Everyone going shopping on Black Friday, be aware of three things:
The retail workers are working 12 hours shifts. We are threatened with losing our jobs if we donāt show up unless weāre dying in the hospital. I had an assistant manager show up with fucking strep because he wouldāve been fired otherwise. Yes, he did infect 7 and hospitalize 2 coworkers; who knows how many members of the public he infected.
The stores have, maybe, 5 of that special cheap thing youāre after. Corporate does this on purpose, and stores are not allowed to order enough. The prices arenāt even that much lower. They lie about how expensive something is to fool you into thinking youāre getting a discount. You arenāt.
Most of the workers you will come across will be new hires for the sole purpose of being bodies for about three months before theyāre fired. They actually donāt know anything because theyāve been working there for maybe two weeks, and have had no real training. I was once hired at Staples a week before Black Friday and expected to know how to deal with phones, coupons, the online ordering site, and AS400 after five 6-hour shifts. This is the kind of person you will likely be dealing with at Black Friday.
Do me and my retail family a favor and donāt shop Black Friday. Any company that needs a sale day like Black Friday to get their sales out of the red doesnāt deserve to be in business.Ā