june gloom on 30/11/2008 at 20:59
When there's a tornado in a trailer park it's a problem for the trailer park residents.
ZylonBane on 30/11/2008 at 21:32
Quote Posted by dethtoll
When there's a tornado in a trailer park it's a problem for the trailer park residents.
Okay....
.....
AND?
LesserFollies on 30/11/2008 at 21:59
I hate the Black Friday thing. I hate the idea of it, I hate the coverage of it, I hate the fact that I actually know people who participate in it. It's grotesque. People sleep outside the store Thanksgiving night; they spend their Thanksgiving planning it... that's time they should be spending with their families, relaxing and talking or watching movies or whatever.
And perhaps the carnage wouldn't have been so bad if most Americans weren't so damned FAT. No wonder the poor guy was squished. The local news covered the crowds here, and I swear every. last. one. of the people shown shivering outside the stores was at least 40 pounds overweight. FAAAAAT
Maybe I'm shallow but
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :nono:
Ghostly Apparition on 30/11/2008 at 22:15
Quote Posted by Fringe
I admire your bold moral stand against shoppers trampling people to death.
If only more people had your courage!
There is a job I think you qualify for-- opening the doors at Wal-Mart next Black Friday.
Btw: I don't blame the shoppers, I blame the store for not anticipating the event, considering this seems to happen every year.
Starrfall on 30/11/2008 at 22:43
Quote Posted by ercles
Honestly, is this happening anywhere else?
Yes. It just happens over soccer, not HDTVs and X-box games.
The dumbest thing about black friday is that these are often people who shouldn't be
spending 300 bucks on putting another 300 bucks on the credit card for electronics at all, but because its ON SALE it's ok!
(The other dumbest thing is the fact that some people wait 10+ hours just so they can spend the 300 bucks they can't afford)
ZylonBane on 30/11/2008 at 23:03
The absolute dumbest thing is that they have these sales on a single day, instead of spreading it out over the entire weekend. Lord knows how many potential sales retailers lose to those of us who aren't willing to deal with the crowds.
ercles on 1/12/2008 at 01:01
Wouldn't all the good stuff still get sold in the first few hours?
BEAR on 1/12/2008 at 03:07
If there is one thing that these companies are good at, its making money. I'm sure zylon is an excellent economist and all, but I have this feeling that if a 3 day sale made them more money, they would do a 3 day sale.
fett on 1/12/2008 at 04:10
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
Bear in mind that these are Wal-Mart shoppers, not actual human beings.
THIS.
I was at my in-laws in Searcy AR (Read: BumFuckEgypt) for Thanksgiving and actually had to go to a Wal-Mart on Black Friday afternoon to get some diapers (No Target). The place looked like a fucking tornado came through there. I saw more ass-cracks, crack-heads, head-jobs, and jobless junkies with 12 filthy kids and 200 extra pounds plodding through the place than you could take in at a Harley Davidson rally. One little girl had mushrooms growing on the bottom of her feet I shit you not.
I live in Bentonville, AR, the home of Wal-Mart, and I drive 40 minutes into Fayetteville every week to go to Target and Harps because I can't stand that place.
jtr7 on 1/12/2008 at 04:21
Quote Posted by ercles
Wouldn't all the good stuff still get sold in the first few hours?
Only if you put all the items on sale on the same days. Switch it up. It's more complicated, but if you do it right, you'll have less people all at once, and maybe sell more overall. Maybe. Hmmm....:erg:
Mushrooms on the feet, eh? I had been wondering if that was possible. Now I know. Athletes' foot fungi wildly out of control!
Jason "Custodial Engineer" T. R.
