When you go to Kroger at 6 PM on Saturday during the summer, the store is filled with people hurrying home after a day of activity. They're glowing from the sun, dressed in bathing suits and sportswear.
When you go to Kroger at 6 PM on Saturday in January, it's packed with people who can't get dates: homely, sullen, with no particular reason not to stretch shopping out into a three hour ordeal.
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