Subj : Re: disability was: Posts To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Mar 10 2020 19:17:32 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 05-Mar-2020 11:51 <=- 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 Wegmans NB>> stores are closing at midnight, reopening at six, including our usual NB>> one, but don't think that that applies to all of them.... BM> OK, thanks. Just thought it a bit odd Walmart, etc., did the midnight BM> closings about the same time as Hy-Vee. Almost verifies my theory the BM> various store managements meet in secret and agree on things. You never know... ;) Didn't have to exactly be collusion, though... I think back to when the grocery stores all decided to drop the double (and triple) couponing at the same time... let one get wind of the plans, and they'll all follow suit... and it just looks like they agreed on it... Oh, and Richard said that even though they aren't open for business, the bulk of the stocking still gets done overnight at Wegmans.... 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 someone NB>> nefarious might come and cause problems....? BM> That can happen at any time of the day or night!! True... but with more people in the store, more likely that things would be noticed and quickly dealt with.... 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...? BM> Possibly, or some of the money saved on payroll, lights, etc., at the BM> closed stores goes to pay for security/additional security at the 24 BM> hour stores. That's assuming outside security, not store-paid security employees... 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 sure.. :) NB>> I think it was after midnight one evening I stopped into the Wegmans NB>> to grab some food on my way home from the hospital when Richard was in NB>> there for his bypass... BM> There are always some reasons to be shopping late at night/early BM> morning even if not usually awake at that hour. Exactly... so it's good that there are still some stores open 24 hours... 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 similarly, NB>> until I ended up having to actually teach a few classes at our NB>> genealogy meetings... and discovered I could still hold attention NB>> after all... checking reactions from certain key audience members can NB>> give the feedback that one generally gets from the one-on-one or NB>> small group... I still prefer the smaller settings, though... :) BM> Yes, years back I had done some small groups and there were some BM> people to watch for feedback while others were, well, not good for BM> feedback. Not to be ignored, but not all that good for general BM> guidance. Right. :) Keep eye contact, but look to others for signs of 'you just lost me there'.... 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.... ;) BM> Umm, light jacket that's easy to wash over the regular clothes? Just so long as you don't need gloves that would hamper your work... ttyl neb .... People will believe anything if you whisper it. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .