I personally boycott Black Friday....I hate everything about it.
I could not agree more.
Ditto - Mrs Colonel and I refuse to participate in it; of course, we’ve been seen as contrarians before...
Colonel, USAFR
same here, I never go out on that day as the most ignorant of society seem to come out along with the worst drivers too.
—I personally boycott Black Friday....I hate everything about it.—
I love it. It is like going to Germany and joining Oktoberfest and watching guys dance in lederhosen, or going to the hula dance and feast in Hawaii. It’s a taste of local culture.
I’m strictly an observer though.
I worked retail for decades. Now that I am out of the business...I avoid Black Friday and the Week after Christmas. Hate is not a strong enough word...
Same here. I do more and more of my shopping on line.
Ditto.
Ditto.
I hate shopping and I hate crowds.
I haven't been anywhere near a store on Black Friday since I was a college kid working part-time in a department store.
That's probably what did it for me.
I went once, a few years ago, at the urging of a friend.
The experience reinforced why I don't shop on that day.
My daughter and her friends made plans to go shopping next Friday, before they knew what they were getting into.
I explained the whole “while supplies last” game, and how people act absolutely insane, buying “stuff” they plan on reselling on ebay, how rude people will treat each other, and just the general over hyped madness of the whole “sales event”.
They still plan to go, just to observe the freak show.
As to this years Internet griping complaint campaign from a few disgruntled retail workers about weird retail sales work hours...am I the only one who finds it odd?
Do these people care about the hours or conditions of the factory workers in China who produced the crap that they make a living from, by stocking shelves and tallying up sales?