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| - The one thing I always think when I walk by this shoppers is ... WOW I FEEL SO BAD FOR THE SECURITY GUARD HERE. I don't know what kind of shenanigans happened around here for the guard to be hired, but the guard always looks full of no and lifted away from any emotion.
The shoppers is ok in my opinion because it's 24/7! I enjoy dropping by for a quick essential when I'm in the area at a late hour, possibly coming from nak won or yuzu (hashi) izakaya. Shoppers is always more expensive than any competitors, so usually the only non-necessities I'll buy (makeup, nails etc) is when they go on sale- and that's the only time shoppers is cheaper than other places. After midnight, line ups are not horrendous, although it is a lot slower than most shoppers.. maybe they train their workers here in slow-mo.
I remember once we stopped here to grab some instant noodles before heading to our hotel downtown for a fun evening. (One more good thing about this location: SUPER close to finch station) My friend and I paid for our instant noodles after waiting in line for about 10 minutes. We already thought this was pretty bad... we were about to grow grey hairs from waiting. Our other friend was in the postal line and we thought she would've been done by then- we weaved around the aisles to find her, only to see a line of over 20 people waiting for postal services. THERE WAS 1 SLOW GUY WORKING THERE. ARE YOU JOKING? We waited in the postal line with our other friend for another half hour, putting us behind schedule to reach our party downtown. Shoppers, you need to hire more people unless you want people to start dying in your lines! The guy working at postal services was clearly 100% done with his day and the way he interacted with customers reflected it.
There's parking behind shoppers for customers with 1hr max, I believe. That parking lot is weird though.. only half are designated for free and the other half are paid- make sure the spot you park in front of has a 'Shoppers parking' sign. (Life hack: I park here sometimes when I go eat at the restaurants along the same strip - as long as you're back within a reasonable time, they can't tell!)
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