Black Friday creeps into Thanksgiving permanently?

Associated Press
Nov 24, 2012





This new approach could become a holiday shopping season tradition.






















It would be a better idea to go back to most stores being closed on holidays and eliminating Black Friday altogether. It brings out the worst in people and is a nightmare for employees that have to put up with those people. Another example of how employers don't care about their workers; just the bottom line and their bank balance.

BW1's picture

"eliminating Black Friday altogether"

Yes, because as we all know, there's some authority that decrees it, right? Look, it's called the free market. If people didn't show up and spend, it wouldn't happen. As long as people are willing to play the game, it will go on.

"employers don't care about their workers"

If the job isn't reasonable, find another job. If these stores found out no one would work for them, they'd change their ways until people started applying.

In a free market system, nothing happens witout willing participants.


There is an authority that decrees it. It is called the law. Any municipality can pass a law that says no business can be open on specific holidays or Sundays, or any other day they choose. Look it up, it has been done before. Just takes people passing a law.

BW1's picture

Blue laws were long ago found unconstitutional. The government can't enforce your sabbath or high holy days on others. This is still (ostensibly) a free country, your fascist fantasies notwithstanding.

This year, over a billion dollars were spent on black Friday, a new record. That doesn't happen without lots of willing participants.

Freedom is when other people get to make choices of which you don't approve.






Pray to what? The store? YGBFSM!

Really?! Are there people who are that stupid?!


Sam doesn't sound all that bright. It's the classic whip up the less intelligent into thinking they are saving "SO MUCH MONEY".

Think how much you save by not going at all.

Christmas has lost it's light and become become a mass brainwashing to consume junk. Boring.

Same with these news articles..."See, they're all doing it." Hogwash.

BW1's picture

Well, not all, but certainly an awful lot. $1 billion spent.


If they want BLack Friday don't start till midnight. The heck with this thursday stuff


I once stood in line for 8 hours to get into a venue, I was much younger and was dressed as a Imperial stormtrooper and the lady behind me was dressed as Princess Leia so it made the hours pass as water on a warm sunny day. When i finally made it to the door i paid the admission to see a wonderous land of Booth women and future I.T People that were kind, Courteous and most of all friendly. This proves two things, 1. That the only thing worth waiting in line for 8 hours for better be sold by a scantily dressed woman who knows the difference between a AT-AT and a Landspeeder and 2. People are nicer to one another if they are all armed to the teeth even if they are just armed with fake Lightsabers and BlasTech DL-44 replica's.

2cents's picture

In my eyes the entire holiday was ruined about thirty years ago. Before that people and stores did not do much of anything until just around Thanksgiving, now that is about nonexistent. I saw fake Christmas trees going on display at Sears this past July! As a youth I enjoyed decorating and preparing for Christmas, my Ex-wife spoiled that by being way too picky about all the decorations and preperations that were never good enough. Black Friday is nothing more than a retail and media super hype day praying on the general public.