Maybe we can combine future Presidential primaries with Black Friday.

Can we keep bringing pepper spray to ward off other shoppers?

SilentStrider: don't look at me. the only times I left the house today was when I was taking the dogs out.

I only hit Half-Priced Books and only because I needed a book for my paper.

pwhp_67: Can we keep bringing pepper spray 'It's a Food Product, Essentially' to ward off other shoppers?

FTFY

RCraig: What I wonder about is how many young kids are left at home alone asleep while the greedy parents go out at midnight to spend money. Family values are going to crap and it is caused by what???

George Barack Hussein Walker Obama Bush

I WILL MAKE YOU A DEAL, AMERICA:

Get rid of DST (or make DST all year long), and you can have your precious "Black Friday" during any hours you choose... I won't stop you.
Do we have a deal?

RCraig: What I wonder about is how many young kids are left at home alone asleep while the greedy parents go out at midnight to spend money. Family values are going to crap and it is caused by what???

Lupus.

/didn't go
//don't plan on going next year either
///my waitress friend at the all-night diner REALLY loves Black Friday though

FirstNationalBastard: WorldCitizen: So, basically, no one who works retail is going to be able to have a Thanksgiving with friends and family so that some Americans can have the ability to fall for mass marketing gimmicks?

You want to make money, or to gorge yourself with people you can barely tolerate the other 364 days of the year?

All this "THINK OF THE FAMILIES" crap is as bad as "THINK OF TEH CHILDREN".

Really. You think the people in retail don't want to have a day off to spend time with people who care for them, but rather they want to be up late dealing with a ravenous horde?

I went to Target and, despite quite a long line to get in, getting out took less than 10 minutes. They had their shiat together. The woefully unprepared Best Buy across the street, however, had lines extending around the entire store from midnight to at least 3 A.M.

Black Friday is a terrible day to shop. However, I will say that meeting new people while waiting in line is one of the nicer aspects. Bring a group of friends and it makes for a fun night out.

VvonderJesus: I went to Target and, despite quite a long line to get in, getting out took less than 10 minutes. They had their shiat together. The woefully unprepared Best Buy across the street, however, had lines extending around the entire store from midnight to at least 3 A.M.

Black Friday is a terrible day to shop. However, I will say that meeting new people while waiting in line is one of the nicer aspects. Bring a group of friends and it makes for a fun night out.


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I'm thinkin' it won't be too awful long before we have "Black November" eventually leading to "Black October," etc., until the entire calendar year becomes black and bleak.

VvonderJesus: I went to Target and, despite quite a long line to get in, getting out took less than 10 minutes. They had their shiat together. The woefully unprepared Best Buy across the street, however, had lines extending around the entire store from midnight to at least 3 A.M.

Black Friday is a terrible day to shop. However, I will say that meeting new people while waiting in line is one of the nicer aspects. Bring a group of friends and it makes for a fun night out.

Years ago I worked at Target, did two black fridays. I was pretty impressed with how smooth they went in general. One employee stationed to exclusively cover one or two aisles in the store, when the doors first opened the customers had to stay behind one of the employees that acted as a pace-car as they were lead back to the electronics department. Management was pretty on the ball (and treated us decently, breakroom was catered with free food all day).

While I'm glad I don't have to do that anymore, looking back I actually enjoyed it.

If a retailer thinks they'll turn a profit by being open on a holiday, they'll do it. The reason why most retailers aren't actually opening on Thanksgiving (and are instead opening at or after midnight) is that they'd rather not give their employees holiday pay. As more and more people are forsaking Thanksgiving (or eating earlier) in favor of bumrushing retail stores, however, this trend is changing as the profits from the Thanksgiving shoppers is making it worthwhile to be open.

Cytokine Storm: Years ago I worked at Target, did two black fridays. I was pretty impressed with how smooth they went in general. One employee stationed to exclusively cover one or two aisles in the store, when the doors first opened the customers guests had to stay behind one of the employees that acted as a pace-car as they were lead back to the electronics department. Management was pretty on the ball (and treated us decently, breakroom was catered with free food all day).

While I'm glad I don't have to do that anymore, looking back I actually enjoyed it.

FTFM

/Can I help you find something?

Midnight makes a LOT more sense than 4 in the morning. That's like the worst hour for any store to be operating. They should open at midnight, then close again a 2am, then open at 6am or a reasonable hour. They'll make more money and won't need to have people camping out.

I went to black friday for the first time ever this year. It was actually pretty fun. And now I have a 3DS.

FirstNationalBastard: What's preventing them from spending time with family on the days they already have off? Do they need another "special" day off just for that?

And also, if you've ever worked retail, you know damn well that holidays are the busiest time, and a time you'll probably be required to work over. But it isn't like they're working it for free. If you can't handle the November and December period, which is the busiest time of the year and has been for ages, maybe you shouldn't be working retail.

So a Federal holiday is a "special" day off now?

And yes, I know that the Christmas season is the busiest retail time of the year. However, you should not be forced to give up (again for emphasis) a Federal Holiday just because you have a retail job.

Sid_6.7: SilentStrider: don't look at me. the only times I left the house today was when I was taking the dogs out.

I didn't leave the house at all. Skyrim isn't playing itself.

Pretty much this. My wife is starting to furrow her brow and demand more time out in the "real world"...but dammit, my Destruction won't hit 75 by itself >.

ksdanj: Bucky Katt: whatever floats your boat. i always wait for the sales on Dec. 26.

I hear that.

I was raised by parents who only bought Halloween candy on Novermber 1st, Christmas candy on December 26th, and Valentine's Day candy on February 15th.

/recession?
//what recession?

That made my chuckle. Growing up, it wasn't uncommon to find valentines themed candy in our Christmas stockings. Mom was an expert at buying bulk on clearance and then hiding it somewhere in the house to be dolled out months or years later.

Fade2black: Sid_6.7: SilentStrider: don't look at me. the only times I left the house today was when I was taking the dogs out.

I didn't leave the house at all. Skyrim isn't playing itself.

Pretty much this. My wife is starting to furrow her brow and demand more time out in the "real world"...but dammit, my Destruction won't hit 75 by itself >.

True. But if you don't start spending time with her, your One-Handed will.

FirstNationalBastard: WorldCitizen: So, basically, no one who works retail is going to be able to have a Thanksgiving with friends and family so that some Americans can have the ability to fall for mass marketing gimmicks?

You want to make money, or to gorge yourself with people you can barely tolerate the other 364 days of the year?

All this "THINK OF THE FAMILIES" crap is as bad as "THINK OF TEH CHILDREN".

Not everyone hates their families, daylight, other people.

ksdanj: Cytokine Storm:

That made my chuckle.

Ain't parents great?!?

/parent of five
//enjoy your month of TF...

Heh, thanks.

I only left the house today to go spend time with the family again. I actually did my shopping online on Thanksgiving morning even.