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How late do you shop?

12 years ago

Neighbor just left at 10 pm to go to Wal Mart. Little late for me.

With her work she travels and leaving for Miami, tomorrow.

Still late for me.

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minnie_tx
12 years ago
Any time is ok for me to go to Walmart. Whenever DS deides to go
pekemom
12 years ago
Usually before about 8pm.
WalMart is crowded Saturdays and Sundays so we try
to go during the week, between noon and 5pm. mostly.
I'm tired in the evenings...
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katmeg
12 years ago
Usually in the morning before 8:30, no lines at that time of the day!
donna_loomis
12 years ago
DH and I often do our grocery shopping after 9:00 on a weekend. Fewer people and shorter lines to contend with.
shell1989
12 years ago
My daughter and I go to Walmart after 10pm, its less crowded and the shelves are always stocked!
lazypup
12 years ago
When I lived in Ohio the grocery stores were open 24/7. I preferred to shop after midnight..Isles wide open, they were stocking the fresh meat and produce and no lines at the checkout
wildchild
12 years ago
I like to go as late as possible. Don't like crowded markets or stores. Safeway is open 24 hours. Other store closes at midnight. I shop at the Target that is open 'til 11. I just got back from seeing a play last night. Stopped at a Walmart at around midnight and then at IHOP for a chicken sandwich. Got home at 2:45. Going to bed a just a few minutes.
kayjones
12 years ago
I do my shopping very early in the morning to avoid the tourist crowd - before 8 a.m.
arcy_gw
12 years ago
I shop when I think the stores are EMPTY. If I am not home by 7:30 am from the grocery or Wally World; I got a LATE start. Crowds, standing in lines listening to checker chat with who ever, not my thing. Shopping is work, not the social event of my day.
Georgysmom
12 years ago
Generally don't go out at night, but if I was in the middle of baking something and needed an ingredient and yes, I've been known to bake that late at night if I'm having company the next day, I would run to the grocery store. Most of my neighbors are in bed by then.....couldn't ask them.
dotmom
12 years ago
Like some others, I go early. I leave home at 7 am when I go to Wamart. Then I know I can get a decent handi-cap parking spot, and a riding cart.
when I worked at a clothing store in the Mall in Butte Mt, it used to tick me off when a woman would come in 10 mn before closing time and want to try on a bunch of clothes. They would get mad when I told them I have to close the store promptly at a certain time. I thought, tough, plan ahead.
jannie
12 years ago
I always try to be home before dark, I don't like night driving. But I have gone out in emergencies to get my young daughter some Triaminic cold medicine and get hubby something for a toothache.
fran1523
12 years ago
IIf I haven't been by 5 o'clock, I'm not going.
cheryl_ok
12 years ago
If I don't go first thing in the morning, I don't go. About 7:00 am is just right
marie_ndcal
12 years ago
We don't drive much at night. But the stores are 45 minutes away and too many dangers between me and them. Deer, other critters, oil workers, trucks etc.
minnie_tx
12 years ago
Sorry this time I thought it read How Late do you sleep?
kittywhiskers
12 years ago
Glenda, I work at Wal-Mart you would be surprised the parents that come in with little kids during the school year at 10 or 11 o'clock at night on a school night. When do they expect these kids to sleep? No wonder little Johnny and Jane aren't learning anything at school they are to tired.
Kittywhiskers
ruthieg__tx
12 years ago
I'm in bed with the TV going or a book by 10 PM......I find Sunday morning a good time to shop Wal-Mart.
sheilajoyce_gw
12 years ago
I will often shop late, especially to avoid crowds.
pammyfay
12 years ago
Because of my work schedule, I'll occasionally go to CVS late at night. And one grocery chain has 24-hour stores around here, so 11:30 p.m. is not unusual for me. Though the aisles can get filled with stockboys doing their thing, and after a certain hour (either 10 or 11 p.m., can't recall), only the self-check registers are open. Hate that part. Swipe and bag your own? Give me a discount, at least!
User
12 years ago
minnie, I read the same thing and think it would be interesting to know what time people go to bed and get up.

I have been known to go to our 24/hr store at 3 am. Not often but I am a late night person. It is 2 am now and I am about to go to bed.No one in my family sleeps more than 4 or 5 hours.
azzalea
12 years ago
Unfortunately, because there are NO stores in the nearby city that's the most dangerous one in the country--very questionable characters shop at our local Wallmart during the day. For safety's sake, the rest of us--if we have to go there--try to shop when the store opens at 7AM, before it gets too dangerous.

Grocery shopping? I do either early in the morning (6AM) or late evening (after 9) to avoid crowds.

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