Are you shopping?

Add comment October 7th, 2008

One of the signs that the financial crisis is hitting home is the number of shoppers in local stores. It seems most folks are nervous and are staying home rather than going to the mall or even to the grocery.

I get groceries at odd hours so I never notice a lack of a crowd. During yesterday’s edit board meeting, a couple of board members said they’d been the the mall and “you could have shot a cannon off in there and not hit anybody.” Another remarked that he had a similar experience at the grocery.

Have you noticed a lack of shoppers and diners? I haven’t gone out to eat in a while, but it seems there are still a lot of cars in the lots I pass.

So what’s your observation? Are people staying home to save gas and money?