I went black friday shopping one time back around 2005 or so before online retail was a dominating force. I get why some people enjoy(ed) it and think fondly of it, but that was an experience I don’t want to repeat. All day long so many stores were packed with people, it was hard to get around and slow going. My anxiety is ramping up just thinking about it.
I ended up at Walmart yesterday morning (black friday). Not to shop the sales, but to get some much needed supplies. I was expecting it to be hectic and not looking forward to the trip. The place was barely more busy than any random weekday night. The only spot that was a bit crowded was at the entrance where they’d placed a bunch of pallets of TVs that constricted the space where people could move.
It was nothing like the great DVD stampede or the 256MB thumb drive fiasco of my first black friday shopping trip.
I worked retail in those days, it was crazy. It was common for a few fights to break out. One time I remember pulling out a new skid of Christmas trees and I didn’t even get to the main isle before customers mobbed the skid. My manager was so pissed off at me for not stopping them but how can one person stop dozens of people without any help. Black Friday was gross and BFCM is no better.
I don’t know what black Friday is for, but since it’s American I’m guessing it’s to remember some massacre?
Close. It’s about creating them.
nope, it’s a consumerist holiday where all store have deceptively bad sales and people used to legit get trampled. online shopping has lowered the death toll, thankfully
Boycott black friday
Is the discount even worth it without physical assault?
The assault is half the fun
Is this a picture from this year? I thought we all stopped doing this shit
Now people order on Amazon, so these fights are happening in the warehouses
But they might kick over the pee bottles!
I feel like not enough people understand what you’re saying or how real it is…
You might just be surprised!
Splash damage
I think that’s the joke lol
Why does this look accidentally renaissance?
I saved so.much money this year by not buying anything because I can’t even afford groceries
I saved so much money by cutting shitty people out of my life.
You’re hurting the economy 😭
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All those dumb asses buying tv specifically built to only last a year.
Sheesh did no one even get stabbed for a 30% off of an item marked up 30% last week?
I know and no trampling. It’s a real shame this tradition is gone
We need new ways to thin the herd. This went away, they started printing danger labels on Dr. Pepper, we had people walking off cliffs for pokemon, but I’m not sure that exists anymore. How do we do it now? We could start bombing country music concerts but that just feels so artificial.
I know it’s a meme, but it’s amazing how a few stores which were greatly over reported 10-15 years ago have this kind of rent free space in folks heads.
HOME INVASION IS A CONSTANT THREAT IN EVERY TOWN IN AMERICA!!!
I kinda miss watching the chaos. A friend and I would have a beer at a restaurant in the mall and watch the crazy people stand in lines that extended around the whole store.
I’m in Australia and see ‘Black Friday’ sales all over the place. What the fuck are we even doing?
In the Canadian city of Edmonton, Alberta, Black Friday is the day the tornado hit in 1987. Then this shit started overriding that day of remembrance.
Eat shit, America. I fucking hate you.
I know, it’s ridiculous!
They don’t even dress it up in an event like Xmas Sale or Easter Sale or whatever. It’s just Go Out And Buy Shit!!! Do it Now!!
Any good scam includes some pressure to act immediately.
Yeah that seems a touch tactless
I didn’t even get to watch the unwashed masses eat each other for cheap garbage that they don’t need!.. wtf?
Now its just potatoes here, and eggs there.
You’re getting food on Black Friday special!? Lucky you.
this would be pokemon cards, if they allowed this in the aisles of grocery trains, retail chains.
