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Freethinker65

(9,999 posts) Mon Mar 9, 2020, 04:32 PM Mar 2020

Just got my part time retail service job hours cut

Upscale mall outside of Chicago. The mall itself was very uncrowded last week, but seemed to pick up over the weekend. We were told to immediately stop major inventory pull projects, as corporate thought the slowdown would continue.
Any other anecdotal stuff going on regionally?

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Just got my part time retail service job hours cut (Original Post) Freethinker65 Mar 2020 OP

The Natick, MA mall was like Christmas yesterday. Croney Mar 2020 #1

Remember that the US corporate meda says that the economy is booming. guillaumeb Mar 2020 #2

Croney

(4,656 posts)

1. The Natick, MA mall was like Christmas yesterday.

Reply to Freethinker65 (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 04:38 PM

Mar 2020

I'm not exaggerating. The escalators were jammed, the aisles were crowded, I gave up trying to squeeze my way into a Starbucks. I was very surprised. Nobody seemed worried about the 28 virus cases we have here so far.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

2. Remember that the US corporate meda says that the economy is booming.

Reply to Freethinker65 (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 04:55 PM

Mar 2020

Or perhaps that was the sound of the economy blowing up.

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