The Dollar Store Dilemma

 These photos are of our Dollar General just a few blocks away. It is a really nice store. BUT...

Did you know that since 2014, there have been 49 people killed and 172 people injured at Dollar General stores.

Dollar Stores are a prime target of armed robberies because they sometimes have only a single worker manning the register, and they lack security.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited unsafe conditions at dozens of Dollar General stores in recent years. Stores are open for business with rodent infestations, rotting food, exposed electrical wires and broken toilets, according to an NBC News review of health inspection reports and interviews with more than a dozen current and former Dollar General workers.

Looking at both Dollar Tree and Dollar General over the course of five years, inspectors found boxes stacked dangerously and blocking exits, water leaking through the ceiling and causing wet floors covered in ceiling tiles, and boxes blocking fire extinguishers and electrical panels.

 All of ours always have tall stacks of boxes everywhere. They just do not hire enough staff to unpack them in a timely manner. Considering how much money they have been making, this should not be the case. Often, one employee has to do everything. But I will still be shopping at ours, just being very careful.

D G

 We happened to drive past a brand new store that I had never seen. The sign said DG Market.

Of course we had to pull into the parking lot and check it out.

After getting this peek through the big double doors, I decided to go in.

It was a largish grocery store with tons of huge freezers, and about a third of it had home goods and things.

Have you guessed by now what this store is? The DG stands for Dollar General! They are building combination grocery stores with home goods! One last look as we pull out of the parking lot. My next post will be about something very shocking about Dollar General.

Heat Wave

 We're in the middle of such a heat wave! It is to be 100 the next few days, and has been close to that for a week or so. And almost no rain. I guess most of you are dealing with the same thing, maybe even worse!

“Thank goodness it’s finally hot enough to justify my laziness.”

Sunday Sunset

 I just snapped this about three hours ago.

Through The Fence Friday

 The Hydrangeas in front of my doctor's office have been beautiful! So many, and so many beautiful colors!

These are three different colors. Pink, blue, and lavender.

This one is pink and lavender on the same bloom!

Through The Wires Wednesday

 

Girdles and wire stays should have never been invented. No man wants to hug a padded bird cage.

 Marilyn Monroe

The Fireworks

 The family came over last night and we set off fireworks. I did not serve much, just a bit of nibbles.

None of the girls are any of these cupcakes till I told them they were Barbie cupcakes.

Father & Son

The girls and their Dad

Let the fireworks begin! The grass was so dry that we set the yard on fire several times! I think this one and a few others look like the Cosmos.

Laughter is the fireworks of the soul