This could not be further from the truth. As a word, Popable, Popup, or Popup only means the same thing as the word Squishable, but with a different spelling and a completely different meaning! The dictionary definition of Popable is: “A can full of food, such as potato chips or chocolate that will pop up to provide a snack or more.” On the other hand, Popup Shop means: “A store, location, or set of locations where snacks and similar items pop up to be eaten.”
That should give you a good idea of what a pop up shop is. Pop-up shops pop up, providing the customer with a temporary snack while they wait for other items in their shopping cart to be paid for and placed in their carts. They are very popular in many grocery stores, especially in the hot summer months when people are looking for ways to entertain themselves during long lines at the check-out counter. When people are bored, it is easy to find things to do with the hours you have on your hands, so finding a pop up shop in the area you live is an excellent idea.
Unfortunately, being a close friend of mine, I have had the pleasure of watching my mother get repeatedly pushed into a pop up shop, usually by one of her co-workers, who was looking for something to do while waiting in line. Sometimes she would refuse to go inside, stating that she was only going to buy one item and then pop the can in her mouth. After that, she would often come in without telling me until we had already walked several blocks away from the shop. It became annoying to me because every time my mother came in, there would always be at least three or four boxes of candy, nuts, or gum scattered throughout the store. She literally got overwhelmed trying to keep up with everyone
else in line.
In order to remedy the situation, my mother asked me to help her find a solution to solve the problem of too much activity in the pop up shops. I suggested she use words. Specifically, I suggested she make the pop-up window pop up with the use of the words “pop”, “close”, and “put away”. This way, it would take longer for the food to be delivered to the front of the store.specialty retail In addition, since she was ordering foods that were already in bags, it would be easier to find them without having to shove the bags down into the can (which was why she often went into the store without telling anyone).
To make sure that my mother understood how to make the pop-up window pop up with the correct sentence structure, I showed her the sentences: “I ate an apple, an hour ago”, “I am going to eat an apple, an hour ago”, and “I am going to eat an apple, an hour ago.” Once she got over the shock that the pop-up would take more than 40 minutes to work, she was able to place the order with confidence. I also found out that it helped her sanity because instead of walking around the store looking for her bag of chips, she could just put her bag in the can and go pick up her chips on her way out.
Fortunately for us, pop-up stores are coming out of retirement and are now being
operated
by robots that will pop up when you place your order. However, this isn’t an option for everyone. If you have the means to block the lines by placing items in a pantry or cabinet, you should do so. If you want to avoid the lines, you can even block out the time you are going to be in the store so that you won’t have to deal with waiting in line. Hopefully these pop-up store tips will help you get the most use out of your pop-up machines, and allow you to save some productivity space!