Many say nothing. Some greet him back, for it is just before Christmas, after all.
Many folks have a time-space continuum problem.
Even for Nick, the man who spent two years with the Ice Capades without being able to skate, the man last seen working with a bunch of Chinese bungee jumpers in skins, this assignment seems unusual. When they built the new airport some years back, they took pains to attract stores that aren't the usual airport stores with the usual airport markups, including chains that have no other stores in the Pittsburgh area, like Clinique and Mont Blanc. They call it the Airmall, and prices at places like the Tie Rack are the same as you'd pay in any other mall. For Christmas, they decided to try to boost sales with a live promotion. We're basically trying to get people who are waiting for flights, relatives, Godot, to go shopping.