The line completely surrounded the premises, there were people from 02:00 trying to access the promotions
The promotions announced by the shopping centers of Quito caused crowd of people. This Friday, November 26, 2021, long lines were registered outside and in places that offered discounts.
In a shopping center in the north of the capital, the line surrounded the entire block.
An official of the Coral Hypermarkets tried organize people, with a megaphoneGroups of about 20 people passed, the rest waited for the order of a guard at the entrance. “Respect the distancing, there is no preferential row,” announced the official of the business premises.
José Males arrived at 06:00 and the line was already on the other side of the block, the people in front informed him that since 02:00 there were already people guarding their position. Until 11:00 he still did not enter. Males found out about the promotions on television. “Hopefully the promotions are good because they say that some products have already run out,” he emphasized.
“There are things that are two for one, Imagine the rice, you pay nine dollars and take half a quintal ”, commented María Teresa Quishpe. He also said that the other supermarkets should offer this type of promotion “more now that this economy is complicated,” he said.
The Mobile food and refreshment stalls also took advantage of the long line of people. From the shopping center they reported that they will continue with these promotions until Sunday, November 28, so they asked people to avoid crowds.
In social networks, users shared images of the premises with a large number of clients, trying to take advantage of discounts.
Precautions:
The recommendation issued by authorities and representatives of shopping centers was that avoid crowds, plan in advance the products to buy and leave with time to do the shopping.
They also advised not to go with large sums of money or ask for police protection if they do so, to avoid assaults. (I)
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