On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 02:11:36 -0600, Alan Holbrook >
wrote:

>The New Other Guy > wrote in
:
>
>>
>> Needed a few things for Christmas dinner, so hit Von's
>> at about 1pm. OMG!!
>>
>> EVERY checkstand was manned, and EACH OF THEM had a line
>> ALL the way to the back of the store, and it's a BIG store!
>>
>> At least 20 carts in each line. But mostly people were
>> dealing with it well, much better than on the roads.
>>
>> Biggest problem was that by 1pm, MANY items were already
>> empty shelves.
>>
>>
>>
>One of the nicer aspects of being retired: my supermarket opens at 7 AM and
>I'm usually there by 7:05. Even on holidays, pre-holidays,and forecasted
>next-day blizzards, it's usually just me and a few other members of the
>Grey Brigade.

Many years ago, grocery stores here were open 24 hours a day,
and I drove a cab at night, so grocery shopping at 3 am was
VERY easy, and never a crowd. Days long gone, in all ways.