Rather than make a visit to Santa at Macy’s decided to visit a few of the discount stores to see what it was like on the night prior to the Eve of Christmas. Haven’t ever done that before. The lines are out of sight of the cashiers, they are so long. And why do people wait until what is termed ‘last minute’? Some of them only got their paychecks and need to pay cash for their purchases. The weather was rainy so every entrance was wet and the umbrellas were drizzling little wet lines up and down the aisles. I didn’t notice a lot of cheer and good will among the shoppers, rather there seemed to be stress surrounding the question, ‘will they like it’ and ‘what do we get for – fill-in-the-blank’. The cashiers appeared to be holding themselves together with a lot of bosses on top of them, making certain no one was short or snappy, – not the dress kind, but the curt kind. I was impressed by their attitude of ‘we’ll get to the end of this’. I don’t think there was any money riding on it, just their normal pay.