Black Friday is starting to get ridiculous. At the rate we are going we'll be having Christmas Super Sales on Halloween! This year some companies are opening Thursday evening around 8 p.m. What has happened to us as a society that we can't even enjoy an entire day off to spend with our families before we start the craziness we call Christmas shopping. Will we start opening the stores at 8 p.m. on Christmas day to get a jump on all of those returns???
A story was run on the Today Show talking about an employee of Target who started a petition to the company to NOT open on Thanksgiving day. She has gained a lot of support from her fellow employees and employees of other stores that are also opening on Thursday. We, as consumers, can also have a voice in this madness - we can stay home until Friday. Sure, if you want to hit the midnight sales after Thanksgiving go for it. Technically it's Friday and not Thursday. But if enough of us stay home before midnight we'll send the message to these companies that we want everyone to enjoy time with friends and family and not busy handling crazy mobs on what should have been their day off.
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