In the news

Probably should be in the Epic Fail thread:
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/Public-sector-workers-use-tele-3918178442.html?x=0

If you are in the 99% and don't want to be worse off - STOP SPENDING ALL YOUR MONEY.

As Bill Gates explained to Homer Simpson, "I didn't get rich by writing checks, Homer."

And yes, I know how to spell cheques and yes I know the original source of that article is the Torygraph.

Pretty sure they would have just gone out at the weekend and bought the same things, so it probably didn't make much difference. In fact, the reason they did it then was probably because it was better value - no parking fees, shorter queues than the weekend, less fuel burnt sitting in stationary traffic.

So really, they were being economically quite clever. Of course, they'll look pretty stupid if the retailers all end up discounting heavily before Christmas as panic about poor sales takes hold.