Black Friday is coming, hooray, hooray!!!

If that's what you considered punked, then cool.

I suppose, yes, I could have run up front and yelled at the people being assholes. But since that would have involved me then, in turn, cutting in front of those who had been waiting longer than me, I chose not to.

Punked is me.

 

Haven't read this whole thread, but: I refuse to go into any stores. Ever. If I can't buy it online, I don't want it. Ever.

Today, you know some 21 yr old manager stands outside in the parking lot, grabs the first elderly man who looks like he has nothing to do but just had to get out of the house, and says to him, 'Wanna make $40 bucks today? Can you stand behind a register? No? We can get you a stool. Come on.'

fyi, the internet is teeming with Free Shipping offers today---so you pay no shipping, usually no tax, and you can stay in your pajamas watching Myra Breckinridge while you shop.

 

Myra fans in their pajamas won't be shopping ...

 

When Black Friday comes
I'll stand down by the door
And catch the gray men
When they dive from the fourteenth floor

I think I'm gonna go dig Katy Lied out of the CD box.

 

I wasn't going to go out today, however somebody told me that Hastings (which I despise) has my dad's Christmas present (Star Wars ep. 4-6 with the original and the updated movies) on sale cheaper than Amazon. Is it worth saving 2-3 bucks a DVD?

 

It's just $2-3 you'll be putting back into your gas tank.

 

I assumed the lines began at the store...

Hundreds of early bird shoppers jammed the highways last night and early today in Mercer County (Western PA) for the "midnight madness" sale at the Prime Outlet shops in Grove City.

State police reported northbound traffic on Interstate 79 was backed up 10 miles at the exit to the outlet shops. The southbound exit was backed up for six miles.

The high volume traffic flow on I-79 even affected Interstate 80, which was lined with four miles of vehicles, mostly headed toward I-79 and the Prime Outlets exit.

Troopers said the backups began around 10 p.m. last night.

Really, the lead photo on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website says it all.

http://www.postgazette.com/

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061124/ap_on_hi_te/retailers_online_outages

Here's the world's smallest violin playing a sad tune for frustrated Wal-Hell online shoppers...

 

Not the item I wanted. None of the computers I looked at were online, it said 'Available in store only.'

 

I was wondering how that turned out.

Here, they had the ambulance out just after 4:30 a.m. for the Best Buy crowd.

To the south, the Circuit City crowd milled around more peacefully.

Not too many f-tards in my area, but there were a few, mainly the Sea Hag who was waiting for a friend to arrive and had to stand between me and the doors.

The radio stations were there, too, including some female DJ with the unfortunate nickname of Touchdown.

Afterward, though, I had to forego IHOP since everyone else had the same idea. So instead, I went to Denny's.

 

I went out this morning around 5:30 a.m. just to see what it was like. After hearing all the stories about Black Friday, I was still shocked. I went out around 3:30 a.m. to get gas (couldn't sleep) and I was amazed by the number of people already in line at ToysRUs and Best Buy. My trip wasn't for nothing. I bought a couple of CDs and 5 DVDs and saved about $40 total. I was in line about an hour, but I was awake and I see Black Friday as something everyone should experience at least once. It was funny hearing everyone's stories, their plans of attack, etc.

It was OK, but I probably won't ever do it again.

BTW, all the stuff I got cheap was NOT available online. In-store only.