On 1/26/2014 11:00 AM, ChattyCathy wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 10:17:02 -0500, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> Another one: We let you linger ... and it's good for business.
>> Customers would tell me as they went through the checkout "I just
>> stopped in for eggs" and they would have $250 worth of stuff.
>>
>> Seriously, it's happened to me I spent $40 when I only planned to get a
>> couple of items, but $250? Has it ever happened to you?
>
> Guilty as charged. I've gone into a (big chain) supermarket for 'milk and
> bread' and bought so much other food stuffs that the store manager offered
> to help carry said stuff to my car himself... But that was because I went
> shopping when I was hungry - which is usually a no-no, isn't it?
>
(snippage)

Oh yeah! Shopping while hungry is a no-no! If I haven't eaten or at
least had a small snack before I hit the store *lots* of things I don't
need wind up looking good. That doesn't mean I buy all of them, but the
temptation sure is there!

Jill