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[mirrorshard]

For a country that's simultaneously in the middle of two wars, a pandemic, and a serious recession, most of the population are really quite relaxed. Or obsessing over something completely different, of course.

[Poll #1430133]

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[mirrorshard.livejournal.com]

Nearly all the shops I go into have a smaller and more restricted range of stock than they used to, and I know quite a lot of people who've lost their job or are in danger of it. GP's surgeries have signs up saying "If you have flu symptoms, phone us, don't come in" and newsagents' sandwich-board signs are mostly related to one of those four.

And, weirdly, Borders in Oxford Street appears to be closing down.

[robert-jones.livejournal.com]

Nearly all the shops I go into have a smaller and more restricted range of stock than they used to

Really? I haven't noticed that at all. I don't go into many shops, admittedly, but it's more than none. What sort of stock lines have been discontinued?

[mirrorshard.livejournal.com]

I've been noticing it mostly in bookshops and craft/art supplies shops - both businesses that tend to keep a large range of stock nobody needs very often. So I suspect what they've been doing is letting their inventory run down and only restocking the more popular items.

[harald387.livejournal.com]

I've heard artsy friends (both locally and in the US) discussing the same thing. The stuff they buy regularly is still stocked at their favourite stores, but esoteric stuff that they might buy on a whim is mostly gone.