On 12/24/2016 3:19 AM, The New Other Guy wrote:
> 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.
>
My oldest brother worked the third shift at some company years ago. He
loved going grocery shopping when he got off his shift around midnight.
That's when they'd start marking things down (the infamous "used meat"
comes to mind). Back then you could buy store made pizzas in a 2-pack;
they'd be marked half price after midnight. And nope, there weren't a
lot of people in the store at that hour.

Jill