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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I suppose it's better than a million stories about either how people are rushing to buy last-minute presents or mail last-minute presents. Or how stores are considering last-minute sales to turn a mediocre shopping season into profitability.
And, how is it that stores aren't profitable? Americans spend more money on useless shit, worse even than tomato and onion salads. Yet stores somehow can't turn a profit?
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Shoplifting. And bad checks. Bad checks are unbelievable expensive to collect on. I don't know why anyone anywhere still takes checks. And employee theft. Security is expensive. And still, people will slip and fall (hi NB!).