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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"If the demand wasn't there, the stores wouldn't open."
Bob Shrum on Big Ed's show tonight.
That's true - people need to stick together and stay out of stores on Thanksgiving!
ananda
(28,783 posts)..
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)You can easily find the same "Black Friday" savings if not better on any given day of the year...
LWolf
(46,179 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Which of course brought in so much $$$$ for the CEOs that it was no longer enough to have your chain open *only* 16-18 hours...
Isn't that where the term "Black Friday" originated?? As in, "The weekend guaranteed to get us into the black for this financial quarter/fiscal year?" or something??
polichick
(37,152 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)like 20% min.
polichick
(37,152 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)Decaffeinated
(556 posts)Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)of anything short of hostile behavior.
People are working the holidays while I have the good fortune to have a job and afford a restaurant. When I see someone is overwhelmed I try to calm them down and get them to pay attention to more demanding customers.
polichick
(37,152 posts)had a wonderful dinner in Central Park, NYC. It did hit me that it wasn't so nice for those restaurant workers.
valerief
(53,235 posts)polichick
(37,152 posts)think about workers not being at home.
Hopefully some managers ask for volunteers - there may be workers who don't want to see their relatives! lol
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)to "Thanksgetting".
polichick
(37,152 posts)Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)"Black Friday" will be on Labor Day.
City Lights
(25,171 posts)Bob Shrum is full of shit.
polichick
(37,152 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)I still remember those days...
polichick
(37,152 posts)Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)Ah, the good ol' daze.
onethatcares
(16,133 posts)going on for a long time.
The Tampa Bay Times did an editorial about it three weeks ago and I was surprised to find it has been
going on since the early 1900s.
Just another way to get the dollars early.
I hate "shopping' anyway. You won't find me in a store on Thanksgiving, or any of the other holidays, including Veterans Day.
I'm also pretty much over our capitalist economy. Anyone know of one that works?