Grocery stores seem less crowded to me, but there is also Instacart, and Kroger’s Click List, drive up.
Interesting because Instacart is more expensive than going in, fees and tips. If people don’t have money, perhaps their credit card debt is up?
The department stores like Macys are virtually empty. Inventory is way down and it’s more casual. Lots of jeans and leggings. Perhaps since people aren’t working they don’t need dressier clothing. And they don’t bother shopping as much. Wonder how Nordstrom and Ann Taylor are doing? We don’t have either here. They kicked out Chico’s in favor of an Anthropology, I haven’t been in. Maybe it’s just with retirement that I see things differently, or it’s all different since 2020?? Probably both.
I am sure the higher prices are part of it. The Whole Foods store in our area is frequented by well-off hipsters. Always busy and full of products. I was just there after an absence of 6 months. Pretty empty and the inventory was thinner. I was thinking bidenomics and clot shots were to blame. I never saw so many masked people. They bought into the scamdemic.
Oh, they totally did. Masks for Everyone like Oprah’s cars. They were rabid about it.
I stop in once in a while cuz it’s super convenient. Usually just to get clamshell lettuce, sometimes berries. But since Amazon took over the supplements department is junk!
They trained me NOT to shop there with their mask requirements and expensive merchandise and crappy selection. Pretty funny actually.
I'm in the rural area and I may see a handful of people wearing a mask in a city of 18k people. It's about a 30-minute drive from me. I don't see anyone out near me wearing one unless they're mowing grass. I know they wear it due to allergies and debris. I was actually surprised when I had to make a 2-hour drive into Houston. I wasn't seeing many wearing a mask at all. I know people here were getting fed up with it. So fed up that the state passed SB29 to prevent and government entity from mandating masks, jabs, or closures. The people said it didn't go far enough. They're about to pass SB7 which states no employer can do the same. I drove to PA for a funeral 5 weeks ago and I didn't many wearing masks their either. I don't recall seeing anyone wearing one when we stopped either. Where are you see this at? My favorites are the ones who wear a mask in the car by themselves. LOL
Even the budget stores seem empty -- Walmart, Target, dollar stores -- not to mention the department stores you are mentioning. Just two registers open at Walmart and about 15 ummanned (plus self check-out). Same at the grocery stores.
It's what you get when you destroy an economy with lock-downs, high government spending and inflation, and a shot that has caused a huge increase in both deaths and the working age disabled, leading to labor shortages. Small businesses can't get the labor and are having to cancel reservations.
Yes! I think there are many who are staying home with their children now if possible. I know others will only work from home. My wife and I always said one of us would stay home with the children and we stood by that and they're in their 20's now. My wife returned back into the workforce in 2011 when I became disabled. I was going through a lot at the time and that didn't help. It wasn't easy running a household and my wife would still come home and help me. I think every man should do it for a few months to see that it isn't easy.
Grocery stores seem less crowded to me, but there is also Instacart, and Kroger’s Click List, drive up.
Interesting because Instacart is more expensive than going in, fees and tips. If people don’t have money, perhaps their credit card debt is up?
The department stores like Macys are virtually empty. Inventory is way down and it’s more casual. Lots of jeans and leggings. Perhaps since people aren’t working they don’t need dressier clothing. And they don’t bother shopping as much. Wonder how Nordstrom and Ann Taylor are doing? We don’t have either here. They kicked out Chico’s in favor of an Anthropology, I haven’t been in. Maybe it’s just with retirement that I see things differently, or it’s all different since 2020?? Probably both.
I am sure the higher prices are part of it. The Whole Foods store in our area is frequented by well-off hipsters. Always busy and full of products. I was just there after an absence of 6 months. Pretty empty and the inventory was thinner. I was thinking bidenomics and clot shots were to blame. I never saw so many masked people. They bought into the scamdemic.
Oh, they totally did. Masks for Everyone like Oprah’s cars. They were rabid about it.
I stop in once in a while cuz it’s super convenient. Usually just to get clamshell lettuce, sometimes berries. But since Amazon took over the supplements department is junk!
They trained me NOT to shop there with their mask requirements and expensive merchandise and crappy selection. Pretty funny actually.
I'm in the rural area and I may see a handful of people wearing a mask in a city of 18k people. It's about a 30-minute drive from me. I don't see anyone out near me wearing one unless they're mowing grass. I know they wear it due to allergies and debris. I was actually surprised when I had to make a 2-hour drive into Houston. I wasn't seeing many wearing a mask at all. I know people here were getting fed up with it. So fed up that the state passed SB29 to prevent and government entity from mandating masks, jabs, or closures. The people said it didn't go far enough. They're about to pass SB7 which states no employer can do the same. I drove to PA for a funeral 5 weeks ago and I didn't many wearing masks their either. I don't recall seeing anyone wearing one when we stopped either. Where are you see this at? My favorites are the ones who wear a mask in the car by themselves. LOL
Even the budget stores seem empty -- Walmart, Target, dollar stores -- not to mention the department stores you are mentioning. Just two registers open at Walmart and about 15 ummanned (plus self check-out). Same at the grocery stores.
It's what you get when you destroy an economy with lock-downs, high government spending and inflation, and a shot that has caused a huge increase in both deaths and the working age disabled, leading to labor shortages. Small businesses can't get the labor and are having to cancel reservations.
And I think a lot of mothers are staying home, homeschooling their kids. So, not in the job pool.
Yes! I think there are many who are staying home with their children now if possible. I know others will only work from home. My wife and I always said one of us would stay home with the children and we stood by that and they're in their 20's now. My wife returned back into the workforce in 2011 when I became disabled. I was going through a lot at the time and that didn't help. It wasn't easy running a household and my wife would still come home and help me. I think every man should do it for a few months to see that it isn't easy.