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    (snip)-- Alert reader Jared F. has developed a new economic indicator that he calls "Number of Items Returned at Cash Register Because of Not Enough Money (NIRCRBNEM)." He says that while in the grocery store, "I have been noticing this former check-out girl putting items back on the shelf from nearly full baskets. I asked her if there were more of these items being returned and she said most definitely, that before it was a part time job to put the items back, but now they have someone doing it full time, with some additional part time help when it gets busy. I asked if this was a seasonal thing and she said that it had never happened before, as near as the managers can recollect, and it had them worried."

    His analysis? Inflation! He went to two other stores, and it was the same thing, as "People buy what they are used to buying, but when it comes time to pay, they are surprised at how much more money it is, and have to put some back."(snip)

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    Default Re: a new economic indicator ... the 'NIRCRBNEM'

    Wow. I've never done that at a grocery store! Sure, I've picked up a few items and thought "Holy shit!" once they were rung up, but I've never had them take anything back.

    I do, however, remember the days before I danced when I would buy things at the mall and return them so I could buy other things and return them to buy other things and return them to buy....

    Interesting article though!

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    Default Re: a new economic indicator ... the 'NIRCRBNEM'

    I think it depends on the store.

    When I worked at Walmart half my job was returning items to the shelves. Christmas time was a horror. People totally trashed the store that we would have to pick up. Then we would have to return carts and carts of items before we were allowed to go home for the night.

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