More Black Friday Rants...

So, yeah… more about Black Friday.

Screw this stupid piece of crap event. It’s leaked over past Freaking Friday now, and it’s started on Thanksgiving day now. THANKSGIVING DAY, PEOPLE! The very day where we’re supposed to be THANKFUL for what we already f**king have! For the love of he-who-must-not-be-named, people, seriously?!? Thanksgiving day is about family! Not about you getting your laptop at half price, or that TV for $600 bucks instead of $1000. It’s about being with your loved ones. MOST of us should know that.

So WHY are we so intent on prying people who work in retail away from THEIR families, just so we can get a chance for a cheap Ipod or new sneakers??

I’ll tell you why, because people nowadays are greedy f**ks who are incapable of being grateful for what they have.

In my hometown, someone got into a fight over a misunderstanding about a TV. The man got punched in the damn face over a TV the other man hadn’t even PAID for yet. And he had three new TVs in his shopping cart! THREE!!! So WHY is it a huge deal when someone mistakes your cart for an employee cart, and grabs ONE TV, thinking you’re re-stocking shelves? Why can you NOT say, politely, ‘Excuse me, that was in my cart, please give it back.” Why do we resort to violence and anger and hateful words??

Ugh.

We’re a society of entitled jerks. Look at things. We feel like our birth control is a right, that we shouldn’t have to pay for it. We think we NEED cable TV or satellite, and at least 50 channels to choose from. We NEED new game systems, phones with GPS and internet and other things.

Do we really NEED it though? No. We don’t. We think we do, and we think it’s our right to have those nice things. It’s a bit sickening to be honest.

Now do I think if you can afford these things, that you’re some nasty person? Not at all. But I do think that when you’re so desperate for a deal that you’ll throw punches over a TV or shoes or other MATERIAL items that you don’t need, then you’re pretty much a materialistic jerk. It’s not about THINGS we want, like I’ve said before… it’s about being grateful and thankful for what we already have. Period. And the people who are forcing others away from their families for a damn sale on Thanksgiving day?  SHAME ON YOU!! I doubt YOU would be as keen to spend time away from your families. So why force others away from theirs?? If it’s not a necessary business like a gas station, or grocery store, then you don’t need to be open. And even those places should be open only half a day.

Remember, you are NOT the only person on this planet, and others would like time with their loved ones as well. Be THANKFUL. Not GREEDY.