I have never been 'Black Friday' shopping but from watching Youtube videos and hearing stories I can already tell that these 'great deals' are not worth your time. You would not believe what people do to keep their place in line! A woman at a Best Buy was waiting, oh so patiently, in line to purchase her items. An employee received a complaint of a pile of feces in a dryer which was proven to be the incoherent woman who supposedly was waiting patiently in line. Another exploit was made by a man that left his girlfriends two year old child in the car in search for a swanky TV only to be called by the police from home to pick up the infant. This next story is pure expediency. A woman shopping at Toys-R-Us when the original Furby came out deliberately pushed a worker to the ground, jumped on a pile of people proceeded to kick one of them in the face, grabbing the coveted Furby, stuffed it down her shirt and walked out the door in hopes of taking the merchandise home for free.
Only once have I heard of a good outcome happening on this widely treasured day. A woman standing in a line outside of Best Buy was asked by the store staff what she would like to purchase so a hold could be placed by her name. She asked for a two hundred ninety-nine dollar laptop and the clerk explains they only have the four hundred ninety-nine dollar laptops left. The lady begins to cry because she is starting night school and cannot afford the more expensive laptop, then a man walks up to her and says, "I knew I brought so much cash for a reason," and gave her two hundred dollars and walked away.
Sadly, the last story was an anomaly if more people had the same mindset as the the anonymous man, Black Friday would be a more reasonable holiday shopping experience, but for now it will remain a mob mentality, nut-case packed holiday for average and below average Americans to enjoy.
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