Revenge Spending Expected Revenge Spending Expected CAVEAT: Sadly, the Governors of the several of the Republican-controlled states have decided to prematurely lift their mask mandates and open restaurants (and bars) to 100 percent capacity. This misguided move may result in proliferating virus mutations and thus, variants. If that disease spread comes to pass, as expected, it will cause a delay in the arrival of Normal 3.0 (our Post-COVID environment), which is when we will see Revenge Spending. On Monday, I attended a meeting of the Carolinas Chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants USA. One of the featured speakers was my friend Clicksuasion's Dr. Michael Barbera. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote aÂ