Some stores opened at 4am this morning

justam
justam Posts: 21,415
edited November 2007 in All Encompassing Trip
Maybe it was Old Navy? Is buying clothes that important?

All I could think of when I saw that ad was: Who's stupid enough to want to go to a store at 4am? (and) What time do the employees have to get up to open the store by 4am? Won't it ruin their holiday?

I hope the 4am opening flops! I truly think it's unfair to their employees to make them come out in the dark morning for some stinky sales job...:p
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    kb toys opened at midnight....:rolleyes:


    are the sales that good or is this just all hype and stupid people buying into it?
  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    I have no idea.

    It all seems so greedy and disgusting to me.

    I stay away from the stores on the day after Thanksgiviing because I don't like the way people get on days like this.
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  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    cutback wrote:
    kb toys opened at midnight....:rolleyes:


    are the sales that good or is this just all hype and stupid people buying into it?


    most people are off and the sales are crazy

    but i wouldnt fight the mad rush of people no mattter how cheap the stuff was
  • jackrabbit slim
    jackrabbit slim Posts: 565
    Greed with a capital G. Count me out.
  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    there is nothing that i will ever need bad enough that will force me to go to a mall on black friday.

    greed is right.
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    I feel really bad for the employees who have to be there at 4 (I guess prolly 3 for the stores that open at 4!) It's just not right. I hope they get a SERIOUS bonus for that.
  • Indian Summer
    Indian Summer Posts: 2,296
    I'd be willing to bet within the next few years, it will all start at Midnight......all it takes is one or two stores to start it, and everyone will follow.
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  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    I feel really bad for the employees who have to be there at 4 (I guess prolly 3 for the stores that open at 4!) It's just not right. I hope they get a SERIOUS bonus for that.

    That's what I thought of too - they can't really enjoy their thanksgiving, having to be up so early to get to their store that early. I saw JC Penney was open at 4. Each year it seems to be earlier; I think stores keep trying to be the first to open. I love my bed and can barely get out of it at 6:30, much less 3 to get to a store at 4.
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  • NY PJ1
    NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    JaneNY wrote:
    That's what I thought of too - they can't really enjoy their thanksgiving, having to be up so early to get to their store that early. I saw JC Penney was open at 4. Each year it seems to be earlier; I think stores keep trying to be the first to open. I love my bed and can barely get out of it at 6:30, much less 3 to get to a store at 4.


    i wake up 5am so i dont feel bad for em ;)
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    JaneNY wrote:
    That's what I thought of too - they can't really enjoy their thanksgiving, having to be up so early to get to their store that early. I saw JC Penney was open at 4. Each year it seems to be earlier; I think stores keep trying to be the first to open. I love my bed and can barely get out of it at 6:30, much less 3 to get to a store at 4.

    I was in CVS at noon and this woman was on the phone with her mother- she was saying that she had already worked an 8-hour shift and she was up at 3.

    that sucks, especially when you're working in retail and barely making any money to begin with.
  • electronblue
    electronblue WPB, Florida Posts: 3,504
    adds into the whole store scalping scene...~
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