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Anonymous wrote: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.

Then they should close earlier. I don't want to run errands and find the store that I planned on visiting has closed early. It is not my problem.

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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.

You don’t need to try on clothes before buying them if you’re in shape. This seems like a fattie problem to me. Lose weight and you can shop online.

Amen.

Not everyone wears athleisure 24/7, dear. Some people wear actual clothing that needs to fit like it's made for working adults. Clothing with structure and real fabrics. Not just spandex with pockets for your phone.

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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.

You don’t need to try on clothes before buying them if you’re in shape. This seems like a fattie problem to me. Lose weight and you can shop online.

Anonymous wrote:Malls are full of questionable products and even more questionable people. I would go so far as to say they are the town centers of Poorville, USA where Amazon won't deliver.

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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.

Malls are full of questionable products and even more questionable people. I would go so far as to say they are the town centers of Poorville, USA where Amazon won't deliver.

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Anonymous wrote:Starbucks (not just in the mall) is doing this and they have posted revised hours on their doors. This is a nation wide issue, not a Tysons Teen issue.

Email corporate offices, that usually gets people’s attention.

Huh? Starbucks has been clear about their reduced hours, IMO they are handling it well. People need to adjust to this new normal.

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Anonymous wrote:Starbucks (not just in the mall) is doing this and they have posted revised hours on their doors. This is a nation wide issue, not a Tysons Teen issue.

Email corporate offices, that usually gets people’s attention.

Anonymous wrote:Starbucks (not just in the mall) is doing this and they have posted revised hours on their doors. This is a nation wide issue, not a Tysons Teen issue.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Then they should close earlier. I don't want to run errands and find the store that I planned on visiting has closed early. It is not my problem.