Good gods dude, how the hell does that even work? I thought that they couldn't work you longer than a 12 hour shift...Helmet said:
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Pizza?...usmarine4160 said:
No turkey? No turkey sandwiches? No turkey salad? No turkey gravy? Turkey Hash? Turkey a la King? Or gallons of turkey soup?
I usually wait until the post Christmas sales to do my shopping, because I don't shop for gifts for others (no job).
It seems they all forgot the first 6 letters (which are CHRIST as in Jesus) and instead only remember Santa which rearranged is SATAN!!! That red suited break-in artist is THE DEVIL!! He rides in a sleigh pulled by horned demons and uses slave labor (Elves rearranged is Evels) to create his devices of child corruption. Using the corruption to rob parents of hard earned money and forcing many into deep debt. He sees you when you are sleeping and knows when you are awake, because Satan is always watching you.
Sarcasm aside, I really never understood Christmas. A holiday about the birth of a mythical savior is celebrated by a fat bloke in a red suit dropping off presents via flying deer sleigh who puts the tat under a pine tree which was brought in from the outside and covered in lights. More lights are placed on the outside of houses, generally featuring short people with pointy ears and snowmen. It is about as random as a bunny leaving colored eggs all over the ground to celebrate the rebirth of the previously mentioned savior.
Sarcasm aside, I really never understood Christmas. A holiday about the birth of a mythical savior is celebrated by a fat bloke in a red suit dropping off presents via flying deer sleigh who puts the tat under a pine tree which was brought in from the outside and covered in lights. More lights are placed on the outside of houses, generally featuring short people with pointy ears and snowmen. It is about as random as a bunny leaving colored eggs all over the ground to celebrate the rebirth of the previously mentioned savior.
i went to the shopping centre on black friday.. and i didnt get killed woo \o/ got some more juice tho..
If they didn't happen to be paying me, you couldn't get me near the mall or a Wal-Mart on black Friday. As it stands, I'll be risking my lfie in a parking lot of crazy drivers while getting paid far to little to give a shit.
I think it refers to, when accounting for all expenses throughout the year, its the day when stores generally start turning a genuine profit, or "entering the black".SirBryghtside said:
Now, if you work in retail, there's absolutely nothing about the name that's inappropriate. Especially if someone DOES die at your store (and they do, every year).
OT: I avoid. As hard as I can. The commuter train I take to Uni passes a station that's part of a mall... the crowds are TERRIFYING. If you can move ten steps a minute, you're doing well.
So I'm gonna stay on my train this year. Not that I'll have any choice, there will be eighty people in the thirty-person car. YOU try moving anywhere.
ALSO... Since I'm in Edmonton, Black Friday also refers to one of the worst natural disasters in Canada's history. Specifically, a tornado with wind speeds of over 400 km/h in 1987. My parents missed it by four hours... they chose a great time to go visit relatives in Lethbridge. They say that the clouds were all purple and greenish all day.
I'm aware of the idea, but I don't see how it works. A bunch of people get together every year for a dangerous stampede at theit nearest supermarkets.
Looks, sorry, US, but Spain's running of the bulls is just better, get over it already.
Looks, sorry, US, but Spain's running of the bulls is just better, get over it already.
It refers to "being in the black". In finance, gains are associated as black and losses red. The sales and deals on that first Friday of holiday shopping bring in lots of money, so the retailers are in the black. Big time. Black Friday.SirBryghtside said:
Though, works very well being ominous, too.
I feel your pain. I work retail as well, and I got 11:45-8:15, in electronics... I asked if I could bring a baseball bat to work.BatSpork said:
You can keep it. At least if someone gets killed in the running of the bulls(for some reason), I can call it natural selection. With Black friday, I think the opposite mechanics are in force (average person gets killed by morons).
Black friday also served as a tool for removing unwanted stock (things that would not sell well during xmas seasons), so they would have room for the hot item of the xmas season, since the relative cost of storage, especially in smaller stores, is pretty high in comparison to item value. This part has begun to not apply, since big business is a more prominent force in black friday sales. Now it serves mostly as a means to focus sales to their store in particular, instead of the competition.
OT: If I werent in retail, I would avoid black friday at all costs. I'd rather spend an extra $100 on a GOOD TV (since black friday TVs tend to be the cheap knockoffs), than chance getting trampled to death by a bunch of morons who have nothing better to do with their time than wait for hours in the freezing cold.
I'm fortunate enough to live near a tabletop game store that's putting their entire stock, exempting tcg singles and food, at 20% off if we shop before noon in our pajamas. Suffice to say, I am freaking stoked. I might swing by best buy after the crowds have died down a bit to see which of the new games have had their prices slashed. Got a PC copy of Bioshock for $5 last year, so why not.
We don't get it in UK, although I hear amazon is doing something for it, so I might have a look on there.
We have January sales though, and loads of shops had sales last summer, I got myself a fair bit.
I couldn't imagine a day... *shudder* it scares me to think how busy it'd be. The crowds would seriously freak me out.
We have January sales though, and loads of shops had sales last summer, I got myself a fair bit.
I couldn't imagine a day... *shudder* it scares me to think how busy it'd be. The crowds would seriously freak me out.