Friday, Bloody Friday

Our annual tradition is upon us: braving the crowds on Black Friday, the big shopping day after Thanksgiving where a lot of the major retailers offer great bargains on their merchandise.

We woke up this morning around 3 am, and got to our local Best Buy at 4 am. Not surprisingly, there were a couple hundred people already waiting in line (in the rain, I might add). The people at Best Buy were nice enough to provide coffee and Krispy Kreme donuts for the waiting customers, with a couple of store employees with bullhorns providing the entertainment. It helped make the time go by faster.

We also like to make fun of the people in line, so that helps too.

The doors opened promptly at 5 am, and people filed orderly into the store…then the hardcore shopping began. Most people know what they want, so they more or less know where they need to go. However, that doesn’t stop the people who just seem to get in the way with their shopping carts that are too wide to fit in the narrow aisles.

My fiancé and I had our gameplan all worked out, so we picked up what we needed, did a few fact-finding side missions, and made it to the checkout line in no time. That’s pretty much the drill on Black Friday: wait in line to get in, run around for a little bit, and then wait in another line to pay.

It was very civil, and there weren’t any scuffles. Not like at Wal-Mart, where there were several incidents reported. Savages.

People can be animals, but Wal-Mart should take the blame as well. Not just for being a soulless, blood-sucking corporation; they should have anticipated this. Wal-Mart blows.

Anyways, we also made trips to CompUSA, Circuit City, and Costco, but it seemed the real deals were at Best Buy. Best Buy gets a gold star for having the best sale, plus they did a great job with their crowd control. All in all, it was a pretty good Black Friday this year.

Now, we can go back to sleep.