You hate that there is not a UK Thanksgiving? or you hate Black Friday because the UK does not have Thanksgiving?I hate it. Simply because in the UK we don't have Thanksgiving (obviously), but we do have Black Friday/Cyber Monday.
How does that work?
According to this alternative explanation, Black Friday is the day when retailers finally begin to turn a profit for the year. In accounting terms, operating at a loss (losing money) is called being “in the red" because accountants traditionally used red ink to show negative amounts (losses).
I hate that an American tradition is slowly being adopted over here for no reason other than greedy retailers trying to offload their old crap.You hate that there is not a UK Thanksgiving? or you hate Black Friday because the UK does not have Thanksgiving?
This accounting perspective is where the term comes from.
I assume places outside of the US have their own Black Friday, but I would guess the day it falls on may vary from place to place.
I am curious, in the UK does Black Friday shopping deals take place on the day after the American Thanksgiving Holiday?
Ya, now they are just opening on Thanksgiving instead.As far as an opportunity to get a deal, I like it. Last year I stood in line at Target after Thansgiving dinner to buy an iPad on sale. It was a great deal!
That said, no more of this getting up at 3am to stand outside the door of a Best Buy. Glad retailers are getting away from that aspect of it.
Hate it. Commercializes the holidays to the utmost extreme.
J.C. Penny will be opening at 2 pm on Thanksgiving. Talk about greedy bastards.
Come on, ka-ching makes the business world go around.Ya, now they are just opening on Thanksgiving instead.
When I worked retail I hated Black Friday. I wanted to be sleeping at 6 am not waiting on the *******s who got up early to go shopping.
J.C. Penny will be opening at 2 pm on Thanksgiving. Talk about greedy bastards.
No way, it will be be thankful you have a job...I can live with the commercialization if that's someone's thing...I just can't stand the way people treat other human beings. People can be cruel year-round, but it seems especially common between late November and and early January.
The treatment of those working in retail seems especially nasty this time of year, as if a retail job wasn't difficult enough to begin with
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I really hope they are paying their employees like 3-4+ times their normal rate.
Ah, Jerry Springer, the paragon of trash TV, highlighting trashy people. Was he doing us a favor pointing this out?When you say Black Friday this is what comes to my mind:
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Note to self: Never accept a Thanksgiving invite from yaxomoxay. If I survive the day I will still have to help hauling and installing a large appliance.Hate it.
However I will admit being lucky twice.
Last time my refrigerator broke it was on thanksgiving day, so the next day I bought a $700 refrigerator for $150 or so.
The following year, similar thing with similar timing, except that it was my dryer which actually was in flames. So I got a great deal.
Other than that, I despise it.
Note to self: Never accept a Thanksgiving invite from yaxomoxay. If I survive the day I will still have to help hauling and installing a large appliance.
Mike
Ya, now they are just opening on Thanksgiving instead.
When I worked retail I hated Black Friday. I wanted to be sleeping at 6 am not waiting on the *******s who got up early to go shopping.
J.C. Penny will be opening at 2 pm on Thanksgiving. Talk about greedy bastards.
Black Friday is fine, as long as it stays on Friday. Stores need to stop this “opening on Thursday!” BS.
Thursday should be for family only. Not for $$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
That made me smile!In my personal opinion, people partaking in the Black Friday mayhem are f***ing idiots. I get a good laugh at the videos that come out afterwards. Starting fights, pulling hair, breaking bones, bursting through the doors in the store like a maniac to save a tiny bit.
Especially in the last few years with the popularity of Amazon, which is delivered to you, is a far better option. Some people....
Maybe the madness is inherently an American thing. In the UK Black Friday is calm and cordial.
Dislike.
I remember once I was forced to shop on Black Friday because my mouse had died that morning and I needed a new one. I waited until the late evening when the pandemonium was over and then drove to the local Best Buy.
It was like a tornado had blown through the store. Trash was everywhere and product was on the floor instead of the shelves. Many shelves were empty, reminding me of those pictures of Russian grocery stores in the Soviet-era. The floors were dirty and were marked haphazardly with painter's tape in an effort to enforce directional lanes of travel.
The employees were haggard and had empty stares in their eyes. On a positive note, I could tell that they had bonded closely with each other due to the shared trauma.
I couldn't find the mouse so I asked the employee if they were somewhere else, like an end cap or something. He looked it up and said there were 6 still showing in stock, but it was likely that they were all stolen. He said lots of shoplifting occurs on Black Friday because there are too many people in the crowd to manage.