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Welcome to the Black Friday Purge!
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Welcome to the Black Friday Purge! Where only the strongest retail worker will survive.... For retailers, Black Friday is the Holy Grail of sales days, for my retailer it is THE biggest sales day out of the year with only Christmas Eve coming in at a close second. Black Friday is 24 hours of hell with frantic customers searching for amazing deals and they have waited an entire year to cash in on them. It's an extreme sport for most Black Friday shoppers. They've saved, they've mapped out stores and researched ads to create strategies to obtain their coveted sale items, they've assembled teams to cover their bases.... It's Black Friday! With COVID this year, our Black Friday became a week long event.... When you have to count the number of customers coming and going from your store and have leadership staffed at the doors to enforce a mask mand it is no longer possible have just a one-day sale extravaganza!! For safety reasons, it becomes a week long event! Which means.... An entire week of Black Friday shoppers. A week long Black Friday sale becomes more and more like the purge for us retail workers as sale items begin sell out throughout the course of the week. a regular Black Friday, customers know the products are limited and first come first serve. Once they're gone, they're gone... But, with a week long sale, the expectation is.... "You have it in the ad! You should have it in the store!! Why advertise it if you're only going to get a few???" It is now an entire week of pissed off customers once they discover that on Wednesday we no longer have the sale item advertised at 50% with a coupon for $30 off their next purchase as it sold out on Sunday when the sale first started. Fun times! It's even better when the items advertised are only on hand because of the sale.... "I'm sorry Ma'am, we don't normally carry that solid gold waffle maker with the ivory handle. I...." "What do you mean you don't normally carry it?!? It's in your ad!! That is the ONLY item I came here to buy!!" Uh, yah... I'll just have to ignore that shopping cart full of shit. Do you plan on leaving it at the door when you storm out?? I'll bet you don't.... "This Black Friday is no different than any other Black Friday we've had. We still received products that were just for the sale, we only received specific numbers of items, and once they're gone, they're gone. You just have more days to shop the sale now so we can now keep people healthy and safe." "Greedy corporations. They do that just to get us in here!" Abso-fucking-lutely! Although, I must say, I did manage to capitalize on a couple of Black Friday deals as well. My Christmas shopping has begun! Got a set of Air Pods for the spawn for $99 and a new Keurig slim for myself for $59. Go me! |
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if it's ok with you, let's not exchange gifts this year check, one off the list hmm be safe Demi Lovato, Marshmello - "OK Not To Be OK" Feeling like a drop in the ocean That don't nobody notice Maybe it's all just in your head Feeling like you're trapped in your own skin And now your body's frozen Broken down, you've got nothing left When you're high on emotion And you're losing your focus And you feel too exhausted to pray Don't get lost in the moment Or give up when you're closest All you need is somebody to say It's okay not to be okay It's okay not to be okay 
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It was Black Friday ... now Black Saturday.. lets us explore this ... 
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It was Black Friday ... now Black Saturday.. lets us explore this ...
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if it's ok with you, let's not exchange gifts this year check, one off the list hmm be safe Demi Lovato, Marshmello - "OK Not To Be OK" Feeling like a drop in the ocean That don't nobody notice Maybe it's all just in your head Feeling like you're trapped in your own skin And now your body's frozen Broken down, you've got nothing left When you're high on emotion And you're losing your focus And you feel too exhausted to pray Don't get lost in the moment Or give up when you're closest All you need is somebody to say It's okay not to be okay It's okay not to be okay To leave private messages, please use my confidential mailbox at my blog: Good luck!!! 
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Up here, Black Friday only started becoming “a thing” 5 or 6 years ago (I imagine lots of people have been going across the border for years and Canadian retailers finally decide to get in on it). But, because we prefer a more science-based (ish?) response to the current situation, we are apparently having Black Friday **month**, at least at a number of retailers. Although ... we’ve been better than the Yanks for a couple of years, because we now have the glory of spring Black Friday and summer Black Friday. That’s the part I just don’t get - the Pavlovianness of it all. They ring the bell, and we just come arunnin’, ready to spend, spend, spend. And yes, you can find deals which are as good or better at other times of the year. I’m just glad I neither have the interest in it all, or live in the U.S., where it really does seem like an absolutely crazy day (at least in the “before” times). The good news for your work life is it’s almost over. Black Friday, I mean ... not anything else ... nope haven’t heard anything else about you, we haven’t discussing you on the internet ... LOL Good luck holding on to your sanity, ‘til it’s all over?
