Thread: Shopping Patterns Show When the Government Checks Come In

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Shopping Patterns Show When the Government Checks Come In

With every passing month, more and more people live paycheck to paycheck. The proof is easy to find. Just start Watching Wal-Mart at Midnight http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/09/ ... t_id=11667

[Said] Bill Simon, CEO of Wal-Mart’s U.S. business, at a Goldman Sachs conference last week, on behavior at a Walmart store around midnight at the end of a month:

“The paycheck cycle we’ve talked about before remains extreme. It is our responsibility to figure out how to sell in that environment, adjusting pack sizes, large pack at sizes the beginning of the month, small pack sizes at the end of the month. And to figure out how to deal with what is an ever-increasing amount of transactions being paid for with government assistance.

“And you need not go further than one of our stores on midnight at the end of the month. And it’s real interesting to watch, about 11 p.m., customers start to come in and shop, fill their grocery basket with basic items, baby formula, milk, bread, eggs,and continue to shop and mill about the store until midnight, when electronic — government electronic benefits cards get activated and then the checkout starts and occurs. And our sales for those first few hours on the first of the month are substantially and significantly higher.

“And if you really think about it, the only reason somebody gets out in the middle of the night and buys baby formula is that they need it, and they’ve been waiting for it. Otherwise, we are open 24 hours — come at 5 a.m., come at 7 a.m., come at 10 a.m. But if you are there at midnight, you are there for a reason.â€

People on the gubmint tit know how to work it inside and out!

It won't be Christmas underwear, Obamabinlodin cut Santie Cluas' head off last Christmas, have to settle for Season's Greeting underwear.

We'll all be lucky to even get underwear or socks (but not both together) for Christmas......

A few years back, we were struggling, but were doing ok, now it seems, although there have been two cost of living increases (no increases based on good performance, just cost of living, which is not enough), making the income one dollar more an hour (than two years ago), it just is not going as far as it could have in a better economy.

Things overall are costing more. Increases in commuting costs (public transit), increases in utility costs, gas, rents, food, sundries, you name it, everyone esle has gotten their raises (probably includes the lifetime government recipients) but those of us who work for it.

There are times I would look forward to the system to drop out beneath us and we'd all have to start fresh in this nation, trash the government the way it is and begin anew with a chance to make things better and allow us to become more prosperous by being a nation of producers instead of consumers...