Saturday, February 11, 2006

Blatant Capitalism: I don't get it...

...is it the snow, or what?

I mean, we don't sell milk or bread, but the last time I jogged a gun back to gunsmithing, the lot was full, there were cars parked in all the little "non-spaces" at the end of rows, and there were like five or six cars parked on the grass.

The joint is jumpin'.

"Quick, Martha! There's a 30% chance of snow! Let's get bread and milk, then go buy a gun and get snowed in at the indoor range!"

Not that I'm complaining, mind you, just baffled.

2 comments:

Les Jones said...

Ah ha! So besides meteorologists, wheat farmers, and the American Dairy Council, we can add gun stores to the Grand Snow Lie Conspiracy. ;-)

Anonymous said...

Back when I was in the firearms industry at the retail level, we’d go into high gear any time the weather turned icy or snowy. We figured it from three primary causes:
All the construction guys had the day off,
all the outdoors-minded folks would shop rather than go out, and
everybody’s nesting instincts would be kicked into gear. For some nesting means buying eggs, milk, bread & TP. For others that means preparing to defend the nest.

On the other hand, on the first bright sunny day after a week or so of bad weather, we’d send about half the staff home. YMMV.