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In another instance of insane consumerism, the local Wal-Mart opened their doors at 9am yesterday morning. They haven't closed yet, and won't until 10pm tonight. What's the point?
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quote:Originally posted by Shik: The day after Thanksgiving in the US, which traditionally starts the Christmas shopping season. Called so becasue of the massive rush of consumers buying, buying, buying. Ther term was no doubt coined by someone at the retail end of operations.
It's actually called Black Friday because of the idea that if you're in the red (back in the paper days, you wrote negative bank amounts in red), you'll be "back in black" after this Friday. Which is also then obviously where 'back in black' came from. I can't cite where I read this, cuz I don't remember *sob* It's just general knowledge
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quote:Originally posted by Chris: In another instance of insane consumerism, the local Wal-Mart opened their doors at 9am yesterday morning. They haven't closed yet, and won't until 10pm tonight. What's the point?
Your Wal*Mart isn't 24/7/365?
Although um, it really ought to be "24/7/52" don't you think...?
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I like to get shit I need when I need it. Sounds good, moving me to Amurrka.
There will always be people not pinkishly proud enough to staff the 3AM shifts. Stop bitching. Clean up. Do something that matters, shiplists don't count. High School's over. Get a brain morans.
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Although I know that UM's being facetious (when is he not?), I'll still bite...
When an establishment is not normally open 24 hours, and the employees therein are not expected or planning to work at crazy hours, then it's ridiculous to expect them to open up the stores because of some silly belief that more people will come that early.
However, if a store is normally open at crazy hours (like one store in the chain where I work), then that's a completely different story.
Also note, there's a difference between needing to stay and assist with after-hours maintenance (like inventory, which is a normal part of any retail job), and opening up for customers who should by all rights still be asleep in bed.
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The only thing that's even near to being open 24/7 around here is Sobey's (a grocery chain), which opens at 9am on Monday mornings and closes at 11pm on Saturday evenings thereabouts, opening again on Sunday for 12-5 (this province has really backwards Sunday shopping regulations, with year-round Sunday shopping only being legal as of a couple years ago). Oh, actually, some Irvings (gas/convenience stores) are open 24/7 along with some Tim Horton's' (think Dunkin' Donuts, but better).
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"Oh crap, after stuffing myself with turkey and gravy all night, I need a Mac Book Pro, right this instant to upload these Thanksgiving snaps. But it's 3:03AM. If only there were a store open which might sell me such a thing..."
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