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I had to work, but even if I didn’t, I wouldn’t be out shopping… NOOOO WAYYY! :negative:
I’m with Dragons4Life on this one. The internet is awesome… and many places have Black Friday deals online, but without the crowds. 😀
Add me to the list of folks who stay home on Black Friday. Besides I have most of my Christmas shopping finished already. What little I don’t have finished will be done soon without having to wait in the long lines.
I have worked retail on Black Friday before (J.C. Penney’s and Waldenbooks) so if I do go out it’s in the afternoon and I’m polite and patient with the workers (like I always am).
Neither, I stay at home and hide in my cave on Black Friday! I can’t handle being around that many people in a store.
Greater Basilisk wrote:Reading this stuff, I’m glad there a law against stores being open 24/7 here in Switzerland.
Drag0n, you should submit your traumatizing experiences to http://www.notalwaysright.com. They’d fit right in. I feel very sorry for you.That wouldn’t stop these crazy shoppers. Most stores that do Black Friday are not open 24/7…. that’s where the true madness begins, when people line up outside in the wee hours of the morning and rush into the store all at once to get the early bird deals, which typically start at 5am (ish). It’s the rush into the store that usually causes injuries and sadly even deaths sometimes.
We live in a very consumerist throw-away society and it makes me really sad!
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My art: featherdust.comlets see.. best buy opened here at 3 am.. by 10 pm the night before the line of people waiting to get in went all the way around the store.. one place I forget where it was here they were camping out waiting on wednesday night to get in..
and the best one I’ve heard so far was.. all the people trying to get into old navy when it opened.. ripped the doors off the hinges..
I went to visit my sister so I didn’t do any shopping at all until saturday evening.. and I bought one thing for a friend.. it was in and out and no big deal.. but I will never go shopping the day after thanksgiving
lol I went last year. Didnt beat anyone up, but it was funny to watch some of these folks. I stayed in this year… finished my shopping weeks ago!
I go out on Black Friday every few years, just to remind myself of why I usually don’t. Regrettably, this was a ‘reminder’ year. 😈
I got out at 10 am, avoided the worst of the feeding frenzies, and checked out two stores with $10 doorbusters of quality hoodies and toolboxes. Both were very much sold out. (I think the little items were hotter this year than the TV’s and such) Left empty handed as I refuse to buy into the ‘bait and switch’ thing where stores lure people in with dirt cheap deals, conveniently only have a few in stock, then offer very similar things for double the price.
But a nice (little) chain store I know had a coupon so I got a book I had been wanting, (for little more than the cost on Amazon) acquired fast food coffee, and fled home.
Ack. Working Black Friday in retail has got to suck. Crowds rattle me. I make a conscious effort to be mellow and polite with clerks (and fellow shoppers), but even then I’m far from perky.
At least I learned my lesson for the next five years. 😈
And thanks for the link GB, http://www.notalwaysright.com is flipping hilarious.
😀 This is so sad….
kinda can’t find the words…..Every act matters.No matter how small💞
(Wanted......Toaster Dragon)
Male Hearth....one day🤞Dream on.I found two on that site that are actually rather heartwarming. Hope this isn’t too off topic…
Candy Store | New Jersey, USA
(A man comes to my register with a mint chocolate candy bar.)
Me: “Anything else?”
Customer: “Can you break a $100 bill?”
Me: “Actually, I can’t. We just opened and I haven’t gone to the bank today.”
Customer: “Oh, no! Do you know anywhere I can get change? I need this candy right away!”
(At this point I notice his panicked look. Coupled with the fact that he’s buying the most unappetizing candy in the store, I jump to a conclusion.)
Me: “Sir, these aren’t for you, are they?”
Customer: “No.”
Me: “Did your pregnant wife send you out at 8 in the morning to buy this candy?”
Customer: “Yes.”
Me: “For the love of God, man! Get these home to her before you’re in even more trouble! You can come back and pay me later!”
(The customer bolts out the door. He later came back, visibly calmer, and paid.)
And then…
Movie Theater | London, UK
Customer: “Two tickets for Star Trek, please.”
Me: “That showing has sold out, sir.”
Customer: “What! That’s impossible!”
Me: “The IMAX is very popular sir. I am afraid we don’t have any more seats until tomorrow.”
Customer: “I need to see this movie! You’re not a Star Trek fan. You wouldn’t understand! Please sell me a ticket!”
Me: “I would love to sir, but the needs of the one or the few do not outweigh the needs of the many.”
Customer: *recognizing my quote from Star Trek* “I see. I suppose I couldn’t say that sometimes the needs of the one or the few do outweigh the needs of the many?”
Me: “No sir, that would be quite illogical.”
Customer: “Hmm, you’re good.”
Me: “I must have the lobes for business.”
Customer: “Two tickets for tomorrow then, please.”
Me: “Very good, sir.”
Customer: “Live long and prosper!”
XD XD XD
Yeah, Maplecarver. That site has some shocking stories and some very comforting ones.
@Nam. Oh, agreed – laws are never a cure-all. But still, when I read about regular stores (not apothacaries) being open at midnight, or people waiting until they open at some ungodly hour of the morning, that’s ridiculous.
What kind of “geat deals” are these anyway, that have people outside a store at 5 a.m.?Maplecarver wrote:I found two on that site that are actually rather heartwarming. Hope this isn’t too off topic…
Candy Store | New Jersey, USA
(A man comes to my register with a mint chocolate candy bar.)
Me: “Anything else?”
Customer: “Can you break a $100 bill?”
Me: “Actually, I can’t. We just opened and I haven’t gone to the bank today.”
Customer: “Oh, no! Do you know anywhere I can get change? I need this candy right away!”
(At this point I notice his panicked look. Coupled with the fact that he’s buying the most unappetizing candy in the store, I jump to a conclusion.)
Me: “Sir, these aren’t for you, are they?”
Customer: “No.”
Me: “Did your pregnant wife send you out at 8 in the morning to buy this candy?”
Customer: “Yes.”
Me: “For the love of God, man! Get these home to her before you’re in even more trouble! You can come back and pay me later!”
(The customer bolts out the door. He later came back, visibly calmer, and paid.)
And then…
Movie Theater | London, UK
Customer: “Two tickets for Star Trek, please.”
Me: “That showing has sold out, sir.”
Customer: “What! That’s impossible!”
Me: “The IMAX is very popular sir. I am afraid we don’t have any more seats until tomorrow.”
Customer: “I need to see this movie! You’re not a Star Trek fan. You wouldn’t understand! Please sell me a ticket!”
Me: “I would love to sir, but the needs of the one or the few do not outweigh the needs of the many.”
Customer: *recognizing my quote from Star Trek* “I see. I suppose I couldn’t say that sometimes the needs of the one or the few do outweigh the needs of the many?”
Me: “No sir, that would be quite illogical.”
Customer: “Hmm, you’re good.”
Me: “I must have the lobes for business.”
Customer: “Two tickets for tomorrow then, please.”
Me: “Very good, sir.”
Customer: “Live long and prosper!”
XD XD XD
😆 Oh how sweet…Every act matters.No matter how small💞
(Wanted......Toaster Dragon)
Male Hearth....one day🤞Dream on.
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