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11:42 PM... I am coming home. I live across the highway from one of the largest outlet malls in the South. Their idea of Black Friday is to open up at 12:01 AM Friday morning and have at it. What I saw... The parking lot was packed. A line of cars stretched out of the lot onto the highway and off into the distance, the headlights snaking like the last scene in Field of Dreams. Bumper to bumper traffic. Madness. Chaos on a cosmic level. Hide your babies. Lock the barn. No farm animal is safe. Black Friday is here. All this to get 10 percent off the newest Ipod. I've locked my doors. I'm not venturing outside until it's Saturday. How does it look in your neck of the woods?
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1. webeishere (12489) | 3 years ago | I'm grabbing my wallet, checkbook, credit cards, the keys, waking the wife up. And in 3 hours I'll be among the madness actually. There's a Karaoke machine my youngest grandson wants really bad that is well under 50% normal price. Hee hee. I love crowds and madness in my life sometimes. And 4 a.m. is this time for me. HAHAHAHA! HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
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2. worldwise1 (6104) | 3 years ago | And they say the economy is slow, tsk, tsk, ORyans! I can just visualize the opportunities for the muggers and armed-robbers. The stores in my area are due to open at about 4:00 A.M., and I wouldn't even venture out then. Some things are just not worthy of risking life and limb.
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3. raychill (3493) | 3 years ago | The local radio station I used to work for every year does a "tanksgiving". The day before thanksgiving they give away free gas to the first 98 customers starting at 6am and then the gas is 98 cents for the remaining customers until about 10am.
People will start lining up for that free tank of gas at 8pm the night before. people will drive out of their way to get a free tank of gas (that they'll use up by driving out of their way back home!)... People are ridiculous with that stuff.
the news was at a local walmart interviewing folks at 6am this morning. the store opened at 5 am. and the first guy in line had lined up at 8pm the night before.
I got to work in no time because the only traffic listed on the news was the full parking lots as opposed to the accidents on the road.
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4. suspenseful (17145) | 3 years ago | We do not have Black Friday in Canada, but it sounds like a good idea. We have what is known as the day before mad Christmas rush. And from the beginning of December, all the Malls are fill. At least almost everyone gets their shopping done early instead of the last minute and you do not have to worry about not being able to get what you want. Black Friday sounds exciting. I love shopping. Too bad we do not live down in the States.
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5. mamasan34 (4100) | 3 years ago | I was out on the roads this morning and it appears that no one is out on the roads because they are all trapped in the hole we call Black Friday. Locked in the stores these battle hardened shoppers are battling high prices and their enemy...other shoppers.
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6. sigma77 (4282) | 3 years ago | You are right. The robot drones have been programmed by the masters of retail to shop continuously until the day you die. Then you are to pass your assets on to your local mall as thanks for them letting you blow your hard earned cash at their facility. All so you can get the latest gizmo that happens to be in vogue this season. Never mind that you have a closet full of useless gizmos from previous years' extravaganzas to the local mall. The fun part is that so many people waste tons of money year round on uesless junk and then go wild to get a bargain on this day (or so they think). Smart and proper spending during the entire year with less waste would preclude engaging in the sport of buzzing the malls on Black Friday, again, such a silly day. The woods is truly a better place to be.
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7. oneandonemakesix (24038) | 3 years ago | I don't know I have not been out of the house today, I have no intentions of leaving unless its to go get my drivers liscense.
there are some good deals at stores, but as I know they will understock items and not offer rain checks.
So why battle crowds, that I hate, dealing with people, I hate, and everything else about shopping I hate.
When I can stay home and battle my kids doing school work and chores?
Mooch
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8. lotterylover (4841) | 3 years ago | I live in a small city so everybody has gone to the big city. I suppose our small Alco will have a lot of customers. We plan to go later. We get 15% off ever Monday for being Senior Citizens so it might be cheaper to weight and buy what we normal get.
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9. kgwat70 (10106) | 3 years ago | I have not ventured out yet to see what the roads are like but will be going to my bowling league this evening and know that traffic will be pretty bad. It is always bad here in Delaware during Black Friday weekend and with the growing population each year will get worse and worse since we have not added many more roads. The malls are always packed and the highways are bumper to bumper. No sales tax here means more traffic coming from nearby states.
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10. visitorinvasion (3604) | 3 years ago | LMAO! Love it! In response to "Lock the barn. No farm animal is safe." I feel I must leave you with this thought:
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Great post, Ry. Keep 'em comin'. Ciao4now, Shannon
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