Anyone going to be waiting in line to get into stores at 5 AM???

LikeAnOcean

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

do you drive around in one of those geek squad cars????

lol, no. I work from the store. I do in-store diags, upgrades, shipping, inventory.. I basically make everyone else's problems mine. I've seen enough people have nervous breakdowns. lol.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

LikeAnOcean wrote:

lol, no. I work from the store. I do in-store diags, upgrades, shipping, inventory.. I basically make everyone else's problems mine. I've seen enough people have nervous breakdowns. lol.

are you the precinct chief???
or a special agent???

iamsampj

chiquimonkey wrote:

i heard on the news one guy was waiting outside a best buy since 2am *yesterday* morning, and another went in the afternoon yesterday. so that m eans they missed out on thanksgiving with their families/friends altogether? geez.

and yeah i think it'll be midnight sales soon enough. i feel bad for the people working in the stores

black friday can be kinda fun to work i've never had to open a store at 5am...thank god...but i've been through my share of chaos!!

i survived this year, which was a cake walk compared to last year when i worked at a store that was in a mall. no chaos. no crazy lines. yet my store had our highest day of sales ever!! makes me a bit of a proud store manager

oh...i think that the "black-out" friday that happens after we close is everyone's favorite...it's a tradition to take all the manager's out for drinks as a thank you.

chiquimonkey

iamsampj wrote:

black friday can be kinda fun to work i've never had to open a store at 5am...thank god...but i've been through my share of chaos!!

i survived this year, which was a cake walk compared to last year when i worked at a store that was in a mall. no chaos. no crazy lines. yet my store had our highest day of sales ever!! makes me a bit of a proud store manager

oh...i think that the "black-out" friday that happens after we close is everyone's favorite...it's a tradition to take all the manager's out for drinks as a thank you.

ah well that's good it went smoothly for you! i just envision people being all greedy and pissy and i knew if i had to deal with the general public being locked in that mode, i'd punch someone lol

iamsampj

chiquimonkey wrote:

ah well that's good it went smoothly for you! i just envision people being all greedy and pissy and i knew if i had to deal with the general public being locked in that mode, i'd punch someone lol

i'm a master at calming down pissy ass people...it's a gift and the thought of a couple shots after work usually helps too!

i think if we had some super amazing sale, people may get a bit crazy, but for the most part everyone was shopping for themselves yesterday.

chiquimonkey

iamsampj wrote:

i'm a master at calming down pissy ass people...it's a gift and the thought of a couple shots after work usually helps too!

i think if we had some super amazing sale, people may get a bit crazy, but for the most part everyone was shopping for themselves yesterday.

haha i'd need a couple shots during my shift if i had to do that lol

i've only done the early shopping thing twice, once for my tv and for my computer just cuz the deals were too good and i needed each item anyway. it was pretty calm each time, glad it was calm for you!

PJPixie

I'm here to say YES, i did it!! And I do it every year. I'm a single mom with 2 little boys and I have to make every dollar stretch as far as I can. I was at Best Buy at 3am. Stood in line for 2 hours before the doors opened. Getting there at 3am put me at the very least about 1000 people back. As I walked the 1/2 mile or so to the front doors of the store, I saw tents, picnic tables, full course turkey dinners, thermous' and ton's of other stuff left behind in the line. People are serious about their shopping. Once I got in, I grabbed what I needed and got in the enormous line to purchase my goods. When I was done, I crossed the street and headed over to Target. Got in line at Target about 5:40 for a 6am opening. It wasn't bad at all. Lots of friendly workers. The one item I was there for had already been cleaned off the shelf by the 1000 or so people that were in line in front of me. A nice worker asked me if I needed help and with her magic electronic handheld thingamajigabob, found more of the "item's" in the back and got one for me. My shopping for Black Friday was done and I was back home in bed by 6:30 am I'll do this every year. I have no problem saving a buck

Urban Hiker

chiquimonkey wrote:

and yeah i think it'll be midnight sales soon enough. i feel bad for the people working in the stores

We've had a few places in the Seattle area start midnight sales, mostly outlet malls, but this year one of our bigger suburban malls got into the act.

Here's the photo link: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/photos/popup.asp?SubID=3287&page=0&gtitle=Black%20Friday%202007&css=/photos/gtitle.css


On working the stores: When I quit retail, I did it just in time to have Labor Day off. I knew I wasn't up for another Holiday Shopping Season.

pearljamjen

chiquimonkey wrote:

i heard on the news one guy was waiting outside a best buy since 2am *yesterday* morning, and another went in the afternoon yesterday. so that m eans they missed out on thanksgiving with their families/friends altogether? geez.

and yeah i think it'll be midnight sales soon enough. i feel bad for the people working in the stores

Yeah, I can't believe people camp overnight...I mean 3 am is crazy enough. I've had to work retail a few holiday seasons but fortunately always got the later shift (I am NOT a morning person so there is no way I could handle it haha).

