Black Friday. A few things pop in my head when I hear those two words. Excitement is probably the first thing that comes to my mind. The excitement of finding great deals for myself gets me up at two in the morning. Actually, this year we didn't even go to bed. Just stayed up at shopped all night. When I go shopping on black Friday I don't usually have a certain product in mind, I just like to find things I like for cheap. Here is a site talking about why people go out on blakc Friday. http://cjonline.com/news/2011-11-25/black-friday-time-shop-people-watch
The next thing I think about is people. My God there is people everywhere. We went to Target, and the line to get in was wrapped around the building. I literally could see the Target sign while I was at the end of the line because it was so long. I think we all have a hormone inside of us that makes us forget about all the people on out shopping on Black Friday. Because this year did it for me. I will not be going out next year because it was so unbelievably stressful and frustrating. I say this now, but im sure I'll be getting up next year again to go shopping. It is flat out dangerous. People absolutely go nuts during black Friday. There have even been deaths, where people are trampled to death. This year, a lady used pepper spray to get to the front of a line.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/26/us-usa-retail-violence-idUSTRE7AO15H20111126
People, you really don't need to go out on black Friday. I can't really back up my words right now since I went out, and didn't even have a reason to. However, there is a thing called Cyber Monday. Cyber Monday is an online shopping day the Monday after Thanksgiving. It has great deals on it, not quite as good as black Friday, but there are plenty of great deals. There are plenty of other reasons not to shop on Black Friday. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/11/25/national/a222013S93.DTL. Here is a site listing many reasons why you don't need to go out on black Friday.
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