mamadogmamacat
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Visited the local mall Sears for the first time in eleven years yesterday. As of the fall, before the latest Sears news, it was not yet on the closure list but was curious anyway and had some time after running other errands.
Parked at the closet mall entrance as the direct into Sears door did not have more than a couple cars near it, so wondered if it was already closed. I went at about 4 pm, so expected to see some crowds in the mall. But it was virtually empty save for the hair dresser near the entrance. In Sears, there were no customers save for a couple at the Lands End, which had a closing sale. Most of the items were already picked over for the more common sizes, but I did find a nice pullover for 10 dollars. The Lands End employee at checkout told me Sears was not closing yet as far as she knew.
I wandered about a bit after that purchase, but there was nothing of interest and no big sales yet, and the escalator up (only two floors at this store) was broken and no employee in sight to tell me where the elevator was, assuming it was working. As i was heading for the exit, i did see a very pregnant and very young employee, who was clearly pleased to see me with a bag, until I got closer and she saw it was Lands End.
Felt bad for her. Hopefully she will have coverage via COBRA or ACA if the store closes prior to the birth. Really not sure its worth it to return once the store is closing. Sad, but Sears really no longer has much of interest for me, i guess that was true of so many consumers for so long that this end was inevitable.
What was interesting is that of the somewhat larger number of shoppers who were in the mall when I left at about 4:30 pm, all were at least 20 yrs younger than me, and most were just wandering and socializing. i saw almost none in any of the stores.
Parked at the closet mall entrance as the direct into Sears door did not have more than a couple cars near it, so wondered if it was already closed. I went at about 4 pm, so expected to see some crowds in the mall. But it was virtually empty save for the hair dresser near the entrance. In Sears, there were no customers save for a couple at the Lands End, which had a closing sale. Most of the items were already picked over for the more common sizes, but I did find a nice pullover for 10 dollars. The Lands End employee at checkout told me Sears was not closing yet as far as she knew.
I wandered about a bit after that purchase, but there was nothing of interest and no big sales yet, and the escalator up (only two floors at this store) was broken and no employee in sight to tell me where the elevator was, assuming it was working. As i was heading for the exit, i did see a very pregnant and very young employee, who was clearly pleased to see me with a bag, until I got closer and she saw it was Lands End.
Felt bad for her. Hopefully she will have coverage via COBRA or ACA if the store closes prior to the birth. Really not sure its worth it to return once the store is closing. Sad, but Sears really no longer has much of interest for me, i guess that was true of so many consumers for so long that this end was inevitable.
What was interesting is that of the somewhat larger number of shoppers who were in the mall when I left at about 4:30 pm, all were at least 20 yrs younger than me, and most were just wandering and socializing. i saw almost none in any of the stores.