Never having been well off enough to buy any Christmas gifts until the paycheck before Christmas, I never participated in blackfridayism. It's depressing to know that people are spending money they don't have or can ill-afford to use to buy new shiny shitty stuff to replace the old shiny shitty stuff.
Your history lesson today was fascinating, BTW, and I thank you for spending part of your life gathering that information so poor (not wealthy) people like me can read it for free. Happy trails in Romania.
My mother and I went to Montreal for Thanksgiving, and noticed it's called Fools Friday at many the stores. Apt name, and I'd love to see it changed here in the US.
Ironically we were JUST talking about this topic that very day, during which mother who tries so hard to be an ally made the same assumption about the term. My response to her must now be corrected, as I assumed it WAS named as such due to the black and red ledger markers. Thank you for the lesson!
BF is part of Israeli marketing now too, with the phrase thrown into radio commercials (even for non-American retailers) with an Israeli accent. It's funny and sad at the same time.
You can blame Amazon for the spread to the uk. It’s really easy to go to the dot com site instead of the .co.uk version. Seeing massive discounts on one but not the other got people complaining.
We never did Black Friday because we think it's stupid. We keep an eye out for sales all year, so most of our holiday spending is on perishables. Our kids did it a few times just for the experience, but they decided they'd had enough.
Oh well shit it did link it after all.
Never having been well off enough to buy any Christmas gifts until the paycheck before Christmas, I never participated in blackfridayism. It's depressing to know that people are spending money they don't have or can ill-afford to use to buy new shiny shitty stuff to replace the old shiny shitty stuff.
Your history lesson today was fascinating, BTW, and I thank you for spending part of your life gathering that information so poor (not wealthy) people like me can read it for free. Happy trails in Romania.
My mother and I went to Montreal for Thanksgiving, and noticed it's called Fools Friday at many the stores. Apt name, and I'd love to see it changed here in the US.
Ironically we were JUST talking about this topic that very day, during which mother who tries so hard to be an ally made the same assumption about the term. My response to her must now be corrected, as I assumed it WAS named as such due to the black and red ledger markers. Thank you for the lesson!
BF is part of Israeli marketing now too, with the phrase thrown into radio commercials (even for non-American retailers) with an Israeli accent. It's funny and sad at the same time.
Crush the TED!
You can blame Amazon for the spread to the uk. It’s really easy to go to the dot com site instead of the .co.uk version. Seeing massive discounts on one but not the other got people complaining.
I did it once. Rode a bus for an hour to the mall, walked in and saw the crowds and walked out without going into one store.
First of all, safe travels James.
We never did Black Friday because we think it's stupid. We keep an eye out for sales all year, so most of our holiday spending is on perishables. Our kids did it a few times just for the experience, but they decided they'd had enough.