8.25.2007

Beaten Down


So I'm in Northeast Mall today and decide to go into Hollister's to get a gift certificate. As I make my way back through the darkness to the cash register, I am stunned to see a line. Not just a small line. A big line. I counted 22 people holding overpriced merchandise waiting to give the clerks their money.

I left.

What is going on?

18 comments:

mzchief said...

Jr. High students need new clothing for the new school year thus, the INSANE lines at Hollister.

Anonymous said...

School is starting back....parents giving in to helping making their kids cool.....but then again I have college kids and now Hollister seems cheap to what college kids deem cool......*sign*

Anonymous said...

Yes, dear Barry it is parent's last minute shopping for children.

Hang on sweetie, you might have that experience when you are sixty.

:-)

RPM said...

Did you look to see who was behind the register? I'm willing to bet it was a high school or college student. Finding one that will show up for work and actually work is a needle in a haystack.

On a more personal note... Barry, look at the calendar. You don't need to be shopping at Hollister.

Anonymous said...

i thought i saw you today!

Anonymous said...

How about they turn down the freakin music in that dark dungeon.

Anonymous said...

Were drugs or alcohol involved?

AnObiter said...

I had to look up what the hell "Hollister's Co." was. "Yeesh." Hope you were shopping for the nephew.

Anonymous said...

Why are you getting a gift certificate there? Did you finally get an invite to a teenage bithday party, u go Bu-Bear.

Anonymous said...

The only Hollister's I know about are the "Happy Hollisters" - Pete, Pam, Ricky, Holly and Sue, oh yeah and Officer Cal. I have all those books stored in the old St. Jo school bus back on the south 40.

TXsharon said...

What the hell is Hollister's

Anonymous said...

A long line of Conservative Republicans trying to show what a booming economy Dooby Bush has going for him.

Anonymous said...

Hey C4U or biter . Thats the only place that carries his size.

Think Frustrated said...

That's how that store always is. My nephew shops there. I don't get the whole "really dark store with spotlights" thing. I would worry I was buying crappy merch that I couldn't see.

Anonymous said...

Come on, man, nobody goes to Hollister -- I mean, Hollister's -- anymore. The lines are too long!

Anonymous said...

Barry -

In terms you can understand.

1980........ IZOD
2007........ Hollister

Anonymous said...

Barry doesn't need to buy jeans at Hollisters - his pants are already full of holes. I can't believe parent let kids buy (or wear) worn out pants full of holes for $50 a pair!

Anonymous said...

Have you ever BEEN to Hollister? It's a crap little town on the mountain between I5 and the coast, about even with Monterrey in CA. It's claim to fame, other than an overpriced clothing line, is that it's earthquake central. It has nothing but falling down old buildings, scrub oaks and HOT.