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	<title>Comments on: Sit back, relax and don&#039;t shop</title>
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		<title>By: Knud Sandb&#230;k Nielsen</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/sit-back-relax-and-dont-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-205108</link>
		<dc:creator>Knud Sandb&#230;k Nielsen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A new way of shopping? Why not.
We do need a change, and perhaps this one...

Still..

Shopping... What a way to go.
Express your innermost love and highest potential
by the dollar. I. e. your hard earned pay.

What happened to existence as such?
Did we all miss that?
Are we too busy living up to standards set by our parents?
Do we create a nice world for each other
or for the same reason people speculate against the dollar - ?

Sorry, just wondering.
Shopping should be the least of our worries!
Why is it so important for us all?
Who is it, that wants this developement?

It may be a very positive experience to shop
in an environment such as the one described,
but what about the full impact of our everyday actions combined?

What about the ramifications of our life style?
What are we really doing to the world and eachother?
Isn&#039;t it important, what comes out of our way of life?
Doesn&#039;t it in fact  mean everything to the generations to come?
Are we shopping delirious?
What the shopping shell is the matter with us?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A new way of shopping? Why not.<br />
We do need a change, and perhaps this one&#8230;</p>
<p>Still..</p>
<p>Shopping&#8230; What a way to go.<br />
Express your innermost love and highest potential<br />
by the dollar. I. e. your hard earned pay.</p>
<p>What happened to existence as such?<br />
Did we all miss that?<br />
Are we too busy living up to standards set by our parents?<br />
Do we create a nice world for each other<br />
or for the same reason people speculate against the dollar &#8211; ?</p>
<p>Sorry, just wondering.<br />
Shopping should be the least of our worries!<br />
Why is it so important for us all?<br />
Who is it, that wants this developement?</p>
<p>It may be a very positive experience to shop<br />
in an environment such as the one described,<br />
but what about the full impact of our everyday actions combined?</p>
<p>What about the ramifications of our life style?<br />
What are we really doing to the world and eachother?<br />
Isn&#039;t it important, what comes out of our way of life?<br />
Doesn&#039;t it in fact  mean everything to the generations to come?<br />
Are we shopping delirious?<br />
What the shopping shell is the matter with us?</p>
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		<title>By: Andre</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/sit-back-relax-and-dont-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-205107</link>
		<dc:creator>Andre</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Interpretation doesn&#039;t really matter. What does matter is whether you make them behave our if you help them behave.

I don&#039;t think there&#039;s a single parent out there who deliberately make their children disruptive. A lot of them are well aware of the sneering attitude people like you have towards them and their children. A lot of them are self-conscious about it, adding pressure to their already troublesome situation. A lot of them misguidedly stress more about &quot;controlling&quot;(as you put it) their children, which ends up exacerbating the situation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interpretation doesn&#039;t really matter. What does matter is whether you make them behave our if you help them behave.</p>
<p>I don&#039;t think there&#039;s a single parent out there who deliberately make their children disruptive. A lot of them are well aware of the sneering attitude people like you have towards them and their children. A lot of them are self-conscious about it, adding pressure to their already troublesome situation. A lot of them misguidedly stress more about &quot;controlling&quot;(as you put it) their children, which ends up exacerbating the situation.</p>
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		<title>By: JimD</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/sit-back-relax-and-dont-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-205106</link>
		<dc:creator>JimD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is a world of difference between &quot;behaving like royalty&quot; and just plain behaving.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is a world of difference between &quot;behaving like royalty&quot; and just plain behaving.</p>
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		<title>By: SeanStok</title>
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		<dc:creator>SeanStok</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Or, there&#039;s always the possiblity that I&#039;ve been having a little fun here, and that my children are in fact quite well behaved.  But it is true I&#039;m generally delinquent.  For example, I keep imagining that you talk like Sam the Eagle from the Muppet Show, and cannot stop giggling as a result.

