While in line at Macy’s for some holiday shopping, 54-year-old Greta Samuels said to no one in particular, “I have been coming here for years and I have never in my life seen the store this busy.”
Wow, honestly it gets pretty crowded around this time every year, but okay!
Greta reached the register after what she claimed was “forever”, she decided to let the cashier, Jackson, know just how crowded she found the place to be.
“This is madness,” says Greta. “I know it’s the holidays but my god this unbelievable.”
In an effort to be polite, Jackson responded that it probably has to do with the holiday sale Macy’s is offering right now.
“I mean, sure, but this is really something else,” says Greta. “I can’t even hear myself think. I swear this store has never looked like this, not in the 30 years I’ve been coming here.”
Sources confirm that the store does look like this in the weeks before Christmas every single year since the store’s inception in 1902, however Greta is adamant this is hitting some kind of record.
It’s not, but okay!
“We have a lot of people comment on how busy it is,” says Jackson. “It’s pretty frustrating. Just like, yeah, of course it’s busy, it’s the holidays and it’s Macy’s. Are you really that surprised?”
Still, Greta cannot get over how outrageous this store is right now.
“Maybe I should come back tomorrow,” she said, under her breath but loud enough to make a couple strangers turn to see if she was speaking to them.
Danielle Pondri, a woman waiting patiently to check out, responded.
“Oh, you don’t want to come back tomorrow. People will be doing even more last-minute shopping. It’ll be even worse than this.”
Reports confirm Greta did come back the next day and, upon seeing the slightly longer lines, declared even louder:
“HA! I have NEVER in my life seen the store this busy!”
