The day after thanksgiving, Aka the black friday thread

[BillyZaned]

or you guys could develop some work ethic, and if you want to quit, give a standard two week notice...

 

[Manic]

I worked there for nearly 3 years, trained to be a supervisor (I left before I got promoted, though), trained nearly every new employee who came to my department, and was responsible for my department every Sunday night during the closing hours. I came in on my days off to cover for supervisors who called in sick. During our store award ceremonies, I got "Software Merchandiser of the Year 2006" and "Software Profit-Maker 2007." I was hired during the Christmas rush in 2005, and stuck through the next several Christmases and Thanksgivings.

Don't talk to me as if my work ethic was off. I just hated working there during the holidays.

 

[BillyZaned]

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Don't talk to me as if my work ethic was off. I just hated working there during the holidays.

that's why they call it work... it's not always supposed to be fun, and every once in awhile, you have to do stuff you hate...

also considering all the people without jobs, anyone who quits a job today, for that reason, shouldn't ever have a job

 

[chaseter]

It's called Black Friday comes from when a business is in the black, they are making a profit. There's nothing racist about it.

It was a joke...simma down na. This all stems back to the guy saying that 'Black Hole' was racist.

 

[Manic]

that's why they call it work... it's not always supposed to be fun, and every once in awhile, you have to do stuff you hate...

If by "every once in a while, you have to do stuff you hate" means "dealing with a condescending assistant store manager who comes off as a little racist, watch the promotion I worked hard for over a year go to some sycophant, and getting yelled at by customers because our price-matching policy is so bureaucratic that it takes me 10 minutes to get approval from two different managers to knock a DVD down $0.45, being taken out of my department to help with shipping and receiving or returns because someone called in sick, managing to get a full day's worth of tasks done before lunch so I don't get yelled at for letting sales slip, getting conflicting orders from different sets of managers and then waiting to get yelled at by one for only listening to the other, and doing all of that on a daily basis knowing that it only gets worse when the holidays start," then yeah I guess I was a little bit of a lazy bastard for not working hard enough.

Damn, if only the holidays were as fun as all that stuff I mentioned above.

I was hired during a Christmas rush. I learned to deal with crap at that job as soon as I was hired. I dreaded going to work everyday, but all that crap was a breeze compared to working on Black Friday. I had to deal with most of the stuff I mentioned earlier, plus the checkout line was so long that it somehow managed to wrap around the store and end in my department. I was then told by the store manager and a fire marshal that the checkout line was becoming a safety hazard, and I then had to somehow stop more people from getting in line. So now I have a large ground of people standing in front of me, yelling at me because I've been ordered by the city not to let them stand in line. At this point it's 5pm, I've been at work for 13 hours and I won't be going home for another 7, and I've got my department manager breathing down my neck because even though it looks like we're going to make a sizable profit and make our sales projection, we might not top last year's sales and I've got to make up for that by pushing our dwindling supply of Norton Antiviruses. Oh, but one of my co-workers has gone missing, and as a supervisor in training who holds no authority or perks but all of the responsibility of a supervisor, I have to scour the store to find them. The PA system is broken, and the angry mob of people not allowed in the checkout line is growing larger because the server has crashed and the cashiers now to have ring everyone up with hand-written receipts that they don't know how to use. And I'm one of the employees who isn't taking drugs to get by. Oh, and I don't earn commission.

Hooray. Midnight is here and I'm off, but I had to park 2 blocks away from the store because they don't allow employees to use the parking lot on Black Friday, so excuse me while I walk my blistered feet down a dark street at night. I'll see you guys first thing tomorrow for the 12 hour shift that should be a walk in the park compared to this.


Black Friday sucked, the days before and after Christmas were just as bad, and I did this a few years in a row. I think I've earned the right to complain about it.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

or you guys could develop some work ethic, and if you want to quit, give a standard two week notice...

that's why they call it work... it's not always supposed to be fun, and every once in awhile, you have to do stuff you hate...

also considering all the people without jobs, anyone who quits a job today, for that reason, shouldn't ever have a job

Actually it's the only job I didn't give a two week notice. I've always been a good employee at every job except that one, that was just a stupid college job that I didn't care about. I did actually get employee of the month once, showed up to that meeting drunk from hanging out with friends the night beforet:. Also, it was back in '99 when the economy was good and I was set to move 150 miles away within a month anyway.

 

[Addendum]

Shopping the day after thanksgiving is just like buttsecks. Neither sound appealing, nor do I want the experience

 

[E-Man]

Black Friday is a racist term. Why can't the most hectic day of the year when people fight, maul each other, die, and wait in line for cheap crap be called White Friday? All of you are racist.

It's just another term for the OTHER man to keep the BROTHER man down! It's another example of the WHITE MAN'S poison!!!

 

[chaseter]

I hope there is a Black Out on Black Friday and they all get the Black Plague while Black Sabbath plays, causing a Black Hole to open up and suck them all in. Then, we can all enjoy a lovely White Christmas! WEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

 

[Sawyer]

I'll probably attempt to make my way through Target. They usually have some DVDs on sale.

 

[chaseter]

I will only go if they have a lot of good bluray movies on sale. Last year sucked so I skipped it.

 

[guitarsingerguy]

Shopping the day after thanksgiving is just like buttsecks. Neither sound appealing, nor do I want the experience

I assure you...Black Friday and buttsecks are nothing alike.

 

[chaseter]

Please do not elaborate.

 

[Iron_Stark]

2009 has been a **** year any way, nothing of value will have been lost when it passes.

That said, I plan to go shopping on Black Friday. It's the day I get to expand my DVD collection.

QFT. Horrible year for me.



I plan on staying home on Black Friday.

 

[Trainwreck2100]

hopefully this black friday is fatality free

 

[Addendum]

I assure you...Black Friday and buttsecks are nothing alike.

Both involve crap

 

[Halloween]

You can't kick off the holidays without the madness known as black friday. What are your plans for black friday of 2009. And if you have any crazy stories from black fridays past that you'd like to share feel free to here. I know I have plenty of these stories.

I did the black friday with the wife before. Never doing that again. Wasn't too bad, but I don't like the idea of my time off from work waiting in line(s) for hours for a sale. So for the last couple years and from now on, sleeping in, watching football and eating leftovers.


Also putting up the Christmas tree and decorations outside...........

 

[guitarsingerguy]

Both involve crap

That's why you have to make sure the "pipes are clean".

 

[teewee1432]

Also putting up the Christmas tree and decorations outside...........

I thought I was alone in this. I also start decorating for xmas on this day, after a long day of shopping i might add. I usually pull an all nighter.

 

[Lantern Venom]

that's why they call it work... it's not always supposed to be fun, and every once in awhile, you have to do stuff you hate...

also considering all the people without jobs, anyone who quits a job today, for that reason, shouldn't ever have a job

Oh please. Having a good work ethic doesn't mean you should always roll over for your employer. There are some situations that are unfair and a person needs to stand up for her/himself. A situation like AmazingFantasy had, where is job was infringing on college, would be one of those times.

 

[kane9321]

Ok this year I'm going out I need a new Microwave

 

[Majic Walrus]

The whole damn weekend is going to be miserable for me... In fact the better part of November promises to be rough for me.

 

[teewee1432]

^^^^^^^^^^^^

Why is that?

 

[ComicChick]

I swear, it was just Black Friday a few days ago Time flies.

its always black friday for you

 

[Silk Spectre]

I will be as far away from any shopping facilities as possible.