The Economy

I’m just a little pregnant.

 

Now imagine working there as that music plays. I just gritted my teeth and remembered I was putting it all in a college fund.

 

I worked in a store in the mall one Christmas. Talk about songs on repeat. Turned my off from Holiday music for a long time.

 

I’ve had a cart with just beer, garbage bags and mouse traps and my wife told me we could not walk to the checkout with that combination. We simply bought more stuff to make it less weird.

 

Hobby Lobby does it right. They play only instrumental music, and at a much lower volume than stores typically do. One minute it's something by Bach, the next oldies like "As Tears Go By" or "The Rose."

 

I like it when Hobby Lobby begins playing its annual Christmas music... in July.

 

My easy answer to that is that I simply never go to Hobby Lobby. Or the mall, because I worked in one many decades ago, and my enthusiasm for Christmas (other than the enjoyment of children at Christmas) never recovered.

 

I went to one of my local supermarkets a couple weeks ago and kept hearing “Attention shoppers … it’s Shrimp Saturday!” literally every three minutes on the PA.

I commented to the lady at the check-out counter that I felt sorry for her and the other employees because they kept having to listen to that. She commented that “Shrimp Saturday” meant that prices were reduced by a dollar.

 

You would if you had a wife who spent 90% of her free time making things.

This is just yarn and 3 weaving looms. The fabrics/art supplies/sewing supplies/cutting boards are in another room.

I don't just go to Hobby Lobby. I LIVE in a Hobby Lobby.

 

“Avocados de Mexico” jingle is in my head decades after stocking at Kroger. Four times an hour.

 

OMG. This is my sister-in-law, who is becoming a pioneer woman. She has 4 looms and several spinning wheels. She has taken over her living room and a bedroom with weaving stuff. Every visit, here or there, includes a stop at a fabric store. She buys freshly shorn wool and picks out the bad stuff so she can make her own yarn. Fortunately, she is quite good at making stuff.

 

Looking like another shitty day for the trump stock market. Thanks, fucking moron.