Being Thankful And Enjoying The Black Friday Hilarity
Posted November 28th, 2008 at 05:33 AM by Garage Logician
So many post so much explaining all the things for which they are thankful. This Thanksgiving I'm hoping everyone found more reasons to be thankful than not since I know we have.
One thing I am most thankful for is the season itself and all the marvelous entertainment that comes along with it. I am amused to observe the bargain hunters camping in the parking lots of larger stores hoping to be amongst the first in at 4:00 or 5:00 AM so they can snatch up the big savings. Now understand, this is Fargo, North Dakota, USA (nope, it's nothing like that stupid movie) and this time of year is not uncommon for overnight temperatures to drop into the teens. So this evening we drove past those camping outside the local Best Buy store. Aside from many vehicles (newer vehicles with $350 to $WhoKnows/month payments) were a number of tents. I have to wonder how many of those tents, sleeping bags, air mattresses and etc. were bought only days to weeks before just so their owners could be amongst the first in the store. And at what cost versus the potential saving realized by being part of the elite "first in the store" crowd? That is information I do not have but I wonder if the answer would make me scratch my head.
Never let it be said I am part of the conspiracy theory crowd, BUT, I wonder if the large retailers here in the USA hold an annual convention where they all compare notes of how they plan to make some portion of the population jump through entirely stupid hoops the morning after Thanks Giving. If they do, I'll bet they rent huge sound proof auditoriums so we all do not hear their uproarious laughter.
OK, I take off my curmudgeon costume to express my most sincere hopes we all found bountiful reasons to be thankful.
Let the festivities begin!
One thing I am most thankful for is the season itself and all the marvelous entertainment that comes along with it. I am amused to observe the bargain hunters camping in the parking lots of larger stores hoping to be amongst the first in at 4:00 or 5:00 AM so they can snatch up the big savings. Now understand, this is Fargo, North Dakota, USA (nope, it's nothing like that stupid movie) and this time of year is not uncommon for overnight temperatures to drop into the teens. So this evening we drove past those camping outside the local Best Buy store. Aside from many vehicles (newer vehicles with $350 to $WhoKnows/month payments) were a number of tents. I have to wonder how many of those tents, sleeping bags, air mattresses and etc. were bought only days to weeks before just so their owners could be amongst the first in the store. And at what cost versus the potential saving realized by being part of the elite "first in the store" crowd? That is information I do not have but I wonder if the answer would make me scratch my head.
Never let it be said I am part of the conspiracy theory crowd, BUT, I wonder if the large retailers here in the USA hold an annual convention where they all compare notes of how they plan to make some portion of the population jump through entirely stupid hoops the morning after Thanks Giving. If they do, I'll bet they rent huge sound proof auditoriums so we all do not hear their uproarious laughter.
OK, I take off my curmudgeon costume to express my most sincere hopes we all found bountiful reasons to be thankful.
Let the festivities begin!
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