i made the mistake of going to walmart the friday after thanksgiving i have never done the shopping thing on that day but i really needed something that was on sale. i got there at 5:05am and the place was packed people were grabbing things not even looking to see what they had you couldnt move i had to ditch my cart and i tried saying excuse me and found out that didnt work so had to literly push my way through to get where i wanted to be i asked this guy to hand me what i needed there were plenty of them and he said nope wait in line i said but im not wanting anything else but that and he turned his back to me i had to ask 2 other people to hand it to me then they had dvds on sale i went to get one an someone slapped my hand awayi finnally made my way to the check out and got out of there.i was tottally amazed and discusted about how these people acted you would have thought the stuff was free if there had been a fire people would have died getting out of there what happend to xmas?
2006-11-27 09:38:15 · 7 answers · asked by crazyme 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Thanksgiving
btw these were grown adults no kids in the store at all... what would these people do if there kids behaved the way they did? and over what? just stuff
2006-11-27 09:39:11 · update #1
It's all about retail business making money.People are told they have to give presents to loved ones.Spend and give.No money? Then charge it.
It's all about money making. THAT'S NOT WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE.
2006-11-27 10:29:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I also went but I went much later in the day, in my area there are about 7 walmarts within a 30 minute drive so not much was crazy as you saw. I imagine your situation is different. People going nuts for stuff like that could be a great sign that people are supporting xmas or that people are greedy. Eiether way, look at it this way, people buying things is a good thing for the economy and hopefully for you when xmas gets here.
2006-11-27 17:41:37 · answer #2 · answered by alienorgy69 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What happened is that the politically correct crowd made us deny what Christmas is all about. So now instead of being faced with kindness, forgiveness, acceptance and good cheer taught by the Bible (and whether you believe in God or Jesus Christ or not, those are all good things to learn), we're faced only with the rest of it. It's the stress without the love that causes people to behave this way. We don't see our kids in Christmas plays at school anymore, we don't have Christmas parties with mistletoe and silliness at work anymore. We have "holiday programs" and "holiday parties" and it's absolutely forbidden to mention what exactly the "holiday" is all about---peace, love and joy.
If you don't see it, it's easy not to feel it. If you're asked to hide it (I was once told that my Christmas tree pin was offensive and asked to remove it), it makes you angry.
2006-11-27 17:45:36 · answer #3 · answered by Karen M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i totally agree with you. i just avoided shopping after thanksgiving...sure there are good deals but its not worth getting trampled on. i can remember christmas when i was a little kid, it was so fun and enjoyable. i would even get this good feeling in my stomache (butterflys almost) now its just stress :(
2006-11-27 17:42:11 · answer #4 · answered by the_masked_avenger 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
GREED!! people are so full of it they will hurt others to get a so called bargin.. shameful is'nt it?
2006-11-27 17:41:46 · answer #5 · answered by Lorene 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that is why it's called black friday.
i did the shopping thing on that day once. never again.
2006-11-27 17:42:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was always like that. Christmas shopping sucks.
2006-11-27 17:40:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