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DebJ

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12. Nice for them, but not for the hundreds of people forced to work who can't be with their families.
Mon Nov 3, 2014, 02:43 PM
Nov 2014

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By about 2:00 pm on Thanksgiving Day Le Taz Hot Nov 2014 #1
The same clowns who show up to shop that day.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2014 #2
...and be the same one's complaining come Wednesday. nt Earth_First Nov 2014 #15
many Repuke voters also shop on Thanksgiving pstokely Nov 2014 #23
I feel for the people who have to work Ampersand Unicode Nov 2014 #3
Sorry to hear that. I spent many years estranged from my nuclear deurbano Nov 2014 #7
I completely understand PatSeg Nov 2014 #13
Thankfully not happening here in MA. Blue_Adept Nov 2014 #4
So a retail establishment owned by a Jew can't open on Christmas. former9thward Nov 2014 #11
That really sucks for those workers. I would never support it! C Moon Nov 2014 #5
Destruction turbinetree Nov 2014 #6
They also steal patented tools they are selling and have them cheaply reproduced in China... kysrsoze Nov 2014 #8
Please boycott any store that is open on Thanksgiving. 4dsc Nov 2014 #9
I have to admit to a certain ambivalence at this point - hedgehog Nov 2014 #10
Nice for them, but not for the hundreds of people forced to work who can't be with their families. DebJ Nov 2014 #12
And have no choice but to comply because they're slaves to low wages. groundloop Nov 2014 #14
Yep...in exchange for giving up time with your family, you get paid crap. n/t DebJ Nov 2014 #16
I don't know about you w0nderer Nov 2014 #18
mixed feelings MrNJ Nov 2014 #17
It's not, I have a friend who works in Best Buy Reter Nov 2014 #27
plan to boycott them demigoddess Nov 2014 #19
We plan to boycott Christmas. ballyhoo Nov 2014 #21
I don't understand what's different. SoapBox Nov 2014 #20
forget about "War on Christmas", what about the War on Thanksgiving? pstokely Nov 2014 #22
Sears lost some respect from me Omaha Steve Nov 2014 #24
I refuse to shop on Thanksgiving or Xmas Day. roamer65 Nov 2014 #25
The last desperate gasps customerserviceguy Nov 2014 #26
Oh. My. Gawd. While other chains have decided to CLOSE on Turkey Day so employees DesertDiamond Nov 2014 #28
I don't have to boycott them, both suck ass. ileus Nov 2014 #29
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