Drabble by Kevin Fagan for August 24, 2024

No, they don’t.

Let’s have a chat on your halloween purchases!

Ii bought my first Christmas thing of the year today. 107 outside. But it was 70% off! Must be last year’s leftover stuff.

Your wife is no better, Ralph. Not that I disagree with your sentiment…

Not to mention Halloween and Thanksgiving.

Time seems to speed up in mid September.

Maybe she belongs to a splinter sect that celebrates Christmas on Labor Day.

Amen, brother.

I want Ralph buying candy corn in the 50-pound bag, then in a week, tell Honeybunch, “We’re out of Halloween candy!”

maybe ralph should talk to management about putting christmas stuff up for SALE before labor day

Xmas shopping should begin July 5 ….

Remember this old joke…Store clerk to man buying his partner Tampax “Your weekend’s shot. May as well cut the grass”

Good way to get fired, Ralph!

Local DG already has Halloween stuff up!

That reminds me, is Costco going to be selling the advent beer calendar again this year?

Says the guy who doesn’t have to plan in advance because his wife does it for him.

Ok, it needs to be said,“Lose some weight, Ralph. Eat healthy, Ralph. Stop being an idiot.”

Just smile and thank the customer for shopping there. No adlibing!

The reality is that if you want any of the “good” decorations or trees you have to buy them early. Otherwise when you get to the Thanksgiving to Christmas time period there is nothing left.

Some things DO need to be said, like “GO ON A DIET RALPH!!

Then he should be talking to his wife!! But, she won’t back down.

Ralph should be telling that to the Bulk Club management

I’ve had a little tabletop tree all year. Right now it’s got snowflakes and penguins. Something to get me through the heat of summer.

Halt?!? Getting a little full of yourself Ralph?

Except that Costco and such stores stock seasonal things way ahead and if you don’t buy them at that time, there won’t be any closer to the holiday.

People who say it’s too early to start thinking about Christmas always complain, once their time to start thinking about Christmas finally comes, that there’s just no way to get everything they need to do done before Christmas. That being said, I don’t disagree that it’s too early for the store to be putting to be putting out such merchandise.

Which reminds me, did you ever take your Christmas stuff down?

I would figure Ralph would never used to June rushing into Christmas this wouldn’t surprise him. Actually it annoys him.

My mom already had her Christmas shopping done when she died on a Father’s Day. She liked to plan ahead.

i once left my Christmas tree up for 9 years

Everyone knows if you see it today at one of those stores and you want it, you’d better get it. It won’t be there next week.

I’m surprised the exit isn’t larger than the entrance. Bulk takes up a lot of space, and needs a bigger pathway!

It ain’t the customer’s fault if the stores put the stuff out so early !

Since he can’t say it to his TOXIC wife without being abused…..might as well say it there.