Poll: Who's shopping on Black Friday?
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Why is there no option for "it's the fucking holidays, if you spend it shopping you are a moron, spend some time with your family, go play in snow, anything anything anything except continue to participate in the biggest consumption cluster fuck of the year, which co-incidentally occurs exactly the day AFTER you actually needed to buy cheap tat to appease other morons who bought into the shallow pathetic "love means buying the biggest toy" logic crammed down your throats since fucking august"?
No, and anybody who shops on Black Friday is a complete and utter moron. There is no arguing this.
Black Friday deals are not the best deals of the year; it's often just a little below retail.
The "Doorbusters" and other "Specials" are complete bull. The store is only required to carry one of whatever is advertised, and it could be the display version. Almost every store will carry less than a dozen, and many stores allow employees to reserve items for themselves beforehand.
Black Friday shoppers have encouraged companies to open their stores earlier - which means the employees don't get to sleep in and work 12hr+ shifts just so people can get shitty deals.
It isn't a tradition. It's a holiday invented by marketing; there's absolutely no religious or cultural association with "Black Friday" other than it's the day after Thanksgiving (which has also changed throughout history). Nothing important ever happened on it; it's like Valentine's Day.
It brings out the worst in people.
No excuses, no two-ways about this. It's a horrible smear on an already stained Holiday Season.
Black Friday deals are not the best deals of the year; it's often just a little below retail.
The "Doorbusters" and other "Specials" are complete bull. The store is only required to carry one of whatever is advertised, and it could be the display version. Almost every store will carry less than a dozen, and many stores allow employees to reserve items for themselves beforehand.
Black Friday shoppers have encouraged companies to open their stores earlier - which means the employees don't get to sleep in and work 12hr+ shifts just so people can get shitty deals.
It isn't a tradition. It's a holiday invented by marketing; there's absolutely no religious or cultural association with "Black Friday" other than it's the day after Thanksgiving (which has also changed throughout history). Nothing important ever happened on it; it's like Valentine's Day.
It brings out the worst in people.
No excuses, no two-ways about this. It's a horrible smear on an already stained Holiday Season.
The first three times I was present for a "Black Friday", I was behind a counter in a uniform. Now that I am no longer working retail, I will never attend such an event again. I have too much respect/sympathy for the poor saps trying to deal with the horde to become part of said horde.
I have no real idea what's even on sale. I suppose I have to look. Every year though friends and I go out, and we never buy anything. We just end up watching old ladies and moms freak out and dads hoard huge televisions.
I remember years back when Guitar Hero had only first come out, and I was not in the loop at the time. They were re-selling them on ebay for like hundreds, and I ended up with one in my hand on accident and ended up giving it away to someone. The charitable person in me is please, but the other side screams at me for being a moron and being so ignorant as to not realize how much I could have made. xD
I remember years back when Guitar Hero had only first come out, and I was not in the loop at the time. They were re-selling them on ebay for like hundreds, and I ended up with one in my hand on accident and ended up giving it away to someone. The charitable person in me is please, but the other side screams at me for being a moron and being so ignorant as to not realize how much I could have made. xD
Having worked on it at retail locations previously I may be biased but there isn't a torture invented that's too much for people who shop on black friday. God forbid they hang out with their family or shop online or do anything else doesn't contribute to the collective misery of the human race.
So uhm not so much.
So uhm not so much.
Fuck that shit.
Spending an hour to find parking, enduring massively packed crowds, most of them shoving, some of them yelling, all to get five dollars off if I purchase a hundred dollars worth of merchandise which might already be gone by the time I get there? No. No way in hell. I'll do my shopping a couple of weeks before Christmas on a Wednesday afternoon like always. It's actually semi-bearable at that point.
Spending an hour to find parking, enduring massively packed crowds, most of them shoving, some of them yelling, all to get five dollars off if I purchase a hundred dollars worth of merchandise which might already be gone by the time I get there? No. No way in hell. I'll do my shopping a couple of weeks before Christmas on a Wednesday afternoon like always. It's actually semi-bearable at that point.
I am going...but not to shop. My buddy and I have a long-standing tradition of getting drunk and talking to all the people in the line. You get to meet a lot of people with some interesting stories. It's fun, until people start going nuts when they are in the actual stores. Then it's not very fun.
I am locking all my doors and shutting all my blinds. I do not want to see so much as the sunshine on Black Friday. I hate shopping, and I sure as fuck hate massive crowds. Combine the two and you've got a recipe for me kicking someone in the face out of frustration and possibly a little fear. Also the want to get out as soon as possible.
Oh internet, how I love you. You'll keep me safe.
My condolences to the unfortunate souls who must work retail on that Jeegus-forsaken day.
Oh internet, how I love you. You'll keep me safe.
My condolences to the unfortunate souls who must work retail on that Jeegus-forsaken day.
