B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for October 14, 2023

Brick and mortar is succumbing to the Amazon

Did they have brick & mortar back then?

I am in support of shopping online for items that are consumable, but I really miss being able to go to stores and look at things in person, touch them, see how they really look and try on what should be checked in person.

When we loose stores we loose a lot more than we realize, so I encourage you to shop in stores, and actually buy from stores, before we have no choice but to guess what we are buying are actually like.

I try to only buy things on line that I can’t find in stores.

This past week I realized that I never got the 2023 issue of the World Almanac, which I have been collecting for the past 55 years. So I had to order it online, and got it delivered yesterday. Waited all day for the Amazon truck, then got an email saying it was delivered by USPS. Gotta give credit to my fellow workers at the post office, they’re great.

Some things is always better in brick and mortar only.

Shopping online saves time and energy. That’s why I search my local stores online to see if they have it before I get in my car. I can even order it online for pick up. But if they don’t have it then I’ll have it shipped.

Which comes in handy during late November and early December…

Actually, brick-and-mortar might get replaced by 3D printing. The only thing that click-and-order replaces is in store buying.

I usually don’t like these what used to be known as “daffynitions.” However, today’s is a good one and if I ever do an article on the change in society and economics I’ll keep it in mind.

It just made me think: Which has the larger carbon footprint, 100 people driving to local stores to shop or one electric delivery truck visiting 100 houses?

Porch-Pirate … What’s displacing click-and-order

I would prefer to go to a brick and mortar store to buy what I need, but sadly most of the ones I used to shop at are now defunct or have closed and left, eg., Sears, K-Mart, etc. There is a JC Penny’s which has a very limited selection of merchandise. We do have the ubiquitous Walmart though.

A friend of The Counts (yes, there are some) tried to order a dishwasher and refrigerator on line from Lowe’s. Site would not accept the credit card, told to call 800 number for assistance. Called, service rep to the Friend to go to the local store and order there. Refrigerator still on back order, may arrive in late October. Tru Dat… Believe it of NOT!

No issue after a couple generations……brick and mortar…….what’s that?

It’s a comic strip! Calm down

Nice. I wonder if Darwin could ever even imagine the evolution of business as we see it today. It’s way more difficult for certain city idiots to “mob rob” Amazon than Dollar General.

@David_the_CAD- I agree. Online shopping may be more convenient, but it takes the fun out of going to the mall, looking in the different stores, and occasionally striking up a conversation with someone you don’t even know.

these brokeass fools keep breaking into stores, all you’ll ever see is online shopping

“That’s the sound that Amazon simply must hear.”

Brick and Mortar stores are also closing because of crime. As consumers we lose.. from no stores and/or porch pirates.

Such a valuable book would have more value in the outhouse.

I am finding that fewer and fewer stores are carrying petite sizes any more. I don’t mind going shopping for my clothes in stores. I am actually happy to go, have a lunch or snack, walk a few miles around the mall. Years ago I could not buy petites in stores as they didn’t seem to exist. Now am I going to have to order online and hope things fit? I used to have to make everything I wore from scratch or remake everything I bought. This isn’t progress for me. Many women are 5’3" and under, and as it was, we had a limited number of stores to go to and the petite section was always way back in some dark corner with about 5-10% of the choices that they provided for average sizes. Per the stores, they are dropping petites so they can expand their plus size departments.

Absolutely Brilliant, clever, funny and great art!…

Good one! Sadly true.

Too true