Teenagers/College kids closing Tysons Corner Center stores 30-60 minutes early on Fri-Sat nights?

[Anonymous]

I understand the age demographic in question may have personal/social events to attend on Friday and Saturday nights.

Can the stores receive a fine from mall management for not honoring mall hours?

[Anonymous]

Good lord find some real problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I understand the age demographic in question may have personal/social events to attend on Friday and Saturday nights.

Can the stores receive a fine from mall management for not honoring mall hours?

No. In case you haven’t noticed there is a labor shortage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I understand the age demographic in question may have personal/social events to attend on Friday and Saturday nights.

Can the stores receive a fine from mall management for not honoring mall hours?

They used to. It was part of the lease. Given the lack of staffing and stores that keep vacating Tysons, the management company probably isn’t enforcing the fines.

[Anonymous]

The shooting there caused a drop in business. People are afraid of that kind of trouble.

[Anonymous]

I used to work retail at a mall and there were huge fines for not being open mall hours. Covid seemed to change that, so it wouldn’t surprise me at all to find stores closing early now.

[Anonymous]

My mind does not jump first to kids (who are working those jobs because they need money) wanting to go party. There are lots of possibilities:

*The manager had to leave for one reason or another and none of the minors left behind are trained in store closing procedures
*They did not have enough staff to stay open because someone is out sick
*They never get traffic after 8:00 so the district manager approved closing early
*Some other eventuality that caused an early closing.

I walked past Morphe in the middle of a Saturday one weekend and it was closed. Things happen, and unless it's a pattern (and one that disrupts your life in some way), I'd let it go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to work retail at a mall and there were huge fines for not being open mall hours. Covid seemed to change that, so it wouldn’t surprise me at all to find stores closing early now.

So does that mean GEN Z can close 2 hours early and hit their safe spaces cuddle party scenes in NOVA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The shooting there caused a drop in business. People are afraid of that kind of trouble.

I knew the metrorail station would eventually bring in trouble makers.

[Anonymous]

There's work to do after closing the doors to customers, like tidying and restocking. I have noticed a lot of stores now start that work 30 minutes prior so they can actually walk out at closing time; they do not want to be ringing up a line of people at closing time, they want to be gone.

It's not just mall stores or those with teen employees.

[Anonymous]

I’m glad someone posted about this because it’s a peeve. I keep encountering stores that usually close at 7 or 8 closing 30-60 minutes early in a regular basis. If I’m trying to shop after work and on the night when my kids don’t have an activity or I don’t have evening work commitments, it can be almost impossible or take weeks of hit-or-miss attempts. There are plenty of things that aren’t easily ordered online or offer free in-store returns but expensive return shipping. I miss the pre-Covid hours.

We were recently in a part of Asia with a huge mall culture and stores were open until 9:30-10:00 pm even on weekend nights. It was more convenient to go to *another continent* for my usual cosmetics stock-up and the kids’ back-to-school shopping than to go to my walkable-from-home, massive outdoor shopping center in the US.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m glad someone posted about this because it’s a peeve. I keep encountering stores that usually close at 7 or 8 closing 30-60 minutes early in a regular basis. If I’m trying to shop after work and on the night when my kids don’t have an activity or I don’t have evening work commitments, it can be almost impossible or take weeks of hit-or-miss attempts. There are plenty of things that aren’t easily ordered online or offer free in-store returns but expensive return shipping. I miss the pre-Covid hours.

We were recently in a part of Asia with a huge mall culture and stores were open until 9:30-10:00 pm even on weekend nights. It was more convenient to go to *another continent* for my usual cosmetics stock-up and the kids’ back-to-school shopping than to go to my walkable-from-home, massive outdoor shopping center in the US.

There’s a lot of drama in this post.

[Anonymous]

Oh, DCUM. Never change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m glad someone posted about this because it’s a peeve. I keep encountering stores that usually close at 7 or 8 closing 30-60 minutes early in a regular basis. If I’m trying to shop after work and on the night when my kids don’t have an activity or I don’t have evening work commitments, it can be almost impossible or take weeks of hit-or-miss attempts. There are plenty of things that aren’t easily ordered online or offer free in-store returns but expensive return shipping. I miss the pre-Covid hours.

We were recently in a part of Asia with a huge mall culture and stores were open until 9:30-10:00 pm even on weekend nights. It was more convenient to go to *another continent* for my usual cosmetics stock-up and the kids’ back-to-school shopping than to go to my walkable-from-home, massive outdoor shopping center in the US.

There’s a lot of drama in this post.

Seriously. If only poor, pitiful, put-upon PP had access to this magical place called The Internet, where shopping is open 24/7.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m glad someone posted about this because it’s a peeve. I keep encountering stores that usually close at 7 or 8 closing 30-60 minutes early in a regular basis. If I’m trying to shop after work and on the night when my kids don’t have an activity or I don’t have evening work commitments, it can be almost impossible or take weeks of hit-or-miss attempts. There are plenty of things that aren’t easily ordered online or offer free in-store returns but expensive return shipping. I miss the pre-Covid hours.

We were recently in a part of Asia with a huge mall culture and stores were open until 9:30-10:00 pm even on weekend nights. It was more convenient to go to *another continent* for my usual cosmetics stock-up and the kids’ back-to-school shopping than to go to my walkable-from-home, massive outdoor shopping center in the US.

There’s a lot of drama in this post.

Seriously. If only poor, pitiful, put-upon PP had access to this magical place called The Internet, where shopping is open 24/7.

You cannot try clothes on online.