My friend, Rachel Bianchi, was assigned to write a 600 word essay on the topic "Black Friday". I found it both humorous and true. Enjoy!
Black Friday: Because only in America, people trample others
for sales practically the same day of being thankful for what they already
have. There are pros and cons of Black Friday; yet I believe there are more
cons than there are pros.
Yes, thanks to Black Friday not everyone needs to be an
extreme couponer like we see on television. But the amount of time people spend
prepping themselves for the next World War III in their neighborhood Wal-Mart,
they are losing valuable time they could be spending with their families. Some
people are willing to go and leave Thanksgiving dinner to get the best deals at
their local stores that are starting earlier and earlier every year. Those are
the people that are in the store and can’t walk properly because they still
have the “Thanksgiving dinner baby” still in their system. Three people got
featured on local news for camping out in front of Best Buy three days before
the day of the sale to make sure they got the item they have been waiting for.
Let’s hope the deal they got was worth the wait.
When stores open the day of Thanksgiving it means employees
have to miss or leave their Thanksgivings early to work. This is an
inconvenience for them as well as their friends and families that want to spend
time with them. Employees that have to work for Black Friday and soon to be
Black Thanksgiving work long shifts. Having family in the customer services
business, I know that when they don’t have enough sleep and angry customers with
the stress of making everyone happy, employees aren’t always their best. Customers
that are understandable are a relief to the employee working. Black Friday
makes it hard for the employees to keep their calm when five unsatisfied moms
are fighting over the last toy for their kid and it turns into the MMA
championships. Although some employees get commission for what they sell, the
aftermath of the tornado of people is unsettling. Employees have to spend hours
just to get their store into good condition. I personally don’t think employees
should have to suffer because a few hundred people want five percent off on the
latest trend.
Throughout picking out and trying on the latest style shirt,
some may not have access to the fitting rooms because Suzie and her whole
family might be there watching her try on dresses for prom and it looks like
the next episode of “Say yes to the dress”. So if those who don’t have access
to the dressing room because Aunt Sally is blocking the door way are in a rush,
most likely will just find the size that will most likely fit because they have
to go to the next store before the time runs out on the sale. Good news for the
shopaholics is that everything probably won’t fit so it gives them an excuse to
go back and shop some more! But for the ones that absolutely hate shopping and
are there for a once in a lifetime situation, just got a taste of how almost
everyone that buys clothes on Cyber Monday feels.
I am the type of person that isn’t social and is only patient
when I have to be. Black Friday doesn’t sound appealing to me. In my mind Black
Friday equals long lines and too many people in one place. Even though I did go
to the mall this year on Black Friday doesn’t mean it was the time of my life.
I saw about 10 people I know in one store, which is pretty bad, considering I
don’t know that many people. The lines were too long and the aisles were packed
to the point where people couldn’t function. It reminded me of some kind of
flash mob that was bound to happen where people would randomly break into song,
kind of like “High School Musical” but multiplied by a thousand.
Black Friday would be better if it actually started on Friday
instead of Thanksgiving. I also believe some people need to take a chill pill
or two if going to go shopping on Black Friday, because if they didn’t get what
they were on the hunt for, Cyber Monday is just around the corner for another
chance at the next big thing out there. Next time you think of saving big,
think of the people who sacrifice their nights to give you what you want. Maybe
we should be giving them what they want instead; and remember, the day before
you were just giving thanks for what you already have.
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