bottom. I was a boxboy at a grocerey store in 1976 when we had to go from closing at nine to closing at ten, because Safeway, our main competitor did. WTF did that really accomplish? Safeway was doing it because we had recently been invaded by a string of Circle K convenience stores. So you could buy a pack of smokes and maybe beers up until 11 now at those places. That's what freakin' started it.
Did we really need that? All that convenience? Our married people at the store were already lucky to be home before ten to see their families. Making it an hour later was a huge difference. We all used to do our shopping Monday through Saturday and call it good before seven or so. Most people had jobs that ended before six and it worked just fine. Forget about Sunday. You were lucky to get gas anywhere on a Sunday. So plan your trip around it.
You'd think these religious "family values" types would have been protesting in the streets over businesses making their people work on Sunday! What about the "BABY JAYUSUS?" Don't we love him anymore? People need to git religion, take their kids to church and force it on all us godless heathens. Isn't that more important than beating the other guy out of a buck? Evidently not.
Now everything is 24/7. I can't deny I take advantage of that, but for me, it's going shopping at the buttcrack of dawn. If I absolutely am forced to go to our Super Wally World, that is when I will go. Just to beat the crowd. Take me back to the old days though when you had guys stocking in the isles at the store during the day. They never failed to see you and ask you if they could help you find something. If it wasn't on the shelf, the guy would move hal a stack of stuff, cut open a box and hand it to you. So what if it wasn't priced yet? Evey single checker on duty would know what the price was! We still have a store like that. Valley Foods in Lapwai, Idaho. Owned by Mr. Don Whipple. That's right, Mr. Whipple! I salute you Mr Whipple!
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