A lot of them these days. Why? Because they are so short staffed and people are such assholes that it is impossible for them to be kept neat.
I remember going into a classic department store (not naming the name) and it looked like a small tornado had gone through. There was nothing I wanted to look at there, nothing.
Another reason is just overall decline in product quality. Some people have finally started to realize it is better to up the quality and the cost and not have to replace it next month. But that’s difficult in this economy.
I know it’s not everyone, even everyone here, but I take a modicum of pride in spending a bit more from someone localish. Someone who made the item with pride. or even Pride depending. And even if I am not buying it I make an effort to tell them how well done it is and even recommend to others if I can.
Okay, I got off topic, LOL. But the principal of that ‘isle’ of whatever at Marshalls or Kohls or Home Goods is the same.
We have one called m59 deals, it’s like a liquidation store without the bins (basically stuff you’d find at meh but more) but everything’s set up on shelf’s and priced. Besides that we have 2 liquidation stores within 5 miles.
@narfcake You weren’t asking for a solution, but I’m going to share my partial fix anyway. I discovered only recently; it might work for others.
I borrow from tomorrow with a dose of caffeine.
It does not give me social energy, it just loans it to me; I have to pay it back the next day (or later that afternoon/evening).
Also, it doesn’t make the people any less peopley, it just makes me feel like I have more energy to cope with it.
This …
probably only works because I’m not normally caffeinated
does not necessarily work two days in a row
depends a lot on how long I have to spend in the high-social setting.
Ocean State Job Lot up here in New England. Lots and lots of low-quality, sometimes no-name, random stuff from everywhere. Food items are especially strange, for example, all kinds of potato chips and other crunchy stuff with weird flavors and from weird places. (The 2x6 inch crispy sheets of potato from Latvia were pretty good!)
@jouest@troy I wasn’t thinking it could actually be Meh or be a Meh supplier, but yeah: weird food with weird origins and brands, women’s makeup, garden stuff (hose nozzles!), awful clothes, pool floaties, plates and cups, small appliances, holiday-themed junk, a random selection of automotive and hardware items, and empty shelves from sold-out one-time purchases (no, the shelves aren’t for sale).
A lot of them these days. Why? Because they are so short staffed and people are such assholes that it is impossible for them to be kept neat.
I remember going into a classic department store (not naming the name) and it looked like a small tornado had gone through. There was nothing I wanted to look at there, nothing.
Another reason is just overall decline in product quality. Some people have finally started to realize it is better to up the quality and the cost and not have to replace it next month. But that’s difficult in this economy.
I know it’s not everyone, even everyone here, but I take a modicum of pride in spending a bit more from someone localish. Someone who made the item with pride. or even Pride depending. And even if I am not buying it I make an effort to tell them how well done it is and even recommend to others if I can.
Okay, I got off topic, LOL. But the principal of that ‘isle’ of whatever at Marshalls or Kohls or Home Goods is the same.
@Cerridwyn but, but, but Meh employees are not assholes.
There was this one store in Texas that was pretty Meh.
That weird non food aisle in Aldi.
Ollie’s is also similar.
@fibrs86 Ollie’s is just Meh for people without interest access.
nobody mention Five Below. we aren’t speaking right now.
@jouest I came here to say just that!!!
@jouest @tinamarie1974
Why aren’t you?
@Kyeh @tinamarie1974 they know what they did
@jouest @Kyeh @tinamarie1974 But I don’t. I love me a good gruge, I just need to know what it’s about.
@jouest @tinamarie1974 @xobzoo
Yeah, me too!
@jouest @Kyeh @xobzoo AGREE
@jouest @tinamarie1974 @xobzoo
But WHY?
We have one called m59 deals, it’s like a liquidation store without the bins (basically stuff you’d find at meh but more) but everything’s set up on shelf’s and priced. Besides that we have 2 liquidation stores within 5 miles.
All of them? It too peopley.
https://shirt.woot.com/offers/people-are-exhausting-remix
@narfcake You weren’t asking for a solution, but I’m going to share my partial fix anyway. I discovered only recently; it might work for others.
I borrow from tomorrow with a dose of caffeine.
It does not give me social energy, it just loans it to me; I have to pay it back the next day (or later that afternoon/evening).
Also, it doesn’t make the people any less peopley, it just makes me feel like I have more energy to cope with it.
This …
I am not a doctor, YMMV, &c.
Ocean State Job Lot up here in New England. Lots and lots of low-quality, sometimes no-name, random stuff from everywhere. Food items are especially strange, for example, all kinds of potato chips and other crunchy stuff with weird flavors and from weird places. (The 2x6 inch crispy sheets of potato from Latvia were pretty good!)
@ItalianScallion hey @troy this feels like a field trip
@jouest @troy I wasn’t thinking it could actually be Meh or be a Meh supplier, but yeah: weird food with weird origins and brands, women’s makeup, garden stuff (hose nozzles!), awful clothes, pool floaties, plates and cups, small appliances, holiday-themed junk, a random selection of automotive and hardware items, and empty shelves from sold-out one-time purchases (no, the shelves aren’t for sale).