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Originally Posted by issybird
I drove by the malls last night on my way home from Thanksgiving and I was appalled; the parking lots were at capacity. Way to ruin what used to be a nice holiday. And I blame the shoppers more than the retailers; if people stayed home, the stores would stay closed. There's no reason why all that commerce couldn't start at a reasonable hour today instead of taking over a holiday.
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OMG, we went out to Chinese. It is behind the mall. The only 5 things opened there were Penney's, Furrs,(restaurant), Golden Corral, movie theater and Buffet King. Penney's lot was jam packed by all three of their outside doors. Furrs had people lined up around the inside perimeter of that section of the mall. Golden Corral (separate building) had people lined up in the parking lot. (This was at 2 in the afternoon. ) Buffet King and the movie theater were not bad. We didn't drive by the big cinema. Oh I forgot the TV station had cars.
The mall proper was closed.
Now one grocery store was open from 6 am to 2pm. It was packed when we drove by around 11.
Big Lots didn't hardly have a person, but their sale wasn't that great. Also they are not in the big shopping district.
Oh and Whataburger was slammed.