1. The annoying "Did you find everything okay?" question asked by the store employee(s).
2. Gridlock traffic and accidents
3. Perfume lady on commission chasing you with bottle.
4. One item on shelf for inventory.
5. Item SKU on shirt shows up on register as shovel.
6. Shopping cart with square squeaky wheel.
]]>So, are you guys gonna play lines or blackout? You need to clarify this people!
]]>@InfiniTrent: I would bet the lives of several children un-related to me on it.
]]>Wii = a very popular Nintendo game console.
]]>@Matthew Hughes:
It wasn't. It was recently changed to have it there.
@discounteggroll: only with a valid coupon
]]>--customer complaining to manager that sales associate said "merry christmas" instead of "happy holidays."
sorry folks
]]>God help those that sell Wiis. There are going to be riots.
]]>my write in would be: "customer complaining that you said Merry Christmas instead of Happy Holidays."
]]>@BrianDaBrain: The asshat that grabs the item you're carrying because it is the last one in stock
Said asshat, though, probably doesn't realize that now you have two free hands and they don't...
]]>Write ins:
- Line holders
- An ambulance to cart away those who have been trampled to death
- Wal-mart not having advertised TVs
- Hot chocolate
- Scalpers
- The asshat that grabs the item you're carrying because it is the last one in stock
- A surprisingly refreshing lack of little kids and screaming infants, but a depressingly large number of adults acting like little kids and/or screaming infants
- Mobs of people who temporarily suspend brain function as an excuse to be belligerently nasty to each other
Ah, yes, reasons why I will be sleeping straight through it all. Can't wait.
]]>My write-in would be "witnessing an early-morning car crash in the crazy Kohls parking lot." I saw that scene on Black Friday several years ago, and that soured me on Black Friday. It's now a day for me to stay home at all costs. I enjoy knowing my car and bank account are both intact at the end of the day.
]]>@Matt Sussman: Not everyone has the same level of devotion to live-blog bingo cards, Suss.
]]>- Arson
- Trampled to death
- Local news crew stealing items from customers to create an undercurrent of fear and desperation
- O.J. Simpson somehow involved and getting arrested
- Other sentient creatures laughing at the spectacle
- Level-headed people shopping for moderate deals at relatively empty stores
Person who gets there seven hours early, snags every single "limited item voucher" and walks the line trying to sell them to people waiting in line.
]]>Yeah, palatable makes it mean that the undercurrent is pleasant.
]]>I think you mean "Palpable Undercurrent of Fear and Desperation". And while I'm at it, the spelling is "Delirium Tremens."
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]]>The Christmas music....the pissed off shoppers... The karaoke. *shudder*
]]>If not, I'll have to use "Came to my senses, gave up, went the hell home, and poured myself a drink." And that won't fit in the square.
]]>can we team up and go halvsies?
]]>I'm hoping the YouTube era will let me experience all this madness vicariously, in the safety of my home. I generally hunker down and hide on Black Friday; being a former retail employee, I am permanently scarred by this day.
I'll just be rocking in the corner here, don't mind me...
]]>...I assume you mean Delirium Tremens?
]]>Well, I have to work, I always do, so I guess I have no idea what black Friday is?!
]]>And can we make an actual contest out of this? Let's say cell phone video required as proof for each square.
Consumerist can give out a gift card or something.
Who's with me?
]]>My write-in:
Customer in front of you trying to split up their purchase 5 ways so they can use 5 different coupons.