My God...The_root_of_all_evil said:This is the more interesting thing.Scarim Coral said:Honestly they should just end the whole black Friday thing since I pretty sure the death of a shop worker from last year is not worth all of this.
Retail based sociopathy are not based solely around Black Friday, that's just when they're reported more.
June 5th - Man unable to return receipt sets three rows of clothes on fire [http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090605/BREAKING/906059977/2055/NEWS]
January 22nd - Man applies special sauce to steaks [http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-news-man-arrested-urinating-steaks,0,5343411.story]
December 3rd - Elderly man punched in the face for saying "Welcome to Walmart" [http://www.wpxi.com/news/21788662/detail.html]
http://www.cracked.com/article_19572_5-black-friday-myths-media-wants-you-to-believe.html
I'd also recommend reading Jennifer Government [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Government] because a few fatalities are always good for sales ratings.
Edit: Oh, from this year : Walmart worker beaten to death [http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/11/01/victim-beaten-to-death-with-baseball-bat-at-lakewood-walmart/] November 1st.
How many people are going to have to die before its realized that these Black Friday sales are a bad idea?Grey Carter said:A woman desperate to take advantage of Wal-Mart's Black Friday game sales used pepper-spray to ward off her fellow shoppers.
Wikipedia has the answer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_%28shopping%29].imnotparanoid said:Black friday? Is this an America thing or am I a rock underdweller?
Wow I never thought of how well it translates over abroad. But yeah Black Friday (pretty much an unofficial holiday) is considered the first day of the shopping season for the actual holidays. It's marked by stores opening super early, people camping outside stores, violence, and the occional death or hospitalization. It's always the friday following Thanksgiving (on thursday), which is when Americans unironically celebrate imagration, the opression of the native American population, and over-eating.Pinkamena said:USA has an entire DAY devoted to consumerism? Wow... I am not surprised though
Lol yeah I proberly should of just googled to be- Wait this is the second time you have answered one of my 'to lazy to google' questions within a few days...Amnestic said:Wikipedia has the answer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_%28shopping%29].imnotparanoid said:Black friday? Is this an America thing or am I a rock underdweller?
In short, it's a day in the US where a lot of stores have sales. That's it.