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Up here, Black Friday only started becoming “a thing” 5 or 6 years ago (I imagine lots of people have been going across the border for years and Canadian retailers finally decide to get in on it). But, because we prefer a more science-based (ish?) response to the current situation, we are apparently having Black Friday **month**, at least at a number of retailers. Although ... we’ve been better than the Yanks for a couple of years, because we now have the glory of spring Black Friday and summer Black Friday. That’s the part I just don’t get - the Pavlovianness of it all. They ring the bell, and we just come arunnin’, ready to spend, spend, spend. And yes, you can find deals which are as good or better at other times of the year. I’m just glad I neither have the interest in it all, or live in the U.S., where it really does seem like an absolutely crazy day (at least in the “before” times). The good news for your work life is it’s almost over. Black Friday, I mean ... not anything else ... nope haven’t heard anything else about you, we haven’t discussing you on the internet ... LOL Good luck holding on to your sanity, ‘til it’s all over? -- allgud69xxx Yeah ... that's right ... I went there ..  Wanna msg, but can't - my Postbox blog Another way to say hi my Postbox
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I've always been a bit wary of Black Friday deals. You're sometimes even paying more rather than less for certain items. I hope it's not going to be too stressful for you this year 
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I've always been a bit wary of Black Friday deals. You're sometimes even paying more rather than less for certain items. I hope it's not going to be too stressful for you this year 
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Can't find most of the items that I want too get for Daughter, Her Hubby & Grand-Kids aren't in Local Stores; so I Shop Online anyway !!!   Have a Happy T Day !! secret_lade 
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I tried shopping a Black Friday sale....once. It was back in the early 90s. I won't do it again. I try to do what little Christmas shopping I need to do long before the holiday and anything else, I'll do online Those who work retail and have to endure the insanity have my deepest sympathy. 
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We only do Christmas for the kids, and I'm giving both G-girls cash this year. They prefer to buy their own gifts.
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11/26/2020 8:05 am |
We only do Christmas for the kids, and I'm giving both G-girls cash this year. They prefer to buy their own gifts.
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I tried shopping a Black Friday sale....once. It was back in the early 90s. I won't do it again. I try to do what little Christmas shopping I need to do long before the holiday and anything else, I'll do online Those who work retail and have to endure the insanity have my deepest sympathy. Pagan  Hmmmm....I know I left that wand around here somewhere!
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Can't find most of the items that I want too get for Daughter, Her Hubby & Grand-Kids aren't in Local Stores; so I Shop Online anyway !!! Have a Happy T Day !! secret_lade
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Hiya McLade, I hope ye're surviving okay........do they give you a big circular sombrero so that you can keep your distance from the crowds? And I hope you're well m'dear......
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black friday week is not for the weak! only the strong survive to boxing day
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Extreme Sport lol I get you Happy Thanksgiving to you and the Spawn
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Ya know, in all my years on this planet, I never once wasted any portion of my life anywhere near one of those cluster fuck fake sale Fridays. I guess it has to do with my dislike of being part of a crowd; never figured out what herd mentality meant. Good luck 🤞 🌹 ❗ 😎!!! ❗❗❗
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Hiya McLade, I hope ye're surviving okay........do they give you a big circular sombrero so that you can keep your distance from the crowds? And I hope you're well m'dear......
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11/26/2020 3:40 am |
black friday week is not for the weak! only the strong survive to boxing day there is a world of difference between insanity and stupidity
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Extreme Sport lol I get you Happy Thanksgiving to you and the Spawn Please visit my Blog "Older but no Wiser"
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Ya know, in all my years on this planet, I never once wasted any portion of my life anywhere near one of those cluster fuck fake sale Fridays. I guess it has to do with my dislike of being part of a crowd; never figured out what herd mentality meant. Good luck 🤞 🌹 ❗ 😎!!! ❗❗❗ ... is there another way to look at it Going Too Fucking Far NEW Blog Features RevealeD O O A Foolproof Method Posted Over on that NEW site O O
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