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And think of the Mall*Wart employees "encouraged" to work on Turkey Day rather than spending it with their families. Boycott, baby!

Oh, and hope that whoever made that decision gets incurable nut (or c*nt) cancer and dies screaming.

So when the heck are they expecting everyone to line up ?

The night before T-day ?

Yea this trend really sucks they need to stop it.

Soon they will want me to come in the office the day after T-Day, after all I should have got my shopping done on T-Day.

I really don't think this is buying them anything in the end.

competition is good but this is ridiculous.

You’re only going to buy so much (well at least I can control myself) so once your done shopping then what.

I think this strategy works just great. It breeds the mob frenzy feeling...People rushing into a store to a get a below cost deal on select items..And then don't want to leave empty handed...

If it didn't work...Walmart wouldn't be risking liability after liability the times in the past that something happened in a walmart store...Like when someone got trampled to death,etc....

Most people have no self control. Once there, they'll buy something, even if they get the black friday item....Go figure....

Soon they will want me to come in the office the day after T-Day, after all I should have got my shopping done on T-Day.

You shop on Black Friday? I generally take care of business before BF, or first week of Dec. That is if I don't buy online.

Black Friday is generally spent on my family's farm at this point, 20 miles from the nearest big box store.

Costco is great to shop on Black Friday. Hardly anybody is there as most of them are at the mall.

I never really got the appeal of black friday. It's usually specially made low quality junk electronics at a cost price point. Of course it's been proven to be effective for the average masses. Some people like that kind of excitement, I prefer football and beer on Thanksgiving for excitement

AN: Yup, the beauty of the Leftist mind at work.

"Believe as I do, or get testicular or cervical cancer!".

The far Right and the far Left in this country are now virtually indistinguishable.

I'm not "far Left" in the sense of subscribing to any one doctrine.

But I sincerely wish the worst to people who treat their employees like crap. Human decency should be shown, in all relations. Personal and professional. People who don't show decency always end up being slapped around by karma eventually, and a good job too.

Essentially they're saying to their employees: "economy's bad. You won't easily find another job if you quit/get fired. Let's make you work more, and not spend time with your family at a time which should be shared with family." Actually, they're probably not even thinking about ANYTHING except their bottom line. Callous. Disgusting.

Yeah, shoppers, trample away, you sad bunch of economic bio-robots.

The root of the problem is this line, not the business.

Both are the problem. Mere demand for a product or service doesn't excuse immoral behavior on the part of service providers.

Besides, is this demand intrinsic or GENERATED? i.e. how many people actually WANT to spend Thanksgiving evening in a Soviet-style line?

He must not have heard about what you send out comes back. That is why I am trying to think nice thoughts.

That's my point. The honcho at WalMart is sending out what? Tramplings? Upset families on a holiday. Why should that not be reciprocated on them?

the whole praying for cancer thing was i think pioneered for howard stern who would pray for cancer to begin to grow in hsi enemies. itwas kind ofcreepy funny when howard did it. so i think the praying for cancer thing does have roots in pop culture; it's not i think an extreme political thing, but more like a simpsons reference...

Hell Yaahhh I am there!!!

I hate shopping so there is not enough money in the world to make me go out on black Friday.

I'll be home with a bunch of 9 year olds getting them ready for the FLL regionals. Robotics is funner than bf crowds.

Now, this is the kind of BF stories I like to hear. http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/12/pf/black.... Black Friday can be a great thing if you do it like this.

dup.

I usually start at Frys to get my annual serving of electronics, stop by Lowes for tools, Big 5 for sports gear and get home as the rest of the family is getting out of their beds. I kind of like spending a couple of hours standing in line in blistering cold of 35-40 degrees, probably because I don't have to do it.

35 degrees is a balmy spring morning, wimp ;)