Heard at Wal-Mart – I look to Wal-mart as a barometer of how things are going in the ecoonomy – both what they are stocking and how many and what types of people are there.
With 6 checkout lanes active and not enough customers to keep 2 busy, my cashier (a probable future SEIU member and Obama supporter) was complaining to the next door cashier about all the overtime, worrying about Black Friday, how management was so stupid, and the kicker… “if anyone wants this job, come and take it”…
I’m seeing lots of signs that people are really getting the message how deep in trouble we are… doctor and dentist offices around here have been pretty empty… people are hunkering down – it reminds me of being in Michigan in 1982 when you could stand in the middle of the main street and not worry about being hit by a car.
Oh no, we have been told by our fearless leaders that it is turning around. Yeah RIIIIIGHT! The unemployment in our county in Northern California is somewhere in the neighborhood of 20%……And here in the area there are business’s CLOSED down and a few more getting ready to close…..