Black Thursday Shopping

     So we're all aware of the new Thanksgiving tradition, it is a passed time for people to have the day off of work, sit around the table, and give thanks for something. Now, instead of gathering as families, we shop. There are millions of people who are against Black Friday shopping on Thanksgiving, and these people make it very evident, posting on Facebook and ranting on other various websites, but unfortunately, the deals are just too big. Whether you're against it, or all for it, if you want that TV that goes on sale at 6 p.m. Thursday night bad enough, you're going to go out for it. No matter how much you want to sit and finish that plate of mashed potato surprise and odd flavored casserole, the headlines and percentages will always win.
     Maybe you are hardcore. Maybe you've stated your claim and your sticking too it: You will not go Black Thursday shopping. Great for you, but you're not helping anything. Too many people come to our stores, we make too much revenue. Black Thursday shopping is inevitable. I wouldn't be surprised if it becomes Black Wednesday in a few years, or maybe even Black November. Does it suck for those who have to work? Yes it does. It's awful. I hated dealing with cranky people who missed the last pair of shoes by two minutes. It sucked getting yelled at because "door-buster prices ended at three, our systems have stopped ringing those prices, i'm sorry that you were in line before that, there's nothing we can do."
     It may sound like I'm telling you to suck it up and just shop, and maybe in a way I am a little bit, but then again what I'm really telling you, if you're against Black Thursday, is to not just state your claim in silence. but rather, fight like hell to stop it. I want my Thanksgiving food that I wait all year for, I want mashed potato surprise, I want family time. Give me my Holiday back. Please, I beg you, picket outside, get on the news, start a petition. It isn't fair to us, the poor college kids of the world, to loose our holiday's. And does it make any sense, to anyone, that more stores are closed on Christmas, a religious based holiday, than Thanksgiving, a day of American pride? No, it doesn't. So if you went Black Thursday shopping, go you! I hope you got some awesome deals, but if you didn't, I hope I see you on the news next year.