So, did any of you Gentle Readers participate in the
human stampedes "
doorbusters" of Black Friday? I saw that J.C. Penney was opening at 4AM; the first people through the doors at that ungodly hour should have been trucked right to the local Dim Bulb Warehouse. The executives who decided to open at that time (all of whom were probably home asleep at 0400) should have been shot.
They'd have to be selling $100 bills for $5 apiece (limit, one thousand per customer) in order to get me out to stand in that line.
On the other hand, maybe we need a gazillion people to go out and spend heedlessly, since
Dubai is kind of defaulting on $59 billion in debt. Though, when you have that level of debt, they'll call it anything other than a "default" and they'll be more than happy to do what it takes, even if it is "extend and pretend" that it will be repaid. Good luck doing that with your mortgage or credit cards, though.
Update: Some of the news reports said that
brainwashed imbeciles people began lining up at some Best Buy stores at noon on Thursday in order to save a few clams on laptops. If a potential guest told me that he couldn't come to Thanksgiving dinner because he was going to stand on line overnight at some big-box store, well, I don't think I'd be associating with them on a regular basis.
first on dubai - since when do OPEC members run out of money - oh since the sheiks are just like the american CEOs - they arent happy until they are the only ones standing with all the toys
ReplyDeletesecond on black friday. its cold, i went to the gym, i made coffee, i am not going anywhere - i dont quite get the whole shopping ting, so maybe i am the prime resaon dubai and america are under water
The wife and I went shopping this morning. Two pet stores, baby store, fabric store, Michael's and Bed, Bath, and Beyond. Only BB&B had any real crowds but it didn't feel any more annoying than any other time I'm in there.
ReplyDeleteWe did hit one electronics store today. Walked in, took one look at the check out lines and walked right now. I'm not dealing with that crap.
I went to Black Friday at Fry's. Once. Sometimes you just have to piss on the electric fence for yourself.
ReplyDeleteI stayed close to my iceberg, emerging from thereupon only to fetch some to-go food from a nearby hole-in-the-wall and swiftly retreating back to my lair. It is altogether too easy to get trampled in the annual Running of the Morons, and besides it's easier to just let the Internet do the walking for me...
ReplyDelete- Badtux the Non-moronic Penguin