Black Friday may be good news for the shopping centres and the online retailers but on the market it’s the kiss of death because all of the punters are elsewhere.
In all honesty we all have an excuse for why the day is bad, it either too hot or too cold or it’s the end of the month or there’s a festival on or there’s a tube strike.
One day I am going to write a book and call it one hundred and one excuses for why I am having a bad day and may favourite chapter will be: ‘Excuses that you can only use once in your lifetime’.
My favourite excuse ever was the one I once heard while I was standing on East Street market and a trader I didn’t know sidled up to talk to me.
“How’s your day?” He asked.
“So, so” I told him, “How’s yours?” I countered already knowing what was coming.
“Quiet” he replied.
“Oh yeah”, I said, “Why do you think it’s so quiet today?”
“Well”, he said, “It’s probably because of the solar eclipse”.
I very doubt that I will ever hear that excuse again.
That’s this week’s report from Pete the market trader, the man on the street, literally.