As for kids annoying others, I find it true that kids are generally like farts, in that we can only tolerate our own.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Or, there&#039;s always the possiblity that I&#039;ve been having a little fun here, and that my children are in fact quite well behaved.  But it is true I&#039;m generally delinquent.  For example, I keep imagining that you talk like Sam the Eagle from the Muppet Show, and cannot stop giggling as a result.</p>
<p>As for kids annoying others, I find it true that kids are generally like farts, in that we can only tolerate our own.</p>
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		<title>By: Andre</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/sit-back-relax-and-dont-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-205104</link>
		<dc:creator>Andre</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I always thought that if people enjoyed shopping more then they would worry more about quality than quantity. They&#039;d spend the same amount of money as before but on less items. Improving the retail experience seems like a very adequate first step.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I always thought that if people enjoyed shopping more then they would worry more about quality than quantity. They&#039;d spend the same amount of money as before but on less items. Improving the retail experience seems like a very adequate first step.</p>
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		<title>By: Andre</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/sit-back-relax-and-dont-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-205103</link>
		<dc:creator>Andre</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Boy if you don&#039;t have children of your own then that&#039;s one comment blowing hot and wide out of your posterior. If you do have children of your own and you do manage to make then behave like royalty by &quot;controlling&quot; them, then you&#039;re in for a huge surprise when they hit puberty.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Boy if you don&#039;t have children of your own then that&#039;s one comment blowing hot and wide out of your posterior. If you do have children of your own and you do manage to make then behave like royalty by &quot;controlling&quot; them, then you&#039;re in for a huge surprise when they hit puberty.</p>
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		<title>By: prettyproject</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/sit-back-relax-and-dont-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-205102</link>
		<dc:creator>prettyproject</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Love the concept! :)

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theprettyproject.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.theprettyproject.com&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Love the concept! :)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theprettyproject.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.theprettyproject.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Jules</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/sit-back-relax-and-dont-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-205101</link>
		<dc:creator>Jules</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I guess it&#039;s just as simple as asking yourself what kind of shop you&#039;d personally like to spend your time, and your family&#039;s time in.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess it&#8217;s just as simple as asking yourself what kind of shop you&#8217;d personally like to spend your time, and your family&#8217;s time in.</p>
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		<title>By: JimD</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/sit-back-relax-and-dont-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-205100</link>
		<dc:creator>JimD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well at least you&#039;re proud of your delinquence.  I don&#039;t know why so many people think a) children are uncontrolable, b) they can&#039;t do anything about it, and c) that its actually at all humourous.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well at least you&#039;re proud of your delinquence.  I don&#039;t know why so many people think a) children are uncontrolable, b) they can&#039;t do anything about it, and c) that its actually at all humourous.</p>
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		<title>By: Salman Latif</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/sit-back-relax-and-dont-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-205099</link>
		<dc:creator>Salman Latif</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow. I love the concept. It is indeed indulging in the fast-moving world of timelessness. ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow. I love the concept. It is indeed indulging in the fast-moving world of timelessness. ;)</p>
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		<title>By: Maria</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/sit-back-relax-and-dont-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-205098</link>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What?</p>
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		<title>By: Brooke Paxton</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/sit-back-relax-and-dont-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-205097</link>
		<dc:creator>Brooke Paxton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is definitely an interesting way of changing up how businesses appeal to customers and potential customers. They should have started this type of catering to customers years ago.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is definitely an interesting way of changing up how businesses appeal to customers and potential customers. They should have started this type of catering to customers years ago.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/sit-back-relax-and-dont-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-205096</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>sometimes you get away from human interaction just to go back to it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>sometimes you get away from human interaction just to go back to it.</p>
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		<title>By: SallyK</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/sit-back-relax-and-dont-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-205095</link>
		<dc:creator>SallyK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love &quot;not shopping&quot;, in fact, it&#039;s all I can afford right now!  North Coast Muse @ &lt;a href=&quot;http://sally1029.wordpress.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://sally1029.wordpress.com&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love &quot;not shopping&quot;, in fact, it&#039;s all I can afford right now!  North Coast Muse @ <a href="http://sally1029.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://sally1029.wordpress.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: David Hennessey</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/sit-back-relax-and-dont-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-205094</link>
		<dc:creator>David Hennessey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is great to see a more &#039;customer centered&#039; approach to sales and service. Who would not want to go to a store where they feel more comfortable and more welcomed?
My work revolves around successful stress management and customer service. In essense I am all for this idea
David
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.TheWonderTechnique.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;www.TheWonderTechnique.com&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is great to see a more &#039;customer centered&#039; approach to sales and service. Who would not want to go to a store where they feel more comfortable and more welcomed?<br />
My work revolves around successful stress management and customer service. In essense I am all for this idea<br />
David<br />
<a href="http://www.TheWonderTechnique.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.TheWonderTechnique.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Knud Sandb&#230;k Nielsen</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/sit-back-relax-and-dont-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-205093</link>
		<dc:creator>Knud Sandb&#230;k Nielsen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wonder, who exactly is saving all the time, that all these time saving machines are saving?
I believe, there are a few billionaires, who have actually figured it out, and are taking i easy.
Most of them - and all the rest of us - are running ever faster.

