I'm embarrassed to admit that I did not realise right away that the $ sign was clickable, and couldn't work out why everyone was loitering outside the shops once they were done before eventually disappearing! Once I re-read the instructions I ended up having a great time playing! I was really impressed by the upgrade system, which I did not expect at all, and I could picture myself getting super addicted to this if it became one of those frenetic fast clicking trying-to-stay-ahead-of-the-curve type games <3 Sadly, I did end up getting some sort of issue where folks would refuse to leave the queue to get in and couldn 't figure out how to overcome it :( But on the whole, this was fun to play! 
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That came up a few times in testing and I don't know what in the world is causing it!!! I think there's TWO issues at play, one where the shops are getting stuck and one where the queue is getting stuck, but neither of them have traceable causes... it's quite puzzling.
Thank you so much for playing!! The game that inspired it is linked in the description if you would like to play a very similar game that works better lol