I thought the sales began the day after Halloween?
Just another example at how we’ve turned the holidays into a sham. Now you cant even enjoy Thanksgiving with your family if you work in these places because you have to be there for the Honey Boo Boos at 8:00!
“Save” it for what? I hope this isn’t referring to the economy.
The citizens’ chance to save the economy came last Tuesday. They chose to double down on an economic idiot instead of picking someone who had proven himself in the private sector.
I’ve already trimmed about $250 a MONTH from my budget and am looking to stop spending more...the federal government and the mouth breathers who cheered the re-election of the WORST Oval Office occupant to ever get a second term can take their greed for my money and shove it.
We’re living in Jimmy Carter’s third term on steroids. And I am thankful for my God, His Son Jesus Christ and salvation, His Spirit and Word...and for my loving family....I have all of those.
I’ll do my best to just “sit out” for another 2 to 4 years, and starve the Government Beast as much as possible.
Why not move it to July 4th?
It started when the economy went bad and they had to work harder to get those that will spend in the stores before anyone else. Personally I’d rather pay more then get in a line with some of these shoppers.
Years ago a now-defunct retail chain floated the idea of opening up their stores on Thanksgiving.
They floated the idea on a conference call of store managers. After the proposal they asked “so, what do you guys think of that?”
After a long silence, one store manager from Michigan piped up and said “Well G*d Dammit, you’ve gotta draw the line somewhere!”
The outcome being that he was dragged into HR and told he’d be fired if he didn’t cool it on the conference calls. And they were open for business that Thanksgiving.
*Actually we both just blindly reached the bottom shelf to see if they still had one. I grabbed the only one left first and he looked at me sadly hoping that wasn't the one I wanted. It did remind me of the Festivus episode on Seinfeld: "Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way."
Black Friday is Black Friday because it’s the day after Thanksgiving, a day a good chunk of the populace (especially the chunk with good paying jobs) has off and also lack familial obligations. The only way to move it is to move Thanksgiving, which kind of defeats the purpose.
I’m not convinced this Black Friday is going to be the boon they seem to think it’s going to be.
Twenty three million citizens out of work, aren’t going to be spending as much money as they used to.
Another ten to twenty million not making what they used to on top of that..., good luck happy faced planers.
I’m thinking this Black Friday will be pale gray at best. It may in fact be bleached out white.
I bet most grandmas are waiting in the car for the sales at midnight, though.
I’m working Thanksgiving because I’m a nurse.
I won’t shop on Thanksgiving because unless there’s a job that needs doing 24/7, people should be free to be home with their families. Maybe some people want to escape their families?
I’m not shopping Black Friday, except maybe online, because crowds and mob consumerism give me the willies.
just remember the same mob that voted in Obamaclaus will be at (insert your favorite store here) with their EBT cards all expecting (insert black friday deal here)..
We all know what they do if they don’t get what they want.
I’ll be at home.
I do retail POS support. If a register goes down on black friday I’ll fix it.... Monday.
I won’t be feeding the social disgrace known as “black friday.” I have never seen herds of people acting like rabid dogs as they do on modern day “black fridays.”
The whole dark commerical ritual has become materialistic, dehumanizing and disappointing. No joy in shopping on Black Friday. No savings if you lose your soul in the process.
Gracious sakes alive! Whatever that's supposed to mean has my head spinning.