Not really on the subject of cell phones, but I don’t understand the whole Black Friday phenomenon. Thanksgiving should be about being with family and friends, pausing to give thanks, and a well earned rest from the normal frantic pace of life. Instead people camp out in front of Best Buy and Walmart to shop at midnight to save $50 bucks. I just don’t get it.If they were giving away free TV’s and computers I wouldn’t do that. My time is worth too much to me.
Its capitalism. If stores want to open and people want to line up like sheep I guess thats their right. But it would be nice if the holiday wasn’t so much about consumerism. Maybe after the Second American Revolution, we’ll return to a more traditional set of values.
I hope for a safe Black Friday. I can’t forget these stories of people being trampled in past years as people rush in for the bargains.
Maybe that’s part of why stores are opening at midnight or on Thanksgiving night, to avoid having a big crowd waiting for the doors to open.