I'll bet you didn't know 27 October, 2020 ...
Oct 27, 2020 05:12:51 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
The subconscious allure of a mall that keeps you shopping is called a Gruen transfer.
Oct 27, 2020 05:24:51 #
Oct 27, 2020 05:35:08 #
never saw spending money as a recreational activity, but i've seen the phenomenon and wondered if it had a name.
now i'm going to get everyone mad at me, but the little kids (thirteen year old pretending to be "kewel") and the forever thirty two year olds cruising around the mall all seemed to be spending someone elses money: their parents' or their husbands' - it all struck me as vapid and crude and transactional- -"here kid, have a wad of cash and get out of my face for half a day... your mom will drive you to the mall with their friends and you can all 'cruise around' " ... so this is how we teach our kids their value?
eeeeew..
ok - that's the tirade for the day ... it's safe to come out now
now i'm going to get everyone mad at me, but the little kids (thirteen year old pretending to be "kewel") and the forever thirty two year olds cruising around the mall all seemed to be spending someone elses money: their parents' or their husbands' - it all struck me as vapid and crude and transactional- -"here kid, have a wad of cash and get out of my face for half a day... your mom will drive you to the mall with their friends and you can all 'cruise around' " ... so this is how we teach our kids their value?
eeeeew..
ok - that's the tirade for the day ... it's safe to come out now
Oct 27, 2020 06:20:43 #
Our mall is over a mile walk for 1 inside lap, so we elderly form the "Mall-Walkers". In winter, it is the safest place to get our exercise.
Oct 27, 2020 13:25:47 #
RiJoRi
Loc: Sandy Ridge, NC
LWW wrote:
The subconscious allure of a mall that keeps you shopping is called a Gruen transfer.
Shouldn't that be a "green" transfer? :D
Way back, when I lived near malls, they would hire young ladies to take surveys. I got tired of being accosted every hundred feet or so. I finally figured out that if I tensed my muscles and scowled (not at them!) as I approached, they would find another customer to pester! ;)
Oct 27, 2020 15:05:12 #
Sounds like Ikea. They try to force you to traverse the entire store no matter if you want only one thing and have the perserverance to just buy that item.
Oct 27, 2020 15:39:01 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
RiJoRi wrote:
Shouldn't that be a "green" transfer? :D
Way back, when I lived near malls, they would hire young ladies to take surveys. I got tired of being accosted every hundred feet or so. I finally figured out that if I tensed my muscles and scowled (not at them!) as I approached, they would find another customer to pester! ;)
Way back, when I lived near malls, they would hire young ladies to take surveys. I got tired of being accosted every hundred feet or so. I finally figured out that if I tensed my muscles and scowled (not at them!) as I approached, they would find another customer to pester! ;)
Nope.
Named after Austrian architect Victor David Gruen, mastermind of the modern shopping mall.
Oct 28, 2020 12:24:56 #
LWW wrote:
The subconscious allure of a mall that keeps you shopping is called a Gruen transfer.
I don't frequent malls. I can't find my way to my car or back home.
Mark
Oct 28, 2020 13:09:00 #
MrMophoto
Loc: Rhode Island "The biggest little"
I once dated a very wealthy woman who once in a while would described herself as "bored". She then engaged in what she called "Retail therapy" basically a spending binge or more politely a shopping spree. She had closets full of clothes with all the tags still on them.
Oct 28, 2020 18:49:21 #
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