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Absolutely!
Fortunately, this year, both of my children are now older and no longer interested in alot of needless junk under the Christmas tree. The kids are at an age where practicality and need are more important that whats new this year and hot.
Marshall
I hate the Holiday season. The whole aspect has been so commercialized that the real meaning is gone.
I was watching NBC news at 10 last night and they had a ticker at the bottom of the screen with info when the stores open on Friday icon_vomit1.gif
I’m going to do my shopping on Amazon and have it delivered to my door….
Ryan, I saw that too! I remember when the stores opened at 7 a.m. and we thought that was early, it’s now pushed back to 4 a.m. Why on earth open that early and how does the staffing work? No thanks, I see no need for that!
Why would anyone get up to go shopping at 4am. The retailers have people in this country trained well, just like lemmings.
My son is a sales associate at JC Penneys WestTowne, and a large part of his income is commissions on his sales totals. He has to be in store and ready to work at 5AM on Friday. His record one day pay will happen on Black Friday, so that’s a good thing.
It is good that people benefit from the early hours. I think allot of the shopping has become a social occasion also.
Quote:My son is a sales associate at JC Penneys WestTowne, and a large part of his income is commissions on his sales totals. He has to be in store and ready to work at 5AM on Friday. His record one day pay will happen on Black Friday, so that’s a good thing.I used to work part-time at JCP west towne, that (nextto washing dishes in high school) was the worst job I ever had crybaby2.gif In retail, your job is based on commision, and you have to push poeple into buying stuff wether they want it or not. One time I had to work until 11pm for some XMas sale, after that I said “F— it” and quit Drogar-Laugh(LBG).gif Your boy has my sympathies….unfortunately now I have to go shopping icon_vomit1.gif
moparkid25, you and I do agree occasionally jumpy.gif
I could not do what my son does. I have no desire to work with the general public, in a setting such as JCP. But my son seems to enjoy what he’s doing. But then again, when I was 21, if I made enough money to hang out and wear cool clothes and buy cold beer, everything was in it’s proper place in the universe icon_cheesygrin.gif icon_cheesygrin.gif
In reality, the hours work out really well for him. He is a part time studen at MATC and is on campus until noon about every day and he typically works in the afternoons and nights. He is required to work every Saturday, Sunday, and most holidays. That schedule would not work for me at all.
Marshall
My mother works at Kohls South Towne. She had to be there for them to open at 4:00am. She said that there were 35 cars in the lot at 3:30. What is up with people? Do you have so much money to waste that you have to get up extra early to spend it? My Gawd!!! I have never understood the “it was on sale so I had to buy it” mentality.
I only look forward to one thing at Christmas…an excuse to wear my Grinch tie.
Oh, have you all heard about the silliness in Sydney, Australia? Santa is not allowed to say “ho, ho, ho” anymore because the term may be offensive to women. Now they are to say “ha, ha, ha”.
This world has lost it.
Political correctness has gotten way out of hand everywhere. Madison may be the worst when they won’t use the term ‘manhole cover’, they call it ‘sewer access device’. That is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard. Though not being allowed to use ‘ho ho ho’ may be more ridiculous.
Quote:I only look forward to one thing at Christmas…an excuse to wear my Grinch tie.That sounds like one sweet tie! icon_punk.gif
Well ‘ha ha ha’ and a merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!
Well, in the defense of those that got up in the middle of the night to go shopping (I was NOT one of them), I have a couple friends that did and saved some major money with the early sales. I guess if you’re looking for that one special item and it’s really marked down, go for it. I went to the mall around 10 and the parking lot was packed, no parking spots to be found. I waited until later in the day and it was much better. It seems many people do the majority of their shopping that day judging by the number of packages being carried around.
It’s a long weekend for retailers, Sunday probably can’t come soon enough but then again there is always another sale around the bend!
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