[Buckeye McFrog]

I worked in the business for a time. When our employer (who had already filed a Chapter 11) floated a trial balloon on a conference call about opening on Thanksgiving, one store manager spoke up and said “Well, dammit, you’ve gotta draw the line somewhere!”

He got fired and we were open on Thanksgiving.

Black Friday is out of control. That incident a couple of years ago at the WalMart where an employee got trampled to death was utterly predictable.

[cableguymn]

Kmart has been open on turkey day for a few years now... hmmm..

I do my black Friday shopping on line. Tag it for in store pickup and pick it up near the end of Friday. If I can’t do this, I don’t need the item that bad.

[oh8eleven]

Black Friday is out of control.
I agree completely. The apologists will say that this is the only time the company HAS to make their profits, to which I say ... BS.
The Christmas shopping season is about six weeks long. If you can't make a profit during the other 46 weeks you're open, then you deserve to go out of business.