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Part of the problem, said Julie
Chouinard. manager of Valley
River Center's The Card Cage,
is that Valentine's comes at
the very end of a long holiday
season
"Were a little burntoul
from Christmas. Chouinard
said. If there's anything to
that, it's the burnout from
Christmas
Just think of it. For most re
tailers, the Christmas season
starts in November Four
months of unabashed capital
ism is probably enough to
wear anybody down
And this year isn't even a
particularly busy Valentine s
Day. Chouinard claimed
Business started off real
good at the beginning of Feb
ruary. then leveled off consid
erably We're doing a little
less than last year. Maybe it’s
the weather. Chouinard said
Chouinard didn't have an
exact customer count of the
business her store has done
these last few weeks, but Ste
ven Brence of Mark s Hall
mark in Valley River Center
said that store is averaging
650 to 800 customers a day
Handling that volume of
people wears Brence down
How does he feel at the end
of the day?
Tired Reclusive I feel very
claustrophobic in there
narrow aisles I don't feel like
being around people for a
while I feel anti social vio
lent. Brence said. and
laughed " I start to under
stand hate crimes
If the 650 to 800 people that
greeting card salespeople like
Brence handled in a Valen
tine s Day rush were the well
behaved sort those salespeo
ple might be happier But as
Chouinard said. There are al
ways the type that want to
cause trouble
Who are these people ’
The gangs of adolescent
boys who aie loud, obnoxious
and generally rude. King
said
The guy that brings up the
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