Late NIght Shopping

There's a lot of people out shopping in Causeway Bay for Christmas

This evening after work I headed out to do some Christmas shopping in Causeway Bay.

I prefer shopping in the evenings because in general there are fewer people in the stores, though with Christmas less than two weeks away there were quite a lot of people with the same idea.

When I headed to Sogo department store there were fewer and fewer people the higher up the floors I went, which was a good thing. In the kids' section there were discounts, but for shops like Ferrari, Kenzo, Gucci and Paul Smith -- since when did he do kids' clothes, the prices were over HK$1,000.

Cute Paul Smith clothes for kids that I want to wear!

And Gucci even had those loafers lined with fake fur... really? At that age?

I went to one boutique for adult sportswear and was interested in buying some items when I looked at the time and it was 10.10pm.

I apologized to the saleswoman for keeping her late.

"Oh don't worry about it. We're open until 11.30pm today," she replied, explaining if Sogo wants to be open until 11.30pm, all the shops inside must stay open too.

I was shocked. "Who actually buys things at 11.30pm?" I asked incredulously.

Check out these Gucci loafers with fake fur

She replied she didn't know, but perhaps she wanted to prevent herself from complaining.

However, she did let it slip that from December 22-24 they would be open until midnight.

"Midnight!" I gasped. "Are there really people buying at that time?"

Again she and her colleague held back from giving their opinion on the matter. They had a job to do, and it was for however long they were expected to work.

So when you go shopping this holiday season, think of all the sales people who have to stand around until the wee hours to serve you. They deserve a break too.