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Category: Hail Retail

MMeM, S19E1 – Wrap Rage

By cubconn Posted on December 10, 2023 Posted in Hail Retail

Is it just me or does everyone get purchase regret when they try to open something up? Whether you buy something in a brick-and-mortar store on via online, the packaging for shipping or security measures is beating me down. Take …

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MMeM, S16E4 – No, there’s not

By cubconn Posted on March 23, 2020 Posted in Hail Retail, Pandemic Tagged with Malls
MMeM, S16E4 – No, there’s not

something really BIG coming from Sprint? Earlier this Winter, pre-COVID-19, err at least pre-COVID-19 North American version, I would walk on the weekends at the local mall. Yes, I was a mall walker. Now, it is closed along with everything …

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MMeM, Vol. 15 Issue 28 – Repurposing

By cubconn Posted on August 18, 2019 Posted in Hail Retail Tagged with Wait what?
MMeM, Vol. 15 Issue 28 – Repurposing

Talk about RE- pur posing! P erhaps you’ve noticed, like I have, that things are changing. Stores close, times change. It happens, and there’s really nothing anyone can do about it, but accept it and adapt. I went to Missouri …

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MMeM, Vol. 14 Issue 7 – You be the judge

By cubconn Posted on June 15, 2018 Posted in Hail Retail Tagged with eCommerce

Deal of the Century! Now, I know things like this have happened to me. The only difference here is that I have chosen to keep such hiccups to myself, mostly. In today’s online-ordering-world, this is a common trap one can …

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MMeM, Vol.13 Issue 28 – Customer unFriendly

By cubconn Posted on April 22, 2017 Posted in Hail Retail, Signage Tagged with Brick And Mortar

…way in the “North Forty” Brick and mortar stores have really been taking it on the nose lately. What with internet shopping, PayPal, eBay, Amazon and the like it’s downright tough for retail in the “real world” environment these days. …

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MMeM, Vol.13 Issue 15 – Whoops

By cubconn Posted on March 19, 2017 Posted in Hail Retail Tagged with ParkingWars

One of my favorite brother stories… There have been several weird, funny, and strange things happen at your local Wal-mart. These stores have become what malls used to be, or have supplanted them, grocery stores, and auto maintenance shops. There …

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MMeM, Vol.12 Issue 2 – You’re not alone.

By cubconn Posted on February 13, 2016 Posted in Hail Retail, Life of Dad Tagged with Valentines

…dumb-faced male shoppers Dateline, Friday, February 12th 2016, Walgreens Springfield, IL. The following is a true story. This is a description of a desperate situation and one that somehow I have managed to find myself in nearly every year. See, …

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MMeM, Vol. 10 Issue 37 – Merry way

By cubconn Posted on December 24, 2014 Posted in Hail Retail Tagged with Christmas

…be on its MERRY way. It’s so nice to see how sisterly the dog and the cat have become. They get along like two peas in a pod, sleeping together, taking turns going in and out of the “doggie” door, …

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MMeM, Vol. 10 Issue 32 – #RetailFail 3of3

By cubconn Posted on October 9, 2014 Posted in Hail Retail Tagged with #FAIL, Shopping

Eh, I’m sure it’s offset… I know that in the world today, one of the biggest problems we face is the abuse and overuse of our environment in just about every way that humans exist. Take shopping bags, be they …

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MMeM, Vol. 10 Issue 31 – #RetailFail 2of3

By cubconn Posted on September 30, 2014 Posted in Hail Retail Tagged with #FAIL, Shopping

Christmas in July a real thing here! Am I the only one who remembers when Christmas decorations in stores started going up right after Thanksgiving and then it was a BIG deal when a few places crossed that line and …

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