You:
I could make a whole day of doing either necessary shopping or just for fun shopping
Also You:
I hate the reduced store hours. I like to get in at the crack of dawn and get out. Most here are opening much later now.
So which is it? You like a whole day of shopping or you want to get in early and get out quickly??
You hate wearing a mask for a couple of hours of shopping inside, but you resent, with stated contempt, those unhelpful clerks who are standing around uncomfortable in a mask ALL DAY for your safety.
Or you simply like complaining?
There's not a lot of inventory because so many people are staying home and not going into stores, staying safe, So stores are not stocking up. There is no point in stores stocking to the top if there are few shoppers in the stores buying. They are certainly grateful for your purchases, but not making enough money yet to invest in inventory.
Merchants adjusted the store hours to leave sufficient time to bring in cleaning crews to sanitize before/after the business day. In some places, sanitizing is mandated. That protects you but adds expense to the store's obligations. If their overhead rises, their inventory has to stay low.
Many employees now there to help are new. They lost their jobs elsewhere and took whatever they could get to have income; they come into work wearing a mask all day, perhaps as uncomfortably as you, but you get to leave the store. New sales help have not yet become fully familiar with merchandise.
(How much help do you want to select and try on bras? Do you commonly try a different bra style and size each time you need to pick up a few new ones--you also expect help from a trained sales person to buy a new bra??? Ditto for shoes? What stores have help standing around to pull a shoe out of a box for you--shoe shopping has been self serve for quite a while, even in sporting goods stores? Buying sneakers is so much fashion you need a professsional to help?)
If you can get out to shop and like it enough to deal with soooo many negatives you have so preceisely identified, you should consider telling us about what you found that was worth buying! Let's hear some enthusiasm for those purchases! How many days you wait for your sore throat from mask-wearing to clear up before you venture out again?
We all want to hear something positive. Especially those of us not going out, stuck ordering online for our known sizes and brands for things like underwear and leisure shoes. Help us to appreciate how your experiences are worth trying.
So far, I'm not in envy and yet my bra drawer is newly filled and I have enough shoes for someone mostly staying at home.
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