Plus, I wouldn't want to spend my day off that way...but whatever floats your boat I guess...I was sleeping though at 2 am.

RolandTD20Kdrummer

Direct them all to the back of the store where they fall into a human shredder....never to be seen again.

The sale to end all sales.

beautiful...

pearljamjen

RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:

Direct them all to the back of the store where they fall into a human shredder....never to be seen again.

The sale to end all sales.

beautiful...

HAHA!

At the store I worked at they gave gifts to the first 50 people...and it was something lame like a snowglobe. So there's your reason for lining up for a 5 am shopping spree!

prism

pearljamjen wrote:

Yeah, I can't believe people camp overnight...I mean 3 am is crazy enough. I've had to work retail a few holiday seasons but fortunately always got the later shift (I am NOT a morning person so there is no way I could handle it haha).

Plus, I wouldn't want to spend my day off that way...but whatever floats your boat I guess...I was sleeping though at 2 am.

I saw on the news Friday morning where people were camped out all of thanksgiving day and overnight to be in line for some of these sales....oh and it was 26 fucking degrees outside that night around here. it just goes to prove that people are insane because they HAVE TO save $10 on something neither they or anyone they know will ever need

Indian Summer

prism wrote:

I saw on the news Friday morning where people were camped out all of thanksgiving day and overnight to be in line for some of these sales....oh and it was 26 fucking degrees outside that night around here. it just goes to prove that people are insane because they HAVE TO save $10 on something neither they or anyone they know will ever need

I saw some of that here too....my time is way more valuable than a few dollars off a new TV.

prism

pearljamjen wrote:

HAHA!

At the store I worked at they gave gifts to the first 50 people...and it was something lame like a snowglobe. So there's your reason for lining up for a 5 am shopping spree!

I bet they could've paid a $1. for one of those snowglobes at a dollar store. oooh no...we better stand in line all night so we won't have to pay a whole dollar for a piece of crap!

RolandTD20Kdrummer

pearljamjen wrote:

HAHA!

At the store I worked at they gave gifts to the first 50 people...and it was something lame like a snowglobe. So there's your reason for lining up for a 5 am shopping spree!

My ad would be...

Free snowglobe!! to the first 10,000 people!!! Shop till you drop! ... and we mean drop! (into a grinding murderous pit in the floor)

and in REALLY fine print...

(Not responsible for loss of limbs, death or dismenberment, and/or grisly torturous demise shortly afterwards)

Happy shopping!

pearljamjen

prism wrote:

I saw on the news Friday morning where people were camped out all of thanksgiving day and overnight to be in line for some of these sales....oh and it was 26 fucking degrees outside that night around here. it just goes to prove that people are insane because they HAVE TO save $10 on something neither they or anyone they know will ever need

Exactly. There are going to be LOTS of sales between now and Christmas, and instead of enjoying the holiday they camp out overnight. I spent Thursday and Friday playing outdoors and spending time with my family and other loved ones. But to each their own I guess; it just isn't for me.

pearljamjen

RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:

My ad would be...

Free snowglobe!! to the first 10,000 people!!! Shop till you drop! ... and we mean drop! (into a grinding murderous pit in the floor)

and in REALLY fine print...

(Not responsible for loss of limbs, death or dismenberment, and/or grisly torturous demise shortly afterwards)

Happy shopping!

You're funny!

Catchy ad by the way.

prism

Indian Summer wrote:

I saw some of that here too....my time is way more valuable than a few dollars off a new TV.

well i just figure the ones that stood out there all night in 26 degree weather deserve frost-bite for being so lame

Indian Summer

prism wrote:

well i just figure the ones that stood out there all night in 26 degree weather deserve frost-bite for being so lame

I just don't get how some people can give up time with their family to do shit like that. My mom always placed a big emphasis on Thanksgiving being for families...but it seems like anymore its just a starting point for Christmas.

Lizardjam

RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:

My ad would be...

Free snowglobe!! to the first 10,000 people!!! Shop till you drop! ... and we mean drop! (into a grinding murderous pit in the floor)

and in REALLY fine print...

(Not responsible for loss of limbs, death or dismenberment, and/or grisly torturous demise shortly afterwards)

Happy shopping!

I love this font, and this post!


I stay far away from stores the day after thanksgiving. I'd go homicidal otherwise. It's really for my own sanity...