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Black Friday is a forced holiday

AnonusAnonus
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I mean I am so glad we have it off but still

It's now a "tradition" to stand outside the stores waiting for them to open?

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  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    That's a horrible tradition, and this isn't even a holiday for people in retail.
  • TatterhoodTatterhood
    I had no idea that Black Friday was a day off, that's just about the most American thing I've ever heard of.
  • OdradekOdradek
    My dreams exceed my real life
    We have it off because it's the day after Thanksgiving, and then capitalism ruined it
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    When nations grow old, the Arts grow cold,
    And Commerce settles on every tree.

    William Blake
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Odradek said:

    We have it off because it's the day after Thanksgiving, and then capitalism ruined it

    yeah this
  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    kill living beings
    jokes on them, i'm sitting around reading all day
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Klinotaxis said:

    jokes on them, i'm sitting around reading all day

    "Let's stay home and read."
  • TatterhoodTatterhood
    Odradek said:

    We have it off because it's the day after Thanksgiving, and then capitalism ruined it

    oh right, I guess that's kind of normal when you have a holiday on a thursday
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Better way to celebrate the Friday After Thanksgiving:

    https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/fat
  • AlirozAliroz
    ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)
    I... I managed to not sit down and cry at the same time today at work.

    I never want to see these customers ever again. I never want to see anyone under 70 who isn't at most a fourth cousin of me ever again.
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    this is what happens
  • OdradekOdradek
    My dreams exceed my real life
    *hugs if that's okay*
  • AlirozAliroz
    ...And even when your hope is gone
    move along, move along, just to make it through
    (2015 self)
    So, there's this contingent of customers that I see every day at work. They're about my grandma's age, and they mostly come to talk to each other and buy knickknacks once in a blue moon. I call them the regulars, and though they don't usually buy anything, they're polite and actually tend to treat us retail workers like human beings.

    One of the regulars, Pat, a scooter-bound elder who always comes in with her husband and dog, somehow got tipped over by the crowd. I left the cart I was pushing to help my co-workers and her husband get her scooter upright and her on it again, and half the stuff on it was gone when I got back, even though the rule is to wait until the cart is at its proper place in the aisle before you grab things.

    Mr Hill and Mr Kofoed from Management we're not pleased with the crowd, to say the least.
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Holy crap, Aliroz! I'm sorry you had to put up with that.
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    That's bad, and yet, somehow not as bad as I expected.
  • lee4hmzlee4hmz
    ⚠ THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS
    My parents went shopping today, but they had one thing they really wanted (new cordless phones for the land line) and so I assume it wasn't so bad. Aside from that we didn't buy any other electronics or "doorbusters" today, though I did get stuff for baking and some sodas at Food Lion once I woke up...at 8 PM. -_-
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