I was in a Staples office supply store here in Eastern Iowa

[Hardrada]

(Quad Cities) and was surprised at how nearly every clerk on the floor asked me if I needed help. Usually I wonder alone and unattended in that place. Someone got a memo, I think.

[DS1]

1. Yes, that is definitive proof of an economic depression

:sarcasm:

[Hardrada]

2. Ain't that the truth, bub?

And I was only in there to cash in on some used printer cartridges. But only got got credit on future purchases.

[Smarmie Doofus]

3. *Exactly* the same experience today in Yonkers, NY. nt