The Insanity of Black Friday

November 27, 2009 firemaiden13
Tags: Black Friday, Black Friday Shopping, Christmas shopping, Crowds, Holiday Crowds, Holiday shopping, Online shopping, Shopping, Xmas shopping

Well we’ve survived another Thanksgiving, this year.  While the rest of the family was all snug in their beds, I was still wound up and wide awake when midnight rolled around.  I decided to venture out into the scary world that is known as Black Friday.  I thought to myself, I live in a small town there shouldn’t be too many people out… right?  WRONG!  Boy did I get a wake up call.  Not only was our Walgreens not open (is ours the only non 24 hour walgreens?), but Toys R Us was like insane.  I drove around and around in the parking lot, which was packed to the brim to find a spot.  I finally found one about 1 block away, parked and started the hike up to the store.  I swear the entire town was packed into that TRU.  When I walked in, there was a line of people waiting to check out, that line wrapped from the door all the way to the back of the store and then around again to the front.  The wait was more than 1.5 hours just to check out!  I couldn’t believe it.  I couldn’t even get through anyone to be able to shop.  I somehow made my way back out of the store, but not before getting practically run down by two people with shopping carts.

Before I went to TRU I had looked at their ad, and there really was nothing so terribly exciting that everyone was packed in there so bad!  Most all of the advertised items could still be had online via their website, or amazon and even walmart.  It is so not worth it to save a nickel and dime and have to fight those crowds.

If it was this bad here, I hate to think of what it’s like in a City atmosphere.   I learned my lesson and won’t be venturing out later today either.  I’ll enjoy shopping in my pajamas without the headache!

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