Everyone knew the web would affect retail, but a "retail meltdown"

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14. Thanks, me too.

Have a job interview tomorrow, a private sector job. I got screwed by the federal hiring freeze... I hav e"rehire status" but I don't think that a whole bunch of jobs in the agencies I work for will be filled this year, which sucks for thousands of seasonal workers AND the public who visit our public lands and national parks and forests. I wonder how the personnel problems at places like Yellowstone will be handled with this freeze in effect. So far, the only areas of hire are LEOs, firefighters and trail crews. No public outreach/education about what you need to know when you come here - for instance - because we have dangerous conditions here so camping in this area requires some knowledge about bears and cougars and your safety and it is usually my job to coordinate and conduct some of these programs. I'm willing to bet that there will be a spike in the number of bear/human encounters that turn out bad for tourists and the bears this summer.

So tomorrow I may get a rather decent job at a resort in the area, keeping my fingers crossed.