Black Friday and the War on Thanksgiving

[luv n tpa]

I've worked in one of the worst arenas of Black Friday: an outlet mall. I have pretty strong feelings on the subject, but I won't get into that.

What I will touch on is that there is nothing black about Black Friday anymore. Every retailer I've worked for never pulled themselves out of the red that weekend. Some experienced even more loss.

The sales in the outlets now are most likely better than what they will be Black Friday (at least that has been the trend for the past few years). They just market differently and reprice stickers to make you think you're getting a better deal during "Midnight Madness". Don't fall for it! (Usually electronics are excluded from this.)

[33girl]

This was on my FB feed.

https://www.facebook.com/boycottblac...002230/?type=1

Can someone explain to me how having to get up at the butt crack of dawn to be at work at 7 am is so much better than having to work the night before? I mean, people are going to be exhausted from the holiday and/or have to spend less time with their families to get home and to bed at a reasonable hour.