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Workers angry as Black Friday creeps into Thanksgiving
Nashua Telegraph ^ | 11/18/11 | Kavita Kumar

Posted on 11/18/2011 9:45:27 AM PST by Libloather

Workers angry as Black Friday creeps into Thanksgiving
By Kavita Kumar
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Friday, November 18, 2011

ST. LOUIS – Lyndsey Shaw has been on the front lines of Black Friday in years past, helping to open the Best Buy store in Brentwood, Mo., by 5 a.m.

But when Best Buy decided to follow other retailers this year in moving up its opening time to midnight on Thanksgiving, Shaw worried she would have to miss her family’s tradition of going out to see Christmas lights after their holiday dinner.

“We don’t usually get everything cleaned up and out the door until 10 p.m.,” she said.

Fortunately, her supervisor allowed her to work a Friday afternoon shift instead.

But with several other retailers, including Macy’s, Kohl’s and Target, also opening at midnight for the first time, a groundswell of protest has been brewing among people who worry that not all retail employees will be as lucky and that some will have to skip out early on family gatherings.

And moreover, critics assert, the earlier opening times are encroaching too much on a holiday that should be reserved for family – not for shopping.

(Excerpt) Read more at nashuatelegraph.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: black; friday; thanksgiving; workers
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To: dfwgator

Ditto.


61 posted on 11/18/2011 11:11:22 AM PST by jjm2111
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To: buccaneer81

capitalism, spell it with me now. What, exactly about this, do you not like?


62 posted on 11/18/2011 11:11:29 AM PST by VaRepublican (I would propagate taglines but I don't know how. But bloggers do.)
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To: Beelzebubba
Retail employees complaining about working on the most profitable day of the year is like accountants complaining about missing out on the early April flowers.

If they got commission on sales, I would see your point.

63 posted on 11/18/2011 11:12:13 AM PST by dfwgator (I stand with Herman Cain.)
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To: VaRepublican

FAMILY...spell that out and tell me why being open 18 hours starting at 6:00 AM on Black Friday isn’t enough.


64 posted on 11/18/2011 11:14:01 AM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: VaRepublican

Ya know what? nevermind. Golly gee whiz maybe all those poor retail folks should go on strike and protest their poor treatment, and then they can “take down the man”.


65 posted on 11/18/2011 11:14:11 AM PST by VaRepublican (I would propagate taglines but I don't know how. But bloggers do.)
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66 posted on 11/18/2011 11:15:15 AM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: Libloather
Black Friday is for sleeping late, eating more turkey, putting up Christmas lights, eating still more turkey and more sleep.

One of my favorite days of the year.

67 posted on 11/18/2011 11:15:23 AM PST by Drill Thrawl (The patient is too far gone to save.)
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To: VaRepublican

It’s obvious you’ve only been on one side of the counter in your life.


68 posted on 11/18/2011 11:15:31 AM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: buccaneer81

OK, fool.


69 posted on 11/18/2011 11:16:36 AM PST by VaRepublican (I would propagate taglines but I don't know how. But bloggers do.)
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To: VaRepublican

What a comeback, Jethro. That sixth grade education paid off for you.


70 posted on 11/18/2011 11:17:43 AM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: VaRepublican
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71 posted on 11/18/2011 11:18:32 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: VaRepublican

Ya know what, the more I think about it the more I remember that everything I have ever achieved was handed to me.Oh yea, I remember getting that six figure job now for whining.


72 posted on 11/18/2011 11:19:16 AM PST by VaRepublican (I would propagate taglines but I don't know how. But bloggers do.)
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To: Libloather

I have never gone shopping on Black Friday in my life. I do not expect that to ever change.

I’ve never worked retail, although I have done other poopie jobs. If retailers pay bonuses or OT or something to compensate for the madness, then the employees shouldn’t complain. But if they’re like suffer or get fired, they suck, IMO.


73 posted on 11/18/2011 11:20:43 AM PST by jjm2111
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To: oh8eleven

yes it’s true!! I am a SQUID!


74 posted on 11/18/2011 11:20:47 AM PST by VaRepublican (I would propagate taglines but I don't know how. But bloggers do.)
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To: Libloather
About 25 years ago, I used to work in retail; and had to work long holiday hours and deal with lots of humanity. For a year I worked at a bakery and had to work on Christmas day. It came with the territory.

I look for Black Friday online deals; but there is no way I'm lining up at 4:00 or 5:00 AM and risk getting trampled to get a "good deal". The day after Thanksgiving is more important to me as a day off than as a shopping day.

75 posted on 11/18/2011 11:20:57 AM PST by Sans-Culotte ( Pray for Obama- Psalm 109:8)
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To: VaRepublican

You can’t count into six figures, that’s eighth grade math, boy.


76 posted on 11/18/2011 11:21:05 AM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: buccaneer81

well ok you win I am a dumbass.


77 posted on 11/18/2011 11:23:09 AM PST by VaRepublican (I would propagate taglines but I don't know how. But bloggers do.)
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To: massgopguy

I agree. This push Christmas buying thing is going too far. People have lost the real meaning of “Christmas”.


78 posted on 11/18/2011 11:44:48 AM PST by Maryhere ("HE comes to rule the earth")
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To: PapaBear3625

People might have preferred sleeping in. I hit the bike trails Thanksgiving morning (usually reveling in cutting through the mall parking lot for the last time that year) and Tucson is a ghost town then. Other cities may be different though, we’re pretty laid back here.


79 posted on 11/18/2011 11:53:18 AM PST by discostu (How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today)
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80 posted on 11/18/2011 11:53:41 AM PST by RedMDer (Forward With Confidence!)
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