Black Friday

Today is the so-called "Black Friday."  According to what I heard on the radio earlier in the week, they were estimating that more than 200 MILLION people in the United States would be out shopping today.  That's nearly two-thirds the population of the country!

There were people camped out at Best Buy in Orem since the 19th.  Those people spent a WEEK camping out to save a hundred bucks on a television.  Even if they saved two hundred dollars, that works out to just over $1 per hour.  Worth it?  Apparently it is to them.

Then there's the "Door Buster" phenomenon where people risk life and limb to be one of the first people through the door so they can have one of the very few extra-special-super-on-sale items that are in very limited quantity.  Is it worth saving fifty dollars if you end up spending a hundred dollars on medical bills?

No thank you.  I'd rather not get those great deals.

Black Friday is starting earlier and earlier now.  Some places are opening at 10pm on Thanksgiving Day to start the Black Friday madness.  I can assure you that the people that made the decision to open late on Thanksgiving aren't the same people that have to staff the stores on Thanksgiving Day.

No thank you.  I'll be sleeping in.  Just like I do EVERY Black Friday.