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11-17-2012, 03:30 PM | #1 |
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I think black Friday is reeruned and I have never once shopped on that day. However, some people just have to work on that day (many professions) and if you don't think retail is one of those, you are stupid.
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11-17-2012, 03:32 PM | #2 |
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11-17-2012, 03:37 PM | #3 |
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11-17-2012, 03:41 PM | #4 |
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If you took your job knowing this then I don't think it's a big deal. But if your employer changed their policy to require you to work then I think it is. Freakin retailers are open 363 other days. What is two freakin days off to them?
Seriously, has our conspicuous consumption society become so jaded that we can't even allow for TWO FREAKING DAYS to celebrate with family, community, or church? And if it has, what does that say about us?
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11-17-2012, 03:42 PM | #5 |
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What is your job? The deal here is that people have to work on Thanksgiving because Target wants to leak black Friday into Thursday night.
I managed a movie theater through college. Everyone we hired knew they were going to work late, weekends, and holidays(3 shifts out of the 5 between Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve/Day, and New Years Eve/Day). The issue is a lot of places don't have this expectation. Knowing you will have to work every Black Friday and now being asked to work Thanksgiving night because Black Friday is now Black Thursday is a legit gripe IMO. I wouldn't quit over it, but if people were rallying to stop it I would be behind them. |
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A day is a day. I can save PTO and take time off at some other time to spend time with my family since I will be working holidays. Quote:
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I may shop online on Thanksgiving Day. I suppose some IT guy is having to give up time with his family to make sure the company website doesn't crash. However, I will NOT shop at a brick and mortar store on Thanksgiving Day unless it's a drug store like Walgreens or CVS which never closes. Opening on Thanksgiving was a terrible precedent started amongst big box retailers by Kmart a number of years ago and I gave up shopping with them because of it.
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11-17-2012, 03:59 PM | #12 |
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I don't shop on Black Friday either. If I had 3 or 4 kids that might change things.
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11-17-2012, 03:58 PM | #13 |
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