How Do You Participate In Black Friday?

While I avoid shopping like the plague and when I do go it becomes an exercise in efficiency I suggest that you keep your children under control. I really hate people's feral children that run free through stores and the parents who think their precious little snowflakes can do no wrong. When I hear one coming around an end cap I lift the legs up a bit more so that they go plowing into my knee as they come around the corner. Hell my oldest did that a few times and got plowed over by other people's cart when he refused to stay by the cart and the people who he plowed into were apologetic about it. I tell them don't worry about it as I keep telling him to stay by the cart so he doesn't run into another cart but he doesn't listen. It is amazing how well negitive reinforcement works especially when you tell them what will happen if they don't behave and then it happens when they don't. I always tell him the reason for things and when things like this happen I explain why and remind him of why I tell him things.

I prefer this one : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(1869) [wikipedia.org] Now for how to commemorate this ...

I find it despicable that WalMart & Target feel it necessary to make all their employees work Thanksgiving evening when they should be home fighting with their families. This is making everyone's lives more miserable in a feeble attempt to stretch out the holiday shopping season in the vain hope of eeking out a few more bucks.

My experience is the best deal on TVs is just after a big game (Super Bowl, Grey Cup, Stanley Cup etc).

With the flexible return policies of the big box stores there are often open box returns that are then priced below the sales price they were purchased for pre-game.