Retail Employees Fight Black Friday Creep
They want to enjoy their pumpkin pie
Ideally, Casey St. Clair would be spending Thanksgiving relaxing and eating dinner with her boyfriend and his family.
Instead, the part-time Target employee and substitute teacher will work next Thursday night during the early kickoff of the big-box retailer's Black Friday sale. Stores will open at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving this year, reflecting a wider shift in the retail industry toward getting a head start on the biggest shopping day of the year.
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Shop til U drop. I just Googled year round Christmas stores. 3,690,000 hits in 0.26 sec.
Last I heard on Reason.com Free Market Capitalism is a good thing.
Santa works all year round just for the chillins.
Sorry Casey St. Clair NO TIME OFF FOR YOU!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EQ6eHeBrhM
Mr./Ms. St Clair has many options, one of which is to quit working where s/he doesn't like the hours. Instead, Mr./Ms. St Clair choses to whine.
Stuff it, Mr./Ms. St Clair
So maybe she should eat earlier? It's not uncommon for Thanksgiving dinner to be at 6 pm or so, as opposed to 9 when she's working.
A great piece at the WSJ: "The myth of the Black Friday deal"
http://online.wsj.com/article/.....45448.html