Remembering shopping in the "old" days

I remember (back in the day) when you entered a store, you were greeted with a warm welcome and provided with all the one-on-one service you required.

Nowadays, when one enters a store, you stand around waiting for service and in some cases there isn't an employee/floor staff to be found.

Even more troubling is how businesses have the audacity to whine and cry that everyone online shops.

I don't at all feel sorry for businesses going under today, because it isn't about customers anymore, it's about greed.
 

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Camper6 said:
Why do women like shopping so much?

Comparing prices. Trying everything on. Bringing stuff back.

The guys? Waiting outside to bring them home with all the sale items they claimed they saved money on.

Mind you I'm a sucker for tools. If there's a hardware store it's like candy. I could spend hours looking for stuff.
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I actually hate shopping & everything about it. I find it to be a huge PITA. If I could afford it I'd have my own personal shopper. *Grins*
 
JaniceM said:
Not me. I enjoy grocery shopping, and when family members were local I enjoyed shopping for gifts for them. Otherwise, nope.
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Otherwise? A new store opened in our area. They sell just about everything but the main section is clothes for women. I find most stores are like that. Drug stores have entire section for cosmetics. Even personal assistants.
The exception is not the rule.
 
Aunt Marg said:
I remember (back in the day) when you entered a store, you were greeted with a warm welcome and provided with all the one-on-one service you required.

Nowadays, when one enters a store, you stand around waiting for service and in some cases there isn't an employee/floor staff to be found.

Even more troubling is how businesses have the audacity to whine and cry that everyone online shops.

I don't at all feel sorry for businesses going under today, because it isn't about customers anymore, it's about greed.
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@Aunt Marg you are so right
Here in South Australia pre Covid19 I could go into a Department Store and wander around shopping
I would occasionally look up in the hope of catching the eye of the Staff who were too busy talking
amongst themselves to help one of their respective customers
I remember one time I went and stood at the counter where 2 women staffers were chatting and they
still did not break off their conversation....:mad:
I left that store and headed to another Department Store in the same complex and what a difference
The staff were nearby if help was needed but they did not pester me at all :)
 
peramangkelder said:
@Aunt Marg you are so right
Here in South Australia pre Covid19 I could go into a Department Store and wander around shopping
I would occasionally look up in the hope of catching the eye of the Staff who were too busy talking
amongst themselves to help one of their respective customers
I remember one time I went and stood at the counter where 2 women staffers were chatting and they
still did not break off their conversation....:mad:
I left that store and headed to another Department Store in the same complex and what a difference
The staff were nearby if help was needed but they did not pester me at all :)
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Good on you for leaving and finding a store deserving of your business, Peram.
 
Camper6 said:
Otherwise? A new store opened in our area. They sell just about everything but the main section is clothes for women. I find most stores are like that. Drug stores have entire section for cosmetics. Even personal assistants.
The exception is not the rule.
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There's a regional grocery store chain, and the store I usually go to has started this 'nearly everything' approach. T-shirts, scarves, etc., have been there for awhile, but now they're even selling SHOES!!! and they're not inexpensive, either.

Nope, I like shopping for groceries, gifts, and oh I almost forgot I like the local dollar store too- although I haven't been there in so long I don't even know if it's still open!!
 
JaniceM said:
There's a regional grocery store chain, and the store I usually go to has started this 'nearly everything' approach. T-shirts, scarves, etc., have been there for awhile, but now they're even selling SHOES!!! and they're not inexpensive, either.

Nope, I like shopping for groceries, gifts, and oh I almost forgot I like the local dollar store too- although I haven't been there in so long I don't even know if it's still open!!
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The dollar store near me has opened a complete electronic accessories section. Prices are good.
 
Around here, almost every town that has a population of 1,000 has a Dollar General store. Over the past couple of years, many of them have been remodeled and include a much wider array of products....and narrower aisles....than they had before. If a person just needs a couple of routine items, that is the best place to shop...and often their prices beat Walmart and Target, etc.
 
The Dollarama stores in our area are about the only dollar type store around. They carry more brand names now and always have a nice selection of cards, gift bags and party supplies so it's worth an occasional visit IMO.
 
I remember going to a "discount" store., when they were getting started. They were supposed to sell stuff really cheap. And not only that, the stores were open to 9 PM. None of the stores in town were open after 6. And the discount stores all had popcorn machines on the side when you came in. That popcorn smell was all through the store. But you had to be in KMart for the "Blue light Specials".. They would haul out this box with a blue light on a pole. When the light was flashing you could get stuff a lot cheaper. You didn't want to be in the way, when dresses went on sale.
 
I admit to enjoying shopping for groceries. This spring it wasn’t fun when seniors had 7-8 AM as our designated hour. Today at 8:30 AM it was quiet and I enjoyed meandering around looking for new products. It would be more fun if someone would pack everything away when I got home.
 
911 said:
We had a Woolworth's, W.T. Grant and a Murphy's 5 and 10-cent stores in our little nearby city, as it where. I liked eating at the lunch counter and getting my BLT or Tuna salad sandwich with a large Coke and a small sundae for dessert.

We had a People's Drug Store also. They had the very best delicious hamburgers that were soaked in tomato sauce. Anyone else have one of those?
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I worked in DC in the 60s. The building I worked in, on 16th Street, had a Peoples on the first floor and I'd always stop there and grab a coffee before going up the elevator to the floor I worked on.
 

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