When Black Friday Comes

Yes, the title comes from a Steely Dan song. No, I do not like them. My parents love them and I unfortunately know a lot about them and their music.

Anywho, I may be unemployed but cannot help but celebrate the fact that I do not work in retail. When I did for many years I dreaded Black Friday all year round, especially the week of. I dreaded being yelled at (and feigning interest) because we ran out of Van Wilder in the $5 DVD bins, or the mom's who came in at 10pm looking for Furby--at the height of Furby's popularity!

I just want to let current retail employees know that I feel their pain, and to help alleviate them of that pain I will not be shopping Friday. I'll be one less person for them to worry about.

Unfortunately that elderly woman who yelled at me a few years back because we had only one copy of Jeopardy! for PC will more than likely be searching for something equally useless and in low quantity. Best of luck, gang!

-a.