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AfterChristmasItookajobintheclothesdepartmentatGraham’sforthefirstfortnightoftheJanuarysale.Ican’tsaythatIenjoyeditbutitwasanexperienceI’llneverforget.Icouldneverunderstandwhythereweresomany

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AfterChristmasItookajobintheclothesdepartmentatGraham’sforthefirstfortnightoftheJanuarysale.Ican’tsaythatIenjoyeditbutitwasanexperienceI’llneverforget.

Icouldneverunderstandwhythereweresomanythingsinthesales.NowIknowthesecret!Firstlythereisthespecialwinterstockandthestockthatpeoplebuyalltheyearround.Someofthesethingsareslightlyreduced.Secondlytherearethesummerclothestheycouldn’tselllastyear;theseareheavilyreducedtoclearthem.Thirdlytherearecheapclothesboughtinespeciallyforthesales;theseareputoutathighpricestendaysbeforethesalebeginsandthenarereducedby60%inthesale.Lastlytheybuyin“seconds”forthesaleandtheyaresoldverycheaply.

WhenIarrivedhalfanhourbeforeopeningonthefirstdayofthesaletherewasalreadyaqueuearoundthreesidesofthebuilding.

Whenthebigmomentarrivedtoopenthedoorsthesecurityguardslookinglessconfidentthanusualcameuptothemkeysinhand.Themomenttheyhadunlockedthedoorstheyhidbehindthedoorsforprotectionasthenoisycrowdchargedin.Icouldn’tbelievemyeyes;thiswasn’tshopping.Itwasabattlefield!Onepoorladycouldn’tkeepherfeetandwasknockedoverbypeoplepushingfrombehind.

Clotheswereflyinginalldirectionsaspeoplesearchedforthesizescolorsandstylestheywanted.Quarrelsbrokeout.Motherswereusingtheirsmallchildrentocrawlthroughpeople’slegsandgetholdofthingstheycouldn’tgetnearthemselves.

WithinminutesIhadhalfadozenpeoplepushingclothesundermynoseeachwantingtobethefirstserved.WherehadthefamousEnglishqueuegone?ThewholedaycontinuedlikethatbutIkeptmytemper!IwastakingmoneyhandoverfistandbegantorealizewhytwiceayearGraham’swerehappytoturntheirexpensivestoreintoabattlefieldlikethis.

Inthesalefeverpeoplewerespendingmoneylikewaterwithoutthinkingiftheyneededwhattheywerebuying.AslongasitwasabargainitwasOK.

Youwon’tbelievethisbutassoonasIgothomeIcrashedoutforfourhours.ThenIhaddinnerandwentbacktobedfearingthesoundofthealarmwhichwouldtellmetogetreadyfortheseconddayofthesale.

69.Whatkindofclothesislikelytobesoldonlyalittlecheaperaccor

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