Black Friday

 

 

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and what comes to my mind is family and FOOD! Of course what comes to some peoples mind is SHOPPING. Personally I think that is terrible! Thanksgiving is supposed to be spent with family and friends in the warmth of a home, not a shopping center. It is supposed to be a day of thanks not a day of "what kind of deal can I get this year".

I'm not really sure when this new "holiday" began as I'm a guy and I was never really into shopping. I do know that it started out as "Black Friday" which actually started on Friday.  These days it is leaking into Thursdays festivities.  The media starts talking about all the good deals a month ahead of time. I hear more about the shopping frenzies than I hear about Thanksgiving itself.  Over the last couple years, the deals are starting earlier and earlier. I've heard that some of the stores are planning on opening as early as 4pm on Thanksgiving Day. My mom's friends are planning their Thanksgiving dinner around what time Art Vans is opening.  I really have a problem with that!

Back when I was little, all the shopping had to be done by Wednesday. Gas, groceries, gifts, or anything else we might have needed because everything was closed.  When I say everything, I mean everything.  If my mom forgot something, it meant Sawyer was running next door to borrow from our trusty neighbors.  It seems like these days it's hard to find something that is closed! I think this is wrong. As I said earlier, Thanksgiving is a day to be spent with family enjoying each other's company, filling our bellies and watching the Lions lose..

A lot of people will disagree with me and say if you don't like it, then stay home.  But there's another problem. I can't stay home because I have to work!  I have to work because all the idiots can't wait until Friday to open their businesses!

Here's my take on all this. Since "Black Friday" has basically become a holiday, I think we should be given "holiday pay" if you work it.  Most of the people who shop on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday are rude, grouchy, and mean.  I'm sorry lady, it's not my fault you waited in line for 3 hours in 60 mile an hour winds and blinding snow just to get in the door only to find out the lady in front of you got the last T.V. That doesn't give you a right to take it out on me.  I'm not here because I want to be, I'm here because I have to be. I've realized I am fighting a losing battle so I just have to deal with it.

So, to all you diehard shoppers, remember this and try to be nice. A smile goes along way!