Friday, November 29, 2013

Black Friday Shoppers are Amateurs - Updated

The people who shop on Black Friday will buy any kind of cheap crap just to get that Christmas shopping done.  They will trample each other for a toaster and trade their children for a TV set, they're definitely not an interesting group of people.

When you get your best class of Christmas shoppers is on Christmas Eve as no-one goes out shopping on that evening unless they really want to find something special for someone and they're not going to screw around with some cheap holiday junk.  This is not a night for Elvis clocks.

Procrastinators are the best.  They're fun too as we all recognise each other as procrastinators.  There is no disguising it if you're shopping on Christmas Eve.  These are the people who will have fun with Christmas or will not do it at all.

So, what I advise is to use Black Friday to stay home and buy my cool "Abandoning Paradise" book.  Don't give it away, read it.  Maybe you'll dig it.  Then go out on Christmas Eve to shop with the procrastinators.  They won't trample you as they won't do anything if it's not fun.


Update:  The final score in the Black Friday Death Count was seven dead and eighty-eight seriously injured.  This is like "Death Race 2000" ... how many people would you kill to get a TV set.

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