After the storm
We went shopping tonight. I started out to buy light bulbs, but we were distracted and ended up at Staples/Bureau En Gros. The place where we leave lots of after-tax income in the hands of the media. Paper media, electronic media. Pens and pads. Blank CDs. Replacement wireless routers. Replacement school bags. Replacements for all the stuff that three students, a teacher and a geek need to get through the days.
The place looked like a storm had blown through. Emptied shelves. Stuff misfiled in almost every display area. Staff who bore signs of post-traumatic stress disorder. There weren’t even enough price tags to go around, and the only barcode reader on the wall was turned off.
So, this is what another school season does to my favourite expanded stationer. Scary.
