Black Friday

Warning: This is slightly rant-ish. You may or may not agree with me, but good lord do I hate this 'holiday'

You can tell it's coming up soon, the posts on Facebook have increased, either with great deals people are advertising or with the posts about how we need to stay home (which is what I believe, especially on Thanksgiving day. Thus far in my life I have avoided not only shopping on Black Friday but going out on Thanksgiving day unless I really really need something (like diapers) I hate the crowds and I actually just despise the general idea. Making the day after being thankful for what you have a bloody mess due to people trying to get the 'best deals' for Christmas presents.

The main gimmick that bothers me is to 'get the perfect gift for your child.' I can completely understand wanting to get this awesome toy for your child so they can be totally surprised and excited for Christmas, but why not keep the deals going for a few days instead of having such a land rush of people that lead to humans getting trampled like cattle in a truck panicking?

why not do deals like this the rest of the year. I guess I can answer my own question with that by using the example of J.C. Penney (I believe at least) that did the whole no sales for the store, instead they did 'fair and simple' pricing but lost tons of money doing so. Which is disappointing, if I actually would shop at stores like J.C. Penney's I would have very much enjoyed that I believe. I thought the idea of doing so was a good one, it just didn't work with our sales minded society.

Even as I write this I know that there will probably be a time (in the next few years more than likely) that I start participating, so I can get those awesome toys at the ridiculous discounts that stores offer for black friday. Although I'm glad a lot of places will allow big sales online as well, because I much prefer going online to shop than to a store if I can help it. But then I'm kind of a recluse at times, especially around the holidays, people just seem to be more rude as it gets closer to Christmas for some reason.