Black Friday Wishes.

[sms001]

Hope Thanksgiving was a good one for those of you in the states.

Don't really have time to paw through all the threads to see if this is a dupe, but a heartfelt "Best-of-Luck" to all of you working retail tomorrow. Thrive, persevere, or merely endure, whatever gets you through the day. On behalf of my friends and relatives who shop - thank you for working so hard.

[PepperElf]

I'm doing my part by ... staying home.

(just wish others had the chance to do that too)

[BethB]

I have to be at work at 4am to police people cuz it's a 24 hr store and people can wander about inside. I warned the managers that I am not a human before 8am and don't expect me to be. I will grump at people if they attempt anything(throwing sale items in carts before 5am).

[Aethian]

Not doing it.

[nomorecarts]

I don't have to work until 10

but I do need to pick up a couple things for cheap. they're in the 2 day sale though, so I may wait til after work

[CiggyStoreClerk]

I dunno if it's like this in the states, but up in Canadialand, our version of Black Friday is Boxing Day. It's the day after Christmas and absolutely every store has a line of people running outside. I went to the mall once on Boxing Day and have since vowed to never do it again.

[MannersMakethMan]

To anyone unfortunate enough to be working Black Friday, you have my deepest sympathy and best wishes. I'll be thinking of you and trying to mentally divert the SCs. Good luck - you'll need it!

[ADoyle90815]

Good luck to those of you working Black Friday, I've been there myself. I also know of a near fist-fight over a parking space 2 years ago.

[malmalthekiller]

I've never worked it, but I'm heading out in a few minutes.

I'm kinda scared.

[HawaiianShirts]

I'm just about to head out to my fourth Black Friday. The customers my store gets are usually pretty reasonable and happy, but I still think they're just a little insane to start lining up after Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday to get their hands on some laptop that's only about $70 cheaper than it would be during any normal holiday or back-to-school sale.

I just keep telling myself that I'm going for the food. Management is buying the employees breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And I'm going to get all three because my shift is 4:00 AM to Noon followed by 4:00 PM to 11:00 PM.

I'll join in wishing the best of luck to the others working today, especially the super-early-morning shifts.

[ralerin]

I'm not doing it either. I worked yesterday so