My wife headed out at midnight, my daughter at 3. I was out at 4:45, after 5 stores and getting all I was looking for, I was home by 7:45. [I would have been home 1 1/2 hours earlier but one store did not open until 7:30.]
No lines at any stores. I was the first customer at one store that had opened 2 hours earlier. (car parts) There were few sustomers (7 at one and 12 at the other) at the big hardware stores. Staples had the most but 15 minutes after it opened the only line was at the counter for buying the computers.
I have to say if it weren’t for people shopping at these awful hours the employees who have to be there would have a day woith their families unencummbered by the animals the public becomes at this time.
I’ve worked retail for several years now...and the public is more than demanding...rude and inconsiderate is the norm..and that every day.