And since shopping is only entertaining for those with the proper training, why not just forget all about it.
It will put everyone out of work, who isn&#039;t DOING SOMETHING NECESSARY,
but it&#039;ll sure give us time to think about how the world and its people are really doing.

As long as we&#039;re just producing and consuming, we&#039;re a part of the problem,
much rather than the solution. But if we start thinking, we WILL make a difference to the better.
And at the same time annoy both the economic elite AND tre religious leaders,
who are all messing with our minds.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wonder, who exactly is saving all the time, that all these time saving machines are saving?<br />
I believe, there are a few billionaires, who have actually figured it out, and are taking i easy.<br />
Most of them &#8211; and all the rest of us &#8211; are running ever faster.</p>
<p>And since shopping is only entertaining for those with the proper training, why not just forget all about it.<br />
It will put everyone out of work, who isn&#039;t DOING SOMETHING NECESSARY,<br />
but it&#039;ll sure give us time to think about how the world and its people are really doing.</p>
<p>As long as we&#039;re just producing and consuming, we&#039;re a part of the problem,<br />
much rather than the solution. But if we start thinking, we WILL make a difference to the better.<br />
And at the same time annoy both the economic elite AND tre religious leaders,<br />
who are all messing with our minds.</p>
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		<title>By: Ashley</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/sit-back-relax-and-dont-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-205092</link>
		<dc:creator>Ashley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I never really took the time to notice it before but it is totally true.
I work for a bank and we have a seating area with a customer use phone coffee, water and usually some kind of treat they can snack on.
Interesting concept.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I never really took the time to notice it before but it is totally true.<br />
I work for a bank and we have a seating area with a customer use phone coffee, water and usually some kind of treat they can snack on.<br />
Interesting concept.</p>
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		<title>By: BigLittleWolf</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/sit-back-relax-and-dont-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-205091</link>
		<dc:creator>BigLittleWolf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Interesting article, and it makes sense, though a surprise if indeed this is spreading into so many sectors that typically don&#039;t want you around other than to buy and get out.

What is described is something that book stores have practiced for some time. Making consumers (or potential consumers) comfortable, encouraging them to stay awhile. Now, these same locations serve as alternate workplaces (with or without pay) for the unemployed and underemployed and looking-for-employment, who still may purchase a book or two. Or at the very least, make the establishment appear to be thriving.

Perhaps just the human antidote to recessionary angst that we need. And maybe not so bad for business, either.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting article, and it makes sense, though a surprise if indeed this is spreading into so many sectors that typically don&#039;t want you around other than to buy and get out.</p>
<p>What is described is something that book stores have practiced for some time. Making consumers (or potential consumers) comfortable, encouraging them to stay awhile. Now, these same locations serve as alternate workplaces (with or without pay) for the unemployed and underemployed and looking-for-employment, who still may purchase a book or two. Or at the very least, make the establishment appear to be thriving.</p>
<p>Perhaps just the human antidote to recessionary angst that we need. And maybe not so bad for business, either.</p>
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		<title>By: SeanStok</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/sit-back-relax-and-dont-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-205090</link>
		<dc:creator>SeanStok</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Three boys, ten and under.  We find we can only trick babysitters into taking the job once.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Three boys, ten and under.  We find we can only trick babysitters into taking the job once.</p>
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		<title>By: Sophia Geffros</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/sit-back-relax-and-dont-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-205089</link>
		<dc:creator>Sophia Geffros</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Parenting takes money out of the hands of innocent high school girls who would otherwise be being terrorized by a succession of children under ten. :p</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Parenting takes money out of the hands of innocent high school girls who would otherwise be being terrorized by a succession of children under ten. :p</p>
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		<title>By: SeanStok</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/12/sit-back-relax-and-dont-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-205088</link>
		<dc:creator>SeanStok</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>But that would rob me of parenting&#039;s greatest joy:  annonying the hell outta folks like you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>But that would rob me of parenting&#039;s greatest joy:  annonying the hell outta folks like you.</p>
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		<title>By: SteveWBCanada</title>
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		<dc:creator>SteveWBCanada</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Encouraging children? Can&#039;t people leave their screaming, whining brats at home? This will make shopping even more ghastly than it already is.</description>
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