it a bit odd Walmart, etc., did the midnight closings about the same time as Hy-Vee. Almost verifies my theory the various store managements meet in secret and agree on things. BM> The Hy-Vee announcement was "all Quad City stores and Clinton". BM> ...And there are stores on the Illinois side, also closing at midnight. NB> The other possibility is that it might be a security issue... NB> fewer people in the store, but maybe more of a chance that NB> someone nefarious might come and cause problems....? That can happen at any time of the day or night!! BM> The Walgreens hours haven't seemed to have been changed, but then BM> they're pharmacy, though still attached to a store. Drive through BM> only?? Checking on-line implies the entire site is open. NB> It's a smaller store anyway than the grocery/pharmacy/etc stores NB> like HyVee and Wegmans, so maybe needs less security...? Possibly, or some of the money saved on payroll, lights, etc., at the closed stores goes to pay for security/additional security at the 24 hour stores. BM> I've never shopped at two in the morning but could see people working BM> second shift shopping then. NB> I've done it a time or two, but not a general practice to be NB> sure... :) I think it was after midnight one evening I stopped NB> into the Wegmans to grab some food on my way home from the NB> hospital when Richard was in there for his bypass... There are always some reasons to be shopping late at night/early morning even if not usually awake at that hour. BM>>> ...Could always volunteer, though right now where I am even the BM>>> scheduling of volunteering would not fit in. NB>>> I'm not really physically up to the regular grind of volunteering on NB>>> a regular schedule, either, any more... and wouldn't be able to do NB>>> anything that required lifting more than 15 pounds or so.... BM>> I forgot about your 15-lb. limitation. I might help but it would be BM>> for a very short-term commitment: busy here, and "don' wanna". NB>> Volunteering does take a certain attitude along with having the proper NB>> capabilities... :) BM> Sort of along similar lines I did fairly well at tutoring but I'd BM> probably not do well at teaching ==> individual or a small group where BM> can interact one-on-one vs. big group and generally loose BM> individuality. NB> You'd never know until you tried, though.... I had thought NB> similarly, until I ended up having to actually teach a few NB> classes at our genealogy meetings... and discovered I could still NB> hold attention after all... checking reactions from certain key NB> audience members can give the feedback that one generally gets NB> from the one-on-one or small group... I still prefer the smaller NB> settings, though... :) Yes, years back I had done some small groups and there were some people to watch for feedback while others were, well, not good for feedback. Not to be ignored, but not all that good for generla guidance. NB>>> One has to organize how one would be looking for the things, and NB>>> by what makes sense to one's self... ;) BM>> Right. Various ways of filing and sorting aren't necessarily right BM>> nor wrong. Years ago when I got started with computer building the BM>> intent was to do it in the basement -- it can get very cold down there BM>> in the winter! Maybe almost 60ø, but need a light jacket to stay down BM>> there for any length of time. NB>> Especially as one gets older, and is more affected by cold... :) BM> Nah: it's colder down there than it was! NB> Yeah, right.... ;) Umm, light jacket that's easy to wash over the regular clothes? ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... All true wisdom is found in taglines. --- 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) .