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Last night two major retailers were opening at midnight for their toy sales, There were a couple of items I wanted that were less than half price each. I got there at 11:40, we were let into the mall at 11:45, and I got in front of the store to only be 4 people or so away from the door. By the time the door opened, there was a very large crowd waiting, to say the least, many with trolleys. I was standing next to one young, obviously pregnant woman.
Suck the First:
Two young girls who, at a couple of minutes to midnight, just waltz through the crowd from the side to talk to their 'friend' who happens to be standing right up the front. This seemed to annoy most people around me from the sounds of it. even more so when they heard the mutters and went "Oh, it's OK, we're not shopping, we're just here to chat." Funnily enough, no one believed that someone would rug up to go to a mall at midnight in winter just to chat with a buddy who was going to be shopping there. Funnily enough, when the door opened, they decided to rush in with their friend, presumably to keep up their conversation.
Suck the Second:
Like I said, I was next to a young pregnant woman. I talked to her for a bit, and this wasn't her normal shopping mall, but she wanted to get the midnight shopping done, and hers wasn't opening. She knew where what she wanted was, she was just worried about someone bumping her hard as she tried to get there in the rush. The said this several times. Can you guess what happened as soon as the doors opened?
If you guessed that the old hag behind her practically rammed her trolley into her back because she didn't start moving fast enough for her tastes, you'd be right.
Suck the Third:
As soon as people are inside, the front rank breaks into a shuffling jog. An employee says loud enough to be heard by everyone, "Please, no running in the store." Three young girls at the front break into a giggling run. One accidentally trips the other, and they both plow into, then through one of the displays of large boxed items in the middle of the main aisle through the store.
That held up everyone with trolleys for a bit while it was all picked up. Those on foot like myself were able to squeeze past.
End result for me, I walked past what I wanted, oblivious to their existence, to where I thought they'd be, didn't find them, got annoyed at the store for not obviously stocking advertised items, went back to find an associate to see if she could point me to where they were, and while waiting to speak to her, looked to my right and found them staring me in my face on their own big display. Got my Death Star and Millenium Falcon Star Wars Transformers for under half price, and picked up a Stealth Bumblebee for cheap as well.
I was the first through the checkout, and also the first back to the customer service desk for an exchange when I discovered Han Solo had been Try Me'd to death.
Suck the First:
Two young girls who, at a couple of minutes to midnight, just waltz through the crowd from the side to talk to their 'friend' who happens to be standing right up the front. This seemed to annoy most people around me from the sounds of it. even more so when they heard the mutters and went "Oh, it's OK, we're not shopping, we're just here to chat." Funnily enough, no one believed that someone would rug up to go to a mall at midnight in winter just to chat with a buddy who was going to be shopping there. Funnily enough, when the door opened, they decided to rush in with their friend, presumably to keep up their conversation.
Suck the Second:
Like I said, I was next to a young pregnant woman. I talked to her for a bit, and this wasn't her normal shopping mall, but she wanted to get the midnight shopping done, and hers wasn't opening. She knew where what she wanted was, she was just worried about someone bumping her hard as she tried to get there in the rush. The said this several times. Can you guess what happened as soon as the doors opened?
If you guessed that the old hag behind her practically rammed her trolley into her back because she didn't start moving fast enough for her tastes, you'd be right.
Suck the Third:
As soon as people are inside, the front rank breaks into a shuffling jog. An employee says loud enough to be heard by everyone, "Please, no running in the store." Three young girls at the front break into a giggling run. One accidentally trips the other, and they both plow into, then through one of the displays of large boxed items in the middle of the main aisle through the store.
That held up everyone with trolleys for a bit while it was all picked up. Those on foot like myself were able to squeeze past.
End result for me, I walked past what I wanted, oblivious to their existence, to where I thought they'd be, didn't find them, got annoyed at the store for not obviously stocking advertised items, went back to find an associate to see if she could point me to where they were, and while waiting to speak to her, looked to my right and found them staring me in my face on their own big display. Got my Death Star and Millenium Falcon Star Wars Transformers for under half price, and picked up a Stealth Bumblebee for cheap as well.
I was the first through the checkout, and also the first back to the customer service desk for an exchange when I discovered Han Solo had been Try Me'd to death.
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