The bird is gone

[Gonz]

Our belly is stuffed. The kids are being quiet (too quiet) & the in-laws have been booted.

Who's going shopping?

[unclehobart]

Hell no. Day after sales are worse than WW2, Vietnam and Korea all wound together. I will never do that shit again... unless I have some kind of appointment with a limited access environment. (got caught in a Best Buy one year. 30 employees there and noone working. All lanes open; all lanes 3/4 of the store back deep. Navigation, purchasing, everything was impossible. I was just there to pick up a copy of Zelda on preorder a few years back... it took 3 hours. Never again)

[Stop Laughing]

*is on the front lines tomorrow, so's my brother

[PostCode]

No friggin way. You couldn't drag me to a mall. Besides, I'm driving up to Albany to see my grandma. Good way to kill the day...stuck in horrendous traffic.....fun.

[Gonz]

Albany? From Portland? That's what, 3 days? ;)

[Dave]

shopping? hell no. still have nightmares from way back when i used to work retail.
i'll be safe at work.

[PostCode]

No, ALbany from Coquille. And it's 3 hours.


For someone who drives trucks you would this guy would know how to read a friggin map. :eek6:





:D

[Gonz]

Map....I don't need no stinkin' map

[Inkara1]

I get to be there at 5:45 a.m. I wotk 5:45 to noon, and then 1-6. Yee-haw.

[Gonz]

It's a learning experience. You'll learn why you went to college :D

[Gato_Solo]

:rofl4: I'd rather go to Balad, and stand in the middle of a mortar attack. Women are absolutely insane when the words "Day After Thanksgiving Sale" are mentioned...;)

[Gonz]

I sit here wondering, what the hell are those people thinking?

[chcr]

I sit here wondering, what the hell are those people thinking?

Optimist. ;) A fair percentage of those folks are not capable of thought, and most of the rest have suspended it for the day in favor of being sheep to mammon.

[HomeLAN]

Flying home today. I think I'd rather be shopping. *shudder*

[Gonz]

That may be the only thing worse than black friday shopping. Although, the Friday after the holiday won't match the Sunday following.

[tonksy]

i only get up at 6:00 in the morning if someone is paying me...not me paying them. i had to deal with these cranky fucks at work today. i hate when people get gripey when they actually have to wait for a table. i mean, don't understand that everyone went out shopping ass early this morning and everyone is gonna wanna get a bite to eat just like you? and wtf can i do about it anyway? kick people out mid-meal just because they are hungry and want to eat?
*whew* i feel a little better.

[HomeLAN]

Day doesn't matter, Gonz. I just haaaaate to fly. At least it was fairly smooth today.

[samcurry]

hehe i went to walmart and had them pricematch call of duty for 9.99. that was my extent of shopping. The wife did go though, and man is she crancky....

[TexasRaceLady]

I have yet to see the item that will get me out of bed before dawn.

I stayed home and out of the crazy people's way. Made a quick trip to the post office for some Christmas stamps --- the workers were standing around looking for customers. Guess everyone was shopping.

[SouthernN'Proud]

The spouse went to a couple of places this morning. Left about 5, was back (with biscuits...yumm) by a little after 7. Me, only shopping I did was online. I ain't about to get out in that MCF if I can help it.


MCF...Mongolian Cluster...



Got some stuff from cduniverse, ebay, and Dixie Outfitters ordered. Got all the inspiration and hints I needed to complete the holiday shopping experience as well. Shouldn't be too bad...I hope...

They still let a feller tote a 12 guage to Barnes & Noble, right? :devious:

Gonna go keelhaul some leftovers shortly...C-y'all.

[Inkara1]

I was expecting a lot more customers than actually showed up.

[chcr]

They still let a feller tote a 12 guage to Barnes & Noble, right? :devious:


Well now, I never go without one and they've never asked me to leave yet. :lloyd:

[Stop Laughing]

Friday left me talking to myself (anyone got a couch for me, please?). Total mayhem. People dodging cars in our way overcrowded parking lot. I'm sure our sales have nearly doubled overall, and more than tripled in the pharmacy since we bought out a neighborhood drug store a couple of weeks ago. A good sign we need more help fast: an exec from the district office was doing a typical service clerk's job for the day (putting away warehouse) because we were so short of help (and everyone scheduled was there too, most of us got about an hour OT each too), he hadn't done that in years.

[Aunty Em]

These days I shop as little as possible, but when I do I borrow one of the disabled scooters from our local shopmobility scheme for a small fee.... it's great scaring pedestrians... those things can really motor! :D

[Inkara1]

They actually let stores charge for electric wheelchairs? I know a lot of stores in the US provide those for free, and I'm pretty sure the Americans with Disabilities Act mandates that.

[Aunty Em]

No this is the shopmobility scheme, not a store scheme, it's run by a charity and you can book one of their scooters for a whole day for £1. You drive it like a bike, but it's a trike. I assume the charge covers the cost of keeping the batteries topped up, etc. and it's staffed by volunteers. You can also park in one of their spaces for £1, in a area where there are no disabled spaces and £1 usually gets you 20 minutes waiting time. I have great fun on them, zapping around the town centre... they've given me a new lease of life, cos there is no way I can get around town without one... can't even walk from the nearest car park.

Ideally I would like one of my own, then I wouldn't have to use my car in town as the range is 35 miles fully charged and I only live about 1 1/2 miles from the town centre, but at £2600 that isn't gonna happen any time soon. I can't get a cheaper one cos they have a maximum weight rating and i'm over the weight for the cheaper lightweight ones.

Anyway, I'm happy to pay the charge to be able to get round town even if it is only 10am to 4 pm Monday - Friday. Before I joined the scheme (£7 / year membership) I hadn't browsed around the shops for years, partly because of Katie, but also in the last couple of years because I physically couldn't. Caring for her took all my resources and I neglected my own health in favour of her, so now I'm paying for it.