How early is to early?

[Wallingford]

Originally Posted by Namcot

I have no choice.

We have an early dinner on Thanksgiving and I try to go to sleep by 8 pm or 9 pm and I am up at 2 am to get ready to go to work.

I work from 3 am Black Friday morning to midnight Black Friday night.

Then on Saturday morning it's back to work to open at 8 am.

I have been doing this for 8 years now.

Was very close to that schedule myself for 13 years. This will be the first black Friday I can enjoy in a long time. I might work six to eight hours this year, and not so [redacted] early.

[Jerkules]

its the one of the biggest days of the year in the u.s. economy... theres lots of issues that arent great about it but what in this world doesnt have that exact problem..


to answer your question, its never too early. days like this, obscure sales bonanzas might not be necessary if people shopped like they do at this time of year throughout the whole year. stop thinking these holidays mean something. they are meaningless. we make them mean something. which doesnt mean be a jaded ass it just means understand that the big wigs will not hesitate to scrape every dollar they can out of it. america is a capitalist country. the land of the free bullshit is just to appeal to the rubes. believe that if you arent the boss youre the slave. surely "jesus of nazareth(sp?)" wasnt carbon dated, & we havent found any middle eastern barnyard birth records in the last couple years so i tend to believe his DoB is strategically placed around the time every single business finds it ideal to replace all last years crap with next years crap. manipulating the good in people & their desires to experience positive feelings ie family togetherness & love is just the icing on the cake. how i would love to pat myself on the back after raking in the billions deluding myself that i made children happy & brought people who dont give a shit about each other throughout the year together for a meal.


but no.. its never too early.

cant teach an old dog new tricks... we're all fucked... ignorance is bliss.

[alexora]

Here in the UK, we don't have Black Friday: instead we have the January Sales...

Mr. Bean - January Sales - YouTube

Mr. Bean - January Sales - YouTube

JANUARY SALES RANT! - YouTube

JANUARY SALES RANT! - YouTube

[perubu]

I had never heard of Black Friday before. We have sales just after Christmas. Book stores
have one in February. I don't buy much stuff anyway so the time and date is not important
to me.

[Wallingford]

Originally Posted by perubu

I had never heard of Black Friday before. We have sales just after Christmas. Book stores
have one in February. I don't buy much stuff anyway so the time and date is not important
to me.

Black Friday is the day retail stores "operate in the black." This means that allegedly stores operate "in the red," meaning they take a loss for 11 months until the day after Thanksgiving sales tip the scales to profit. Accounting jabberwocky if you ask me.

[Reclaimed - P01]

I work 3rds so I don't bother generally. My wife on the other does bother and can generally buy our Christmas presents for about a third of the cost. She though focuses on toys and clothes and ignores the things which cause stampedes like electronics.

I do partake in a few online sales though. Especially the Steam one.

[perubu]

Originally Posted by Wallingford

Black Friday is the day retail stores "operate in the black." This means that allegedly stores operate "in the red," meaning they take a loss for 11 months until the day after Thanksgiving sales tip the scales to profit. Accounting jabberwocky if you ask me.

You are not a teacher I can tell. Remember I'm from outside the English
speaking world but with some guess work I think I got most of your message.
Jabberwocky is from Lewis Carroll but I don't know what the expression in
everyday English language means.

[Easymuse]

I read an article in a daily paper today about the products made specifically for "Black Friday" sales. It explained that part of the reason for such great prices is that they are not the same spec items that you would buy at regular retail prices. Many items, particularly electronics, are very base models lacking any bells and/or whistles. As an example; computers without bluetooth or wireless features and big screen TVs in mono and no HD hookups. I'm not saying all things are this way, I'm just saying that this story came from a good writer in a good newspaper. For whatever that's worth.

[michaelmyers2]

Since I've worked either retail or in restaurants for almost my entire life ( I'm 53 ) I would never & I mean never frequent any retail or restaurant establishment on any holiday. I feel and always will feel that either everyone ( other then emergency & hospital employee's ) should be off. Or NO ONE should be off.

It used to be if you worked either retail or in a restaurant, you could always look forward to at least having 3 days off every year. Thanksgiving, Christmas & New Years Day. Now they have made it so you don't have any.

Do we also not deserve to spend the holidays with our families, like everyone else does? Anyone that considers themselves a decent person, should boycott shopping or going to a restaurant on those 3 days.

[DarkGuyver]

Well, since I live in the UK. I'm just gonna check the prices online and if I fine some good deals reserve them at my local store (if possible) or order them online.