Ladies & Gentlemen, this was the parking lot at the Salisbury Mall at 6:30 PM last night. When I went inside to meet some friends it was a ghost town! There is absolutely NO WAY during this time of the year that ANYONE can deny that things are REALLY BAD!
Sure, there's probably lots of cars in the parking lot on weekends but where's the one hour long lines like there used to be this time of year? Money has dried up and the fools who are buying on credit will probably be relieved by yet another Bailout. However, it won't go to YOU. It will go to the Credit Card Companies financing you, like they deserve it!
Pinch those pennies people because the pictures don't lie. Make this a very small Christmas because it's about to get a whole lot worse!
I am NOT spending anything this Christmas - just a few small gifts and NOTHING else. Its too stressful to put things on a credit card. The young people out there have to understand this Christmas is just not like before. They for some reason think that the money is endless! No more!
ReplyDeleteTrue, very true. I work as a manager in the mall, and business is down, down, down. The people who are shopping are sticking to their budgets and pretty much can't be upsold. And I am seeing a lot more people (well, "a lot" seems to be a relative term now)paying cash or using debit cards. Meanwhile, my district manager badgers me about our low performance to LY from his home in Baltimore, where he can't see the mall's big, empty parking lot.
ReplyDeleteI won't be purchasing gifts this year for anyone other than my grandchildren, and I will be paying cash. (Believe me when I tell you that no one in retail management is in it for the money.)
Forgot to add: when they finally announced it's a recession, that should tell you it's really a depression. Can't go alarming the American public with the truth, you know.
ReplyDeleteI went to the mall twice yesterday trying to help the economy, NO, actually getting 1 gift for a friend. At 1:30, there was hardly anyone there. I had to return to the mall at 6:30 and it was exactly the same thing. You have to understand, I have only been to the mall probably 8 times all year and 2 were yesterday. I live only minutes away from it, but we are not spending as much money this year.
ReplyDeleteI saw this coming last year and left Salisbury in November ‘07. Now I'm living in Baltimore, making twice what I made in Salisbury and no job shortage in sight. I'm not trying to be mean but Salisbury has kept itself sheltered and unwilling to adapt to changing times.
ReplyDeleteI remember telling my old boss that new companies were going to be coming into Salisbury and start taking his work (I knew this because I interviewed with them) and he laugh like a good ole boy does and said 'that’s not going to happen'. It did.
People are hurting all across the US, but in Salisbury, you’re trapped and have no where to go. I was smart enough to buy a house close to the college so my mortgage would be covered.
The "have-nots" have been USED to living with less and getting by but the "haves" are going to lose their damn minds,especially those in construction and other trades affected by the recession.Living on a budget is old news to my family.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately things like this is what has brought this economy down even further.
ReplyDeletePeople scaring the shit out of other people.
This is not a depression, LOL
Everyone Beware! Depression is here! Don't spend a dime! Take your money and bury it behind your house because the credit card companies are coming to steal it. Hold on to it for as long as you can for when the dollar is not worth shit, you can dig it up and set it on fire to keep you from freezing to death from the changing climate. Then go pray and thank God aka the media for what has transpired.
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