Trials and tribulations of certain shopping exploits
I know why I don’t like shopping on “big days”; the crowds, the problems with parking, the errors at the cash register. It turns out that the negative aspects continue even when I don’t go along for the experience. All the details here are hearsay, but the parties involved are fine upstanding citizens of my household so I have no doubt concerning the veracity.
Boxing Day lineups are legendary. They even make the news before they begin, so obviously anyone who wants to shop should leave home early. Not so, say those who actually shop. Best that you leave well after opening time to avoid any waiting in a queue. It also leaves less time to buy which allows for greater room in the budget. I watched those involve leaving the house and they were much later than I would have suggested. Than I did suggest. Who listens to me?
Once in the store, with the articles chosen and a place assured in front of the cash register, it is a good idea to bring some sort of payment. Cash, debit, credit, beads and trinkets; the buyer is always right when so prepared. If you leave your wallet at home, safe at home, then the fallback position is someone else. As long as the person at the cash register has the good sense to charge the sale price, only once, then the envelope for payment will suffice. Else, chase the envelope owner around the parking lot until you find the vehicle, leave and go to a cash machine for transfer of funds, return to the parking lot and enter a holding pattern reminiscent of some airports, and finally complete the transaction. Then, leave the store. Unless the alarm sounds. Which it does/did. I wasn’t there, but I believe.
Now we have more skis and snowshoes in the house. More tuques. Some snow clothes. Some other stuff; I’m not sure just what. With six months to go before snowfree, we’re prepared. For my part, my online order has shipped, and I was able to remain comfortable in my new slippers, watching old (very old) videos about Cape Breton and the Gaelic on YouTube. Methinks I had an easier afternoon. But I wasn’t there, and my opinion is based on hearsay evidence which just doesn’t belong in any court, including the one of opinion.
