On the subject of Thanksgiving, I also want to add that I am not a fan of the Black Friday sales starting at midnight on the Friday after Thanksgiving, and especially not the sales happening ON THANKSGIVING DAY. Seriously, this is commercialism at its worst, and it’s infuriating.

Opening the doors at midnight means that people will be lining up hours in advance, cutting into what I’ve always considered to be family time, or just time spent celebrating the holiday, recovering from the meal, watching Thanksgiving-y movies, or any other way people choose to recognize it.* Cutting into that time for the sake of a good bargain and the resulting high profits is beyond ridiculous. 

Also, starting the sales earlier requires more employees to be present, thereby cutting into THEIR holidays. I remember when all the stores were closed on Thanksgiving day, and only a handful of restaurants were open. Grocery stores might be open til early afternoon, but then they closed too. To give the employees a chance to observe the holiday. Clearly, that’s not a priority anymore for these big box businesses.

We encourage people to get jobs, to work, which we all know is difficult to do these days. Jobs are hard to find, and people don’t want to risk losing those jobs by refusing to work, or they’ll work to get the holiday pay, if any is offered.

The whole thing bothers me on a level I haven’t experienced in a while. And now you know that.

*Yes, I’m aware that not everyone is into Thanksgiving like I am, and for some people, the holidays aren’t family together time, but for the sake of this post, and my own personal experience, that’s how I’m writing it.