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Safety issues aside, this chaos sounds like a shoplifter's (or looter's) dream.
Safety issues aside, this chaos sounds like a shoplifter's (or looter's) dream.
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Didn't those poor Soviet bastards queue up outside GUM, for a chance at buying some crappy item, up until the early 1990s:
After reopening as a department store in 1953, the GUM became one of the few stores in the Soviet Union that was not plagued by shortages of consumer goods, and the queues to purchase anything were long, often extending all across Red Square.
I guess we're no better off, considering the forced scarcity of these bargain door-busters that American proles line up for...sad really.
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The funny thing is that the gift recipients probably couldn't care less about the turmoil that one went through just to get the gift for them.
No, the sad thing is people are that ignorant i.e. standing hours in line in freezing weather to save a couple bucks on an item. Get a life.
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I would refuse ANY gift acquired through such ludicrous means.
No joke.
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First thing that came to my mind, like schvitzatura, was the royalty laughing at the stupid proletariat huddled masses killing each other to buy buy buy, spend spend spend, obey obey obey!
Get a life is right... Or better yet, get a brain and think for yourself.
A deeper look into Human Nature. And don't forget these 'incidents' were caused by eagerness to aquire luxury (=unnecessary) items.
Imagine what our modern societies would turn into if we had a sudden scarcity of essential items, like food and water.
I used to live in Torrance; other than the squirrels, the people there are Gangsta!
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Solo, didn't that pretty much happen in New Orleans and South Mississippi last year?
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My guess is that most of these chuckleheads in line walk are the types that walk into a car dealership and pay sticker or pony up 10% for financing becuase their monthly payment is \"great\"...idiots.
Enough! I call for a moratorium on all this Black Friday nonsense. So what if there are a few good deals to be had? The greedy feeding frenzy of those pre-dawn mobs is a revolting sight and makes me question Americans' sanity, not to mention their (our) sense of perspective.
I suppose the horse has left the barn when it comes to the capitalism-on-steroids state of our annual winter holiday shopping, but I can still rant about it. And I will! Hey, I *am*!
I was just feeling kind of guilty for being scornful of a good friend for camping outside of Circuit City to get a new laptop for Christmas. She was like, \"No, it was fun!\" I was embarrassed for her.
When I got to the mall at a civilized hour, one would not even have thought 'twas Black Friday. If having the loss-leader specials at such patently ridiculous hours keeps me and the other normal shoppers from getting stompled by the lunatics, I'm all for it.
My friends and I have speculated that perhaps the retailers have started having their specials so early precisely to keep the rabid masses away from the calmer customers who were complaining about getting mauled in the middle of the day.
Don't these people have the internet?