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billege · 11-05-2003, 03:10 AM

I work at a Target distribution center, T587. We started receiving christmas trees (plastic) in late july/august. 25,000 of them for our region.

You ever see 25,000 christmas trees? They take up a lot of room.

To give you some perspective, I see everything weeks BEFORE the stores put it out. Imagine how nuts it is to see Halloween stuff in august, with christmas stuff smacking us full in the face since late september. In fact, as far as distribution goes,we are FULL throttle right now.

The reason for all this insanity is you people. Or, since you all proclaim not to like the seasons starting so early, your friends or something.

The reason we bother to ship all this shit so early, is that we sell it. So, before you go ass-first and blame the stores, please, remember one fact. Stores are in the bussiness of making moneyl. Do you really think they'd push the holidays so early if they weren't selling the merchandise? Please.

Stores make a huge percent of their money in the holidays. HUGE %! Behind christmas, saleswise, is now Halloween. That means we push what we can SELL out as soon as people buy it. If you want to bitch at someone, remember how retail works. Stores sell what people buy, so find someone and blame them.
That nut who decorates his house in November, it's his fault.

I understand totally what you're all saying, I see everything sooooo much earlier than you do. To boot, I have to LIFT all of it out of the semis.

Sad fact is, there are more than enough people to make this push profitable. So that's going to be how it happens.

11-05-2003, 03:10 AM	#37 (permalink)
billege Watcher Location: Ohio	I work at a Target distribution center, T587. We started receiving christmas trees (plastic) in late july/august. 25,000 of them for our region. You ever see 25,000 christmas trees? They take up a lot of room. To give you some perspective, I see everything weeks BEFORE the stores put it out. Imagine how nuts it is to see Halloween stuff in august, with christmas stuff smacking us full in the face since late september. In fact, as far as distribution goes,we are FULL throttle right now. The reason for all this insanity is you people. Or, since you all proclaim not to like the seasons starting so early, your friends or something. The reason we bother to ship all this shit so early, is that we sell it. So, before you go ass-first and blame the stores, please, remember one fact. Stores are in the bussiness of making moneyl. Do you really think they'd push the holidays so early if they weren't selling the merchandise? Please. Stores make a huge percent of their money in the holidays. HUGE %! Behind christmas, saleswise, is now Halloween. That means we push what we can SELL out as soon as people buy it. If you want to bitch at someone, remember how retail works. Stores sell what people buy, so find someone and blame them. That nut who decorates his house in November, it's his fault. I understand totally what you're all saying, I see everything sooooo much earlier than you do. To boot, I have to LIFT all of it out of the semis. Sad fact is, there are more than enough people to make this push profitable. So that's going to be how it happens. __________________ I can sum up the clash of religion in one sentence: "My Invisible Friend is better than your Invisible Friend." Last edited by billege; 11-05-2003 at 03:12 AM..