Dave Smith wrote:
>
> On 2017-10-30 1:21 PM, Gary wrote:
> > Sqwertz wrote:
> >>
> >> Our Target-like stores back in The Day were Hill's, Gee Bee's, Zayre,
> >> and GC Murphy's Mart.
> >
> > I remember Zayre back in the days.
> > (Same building is now a PetsMart)
> > It was a good large store and as all of them,
> > they had about 12 checkout lanes but even during
> > the busiest times of year, only one or two lanes
> > were open.
> >
>
> That sounds like the Miracle Mart grocery store that used to be in mall
> a few miles from here. I think their policy was that there had to be at
> least 8 people with carts in line before they would open another
> checkout. I was in there a couple times and waited in line until the ice
> cream started to melt and then I would just walk away and go to another
> store. That place didn't last very long.

Even my regular grocery store has at least 8 lines. I go early am
so only one is open but going later in the day when it's crowded,
I've never seen more than 3 open at a time.