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So I'm hearing through the grapevine at the store where I work that the owners of the mall where we're located have determined the schedule for Black Friday, the single biggest shopping day of the year. And the mall (and by extension due to lease agreements, every store housed within it) will be open for business at...
3 AM. I kid you not.
Just what the fuck were these guys smoking? Is the same thing happening anywhere else, too? This is just completely ridiculous!
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Er..where exactly do you work that they expect anyone at 3am?
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Sol: I'd like to think that there's a difference between convenience and grocery shopping, and retail shopping. Sure, you might need to pop out for a gallon of milk at 3AM, or need to stop over to refill your tank when you're on an overnight drive. But who has ever heard of getting the burning urge to go buy something from Pottery Barn or Victoria's Secret or Macy's at 3AM, that couldn't wait until more civilized hours? It's all about needs and priorities.
Jason: It's a major retail mall, four anchor stores; not huge by national standards, but fairly big locally. Plus, we're the only sales-tax-free state for hundreds of miles (gotta go all the way up to NH otherwise), so the mall's business is usually pretty brisk. But to answer your question, I have no idea why the hell they'd expect anyone at 3AM!
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They expect people at 3AM because they're opening at 3AM. Hype it enough and people will show up for the UBERW00T $ALE0RZ!
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Yep, it gets all those stupid ass shoppers off the roads earlier too, or makes them more dangerous driving to the other sales in the afternoon.
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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.
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While dumb, who does this hurt? This seems somewhat of a self-correcting problem, if it actually is a problem.
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It hurts the people who have to fucking staff the store.
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While I am unaware as to any previous reference to "fucking staff", if they do in fact have an establishment at this store, I am sure they are well used to odd hours and will be able to deal with this well in hand (so to speak). On the other hand, if employees are being conscripted unwillingly into a role as "fucking staff" , I'm sure there are appropriate venues for sexual harassment and assault.
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Why not 12:01 AM, then it isn't Turkey Day and all, cripes.
The 'fucking staff' is an additional draw for consumers, a floor show.
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I used to work at a 7-11 on the "sunrise" shift. They called it that because Graveyard shift had a tendancy to turn people off for some reason...
I've often wished the stores around here (Futureshop, Staples, etc) were open a little earlier and a little later, I usually end up getting there just after the damn store closes. But 3AM is seriously excessive.
Working all night at 7-11 was actually pretty fun since there were no managers so I was da Boss man. And people would actually tell me how happy they are that there's a store open at all times. Especially teenagers coming in just after midnight to buy 2 cartons of eggs...
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