More signs of the times...
Once again, the new America "speaks"...Majority rules...
Despite the e-mail, letter and walk-out protests by a few employees, many stores decided to open mid-afternoon on the Thanksgiving Day Holiday! Shoppers began to "camp out" in lines in front of department stores as early as the prior Saturday to be sure to have the opportunity to BUY, BUY, BUY merchandise at "perceived" sales too good to miss!!!
"Black Friday" has now been preceded by "Black (Thanksgiving) Thursday"...or "Black and Blue Thursday" as shoppers fought for the goods after the doors opened!!! The paper described fist fights breaking out after a box of the "latest" cell phones was opened! One customer even shot another who was trying to grab the last reduced-price "game boy"! Debriefing reports related that merchandise could have been purchased online at the same or better prices!!! Some continued shopping from noon Thanksgiving Day to midnight on "Black Friday". and for this, some even realized $200 in savings for all of the anguish and misdirected motivation! They continued that over 41 million customers shopped on Thanksgiving Day, and over 123 million shopped on "Black Friday". The record breaking sales volume was so impressive that the sales are being continued through to "Black Sunday"!!!
A friend posted a quote: "Black Friday: Because only in America, people trample others for sales one day after being thankful for what they already have!"
Despite the e-mail, letter and walk-out protests by a few employees, many stores decided to open mid-afternoon on the Thanksgiving Day Holiday! Shoppers began to "camp out" in lines in front of department stores as early as the prior Saturday to be sure to have the opportunity to BUY, BUY, BUY merchandise at "perceived" sales too good to miss!!!
"Black Friday" has now been preceded by "Black (Thanksgiving) Thursday"...or "Black and Blue Thursday" as shoppers fought for the goods after the doors opened!!! The paper described fist fights breaking out after a box of the "latest" cell phones was opened! One customer even shot another who was trying to grab the last reduced-price "game boy"! Debriefing reports related that merchandise could have been purchased online at the same or better prices!!! Some continued shopping from noon Thanksgiving Day to midnight on "Black Friday". and for this, some even realized $200 in savings for all of the anguish and misdirected motivation! They continued that over 41 million customers shopped on Thanksgiving Day, and over 123 million shopped on "Black Friday". The record breaking sales volume was so impressive that the sales are being continued through to "Black Sunday"!!!
A friend posted a quote: "Black Friday: Because only in America, people trample others for sales one day after being thankful for what they already have!"
I am old enough to remember Blue Laws...no stores could open even on Sundays!
My niece told her father (my brother) that she was going to the stores with a friend at 10 PM Christmas night to watch the crazy shoppers. To which my brother and sister in law told her to be extremely careful as some of the crazy shoppers could be dangerous. I have to admit though that I would sometimes go to the local malls Christmas Eve afternoon, not to shop either, but to watch all of the "desperate" people trying to BUY, BUY, BUY before Christmas morning, in the true spirit of the religious Holiday.
On to "Cyber Monday"...
My niece told her father (my brother) that she was going to the stores with a friend at 10 PM Christmas night to watch the crazy shoppers. To which my brother and sister in law told her to be extremely careful as some of the crazy shoppers could be dangerous. I have to admit though that I would sometimes go to the local malls Christmas Eve afternoon, not to shop either, but to watch all of the "desperate" people trying to BUY, BUY, BUY before Christmas morning, in the true spirit of the religious Holiday.
On to "Cyber Monday"...
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