Do you shop on Black Friday?

[drewblood]

or do you drive around and loath the fact that you live in this shithole corner of time in the world along with all these other grubby bastards?

[VoltaireBlue]

what the hell is black friday? the day after thanksgiving?

[drewblood]

yes, it is the day after thanksgiving where good little consumers line up at 2am for the beginning of "christmas sales". it usually includes grandmothers knocking eachother's teeth out in order to get the last discounted Power Ranger.

It's basically the biggest shopping day in the US (which is how Jesus wanted us to celebrate his birthday... if you believe in that sort of thing).

"The origin of Black Friday comes from the shift to profitability during the holiday season. Black Friday was when retailers went from being unprofitable, or "in the red," to being profitable, or "in the black", at a time when accounting records were kept by hand and red indicated loss and black profit."

[OliX]

oh my god (not that he exist now)
consumers annual summit -.-
HURTS ME

[Donald Rilea]

Nah, usually because am so broke, or close to it, by the time Thanksgiving rolls 'round that it's generally impossible for me to take part in the national kitsch-fest.

Just as well, really. Don't enjoy crowds at all.

[Mr Karl]

no black friday up here

[Donald Rilea]

Probably not missing a bloody thing, I think, Mr. Karl.

[malcolm]

no but i work on it-gah!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh wait, i work at a swordshop! lol anyone need some serious crowd control? just hope we get more claymores in before then.........o. and the lightsabers need replenishing too lol

[Donald Rilea]

Even a good solid club might work, 'tho' some of the knuckleheads with whom you deal might need a couple more applications than the average bear.

Sorry you've to work on BF, Mr. Malcolm, and hope you get through the day with a relative minimum of encounters with folks who are thicker than bricks, but nowhere nearly as useful.

[malcolm]

yeah.......fat chance f tha happenin. lol heres to wishful thinkin lol

[keiko]

Thank all the lucky stars in the heavens I will be an ocean away from black friday.
Usually I close all the blinds, lock the doors and stay home. But last year I was dragged out to the *shudder* MALL on black friday.

Though in retrospect the crowds are NOTHING in comparison to cramming 70 ppl on a bus....

~K

[evilstonermonkey]

not haivng thanksiing in aus that aint a problm for me. but december 26, when EERYBODY is having their after-christmas sales, im going to be working. in a mall. being swamped by hordes of dumbass mothers needing their caffiene to fuel them through buying all the toys they forgot to buy for little johnny mcshithead for christmas.

and there are NO hot chicks in my mall.

NONE.
*sobs silently in the corner, awaiting his own personal doomsday*

[Toe Cutter]

No way. I'm nomally hung-over. I try to go out after the family crap and try to do a little self inflicted brain damage to forget how shitty of a day I had.

[drewblood]

No way. I'm nomally hung-over. I try to go out after the family crap and try to do a little self inflicted brain damage to forget how shitty of a day I had.

i hear that. that's why this year i said adios to my family and am throwing a rager of a party with all my like-minded friends. i just bought a 24lbs turkey yesterday... aww ya.

[VoltaireBlue]

in that case, yes, I do, but not for Xmas. If I have any extra money, I try to buy the stuff I've been wanting for a while. I hate Xmas.

[drewblood]

in that case, yes, I do, but not for Xmas. If I have any extra money, I try to buy the stuff I've been wanting for a while. I hate Xmas.

haha, i for one would love to see what is on voltaireblue's "to-buy" list.

[OliX]

wanna see my to buy list?

...guess nobody wants

[SyntheticShock]

No, I always tend to work on Black Friday (not that I would shop on that day anyway), the store I work at opens 6 am, its ridiculous. The bargains aren't even that good of a deal, but theres always a bunch of people standing in line outside the doors who must be there first in, and then herd themselves in towards the bulk of sales selections. Its like a competition for them or some type of shopping thrill I guess. I know theres a store down the road who will be opening up at 4am. Ish.