Carek1230 said:
I almost puked when I heard that Kohls was opening at freaking 4AM on Friday. How stupid is that!! Give your store employees a break, it's THANKSGIVING for chrissakes and they are probly gonna still be digesting their big huge dinners!
My mom works in retail. One year she had to go in at
3:30 in the morning, even though the place opened up at 5 am, because she had to help get stuff ready
. Yeah.
I agree, I've never understood the point of getting there so early. For god's sake, people, that expensive gift CAN wait a while. Hell, you can probably find 90% of that stuff online, so if it's not in a store,
you'll live.
Carek1230 said:
It makes me sick how the holidays have become so over commercialized in the retail sect. Seeing how much gifts you can buy or how much money you can spend is NOT what Christmas is all about. What is this teaching our children?
My favorite part of the whole thing is watching GROWN PEOPLE, people who claim to be ADULTS, pushing and shoving and punching each other just to get to the latest hot item. I've heard stories of shootings, wrestling matches practically going on... If people want to know why kids today sometimes act bratty or violent, I simply point to stories of parents who act like that. What kind of example is THAT setting for your child? There were Christmases where my family didn't get much, and you know what? We survived, and life was still good, and we still had a great holiday.
I won't be out shopping tomorrow-partly because half of my family will be working tomorrow and will therefore have the car, and partly because I've become very sympathetic to retail workers because I have family in that line of work. I beg everybody who will shop tomorrow to go easy on the workers. Don't yell at them about store policy, because they have no control over it (and hey, sometimes they think it doesn't make much sense, either! But they have to abide by it), don't yell at them if they don't have or are out of something you're looking for, wait your turn...just give 'em a break, please.
Angela