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    Image of Penny Penny
    11/29/09

    In reply to Black Friday: The Terrible Movie
    That said, I hope you all shopped so I can keep my job.
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    Image of Penny Penny
    11/29/09

    In reply to Black Friday: The Terrible Movie
    I had to tour stores (I work in corporate retail) on BF and was soooo stressed. Also, what IS it with the Juicy bags? I was in SF and I swear every other girl had Juicy shoppers.
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    Image of SharonTaint SharonTaint
    11/29/09

    In reply to Black Friday: The Terrible Movie
    Black Friday depresses the everloving shit out of me, zombie hilarity aside.
    Those pictures are embarrassing.

    There's nothing more pathetic than unapologetic, rampant consumerism and if you're not barfing up everything you ate over Thanksgiving just thinking about people trampling each other to death over bargain priced SHIT that will end up in the garbage before long, then we are clearly doomed.
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    Image of JLady JLady
    11/28/09

    In reply to Black Friday: The Terrible Movie
    Amazing! Amazing. I needed that quite a lot today.
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    Image of lauralauramc lauralauramc
    11/28/09

    In reply to Black Friday: The Terrible Movie
    AWESOME hortense! i love how the abercrombie model is tearing up in the face of all the madness. or maybe his eyes are just watering bc of all the perfume a&f pour into their stores. i never understood how people worked their. i always get a headache.
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    Image of Scout Scout
    11/28/09

    In reply to Black Friday: The Terrible Movie
    PS: Nice job Hortense!

    [www.npr.org]
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    Image of Dictator for Life Dictator for Life
    11/28/09

    In reply to Black Friday: The Terrible Movie
    I managed to get hired at a retail establishment as a seasonal employee. They hired dozens of people, but are only giving us about 1-3 shifts/week apiece. I think they honestly have a policy of over-hiring in order to give people employee discounts, which they think will foster brand loyalty even after the seasonal employment is over. Little do they realize, however, that the money they're paying me is all I've got to spend on Christmas presents, and that even with their discount, I won't be able to afford to buy said presents from their store. I think the joke is on them. And, unfortunately, on my relatives, who will probably get nothing for Christmas from me this year.
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    Image of bitingfairy bitingfairy
    11/28/09

    @Dictator for Life: Same here. There's no way I can afford to shop with what I'm earning there. I'm starting to doubt I'll even be able to cover my bills.
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    Image of Vulcan Has No Moon Vulcan Has No Moon
    11/28/09

    @Dictator for Life: No, they're scheduling you less than 38.5 hours. If they scheduled you for more than that, you'd be a full-time employee and they'd have to offer you health insurance.
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    Image of Dictator for Life Dictator for Life
    11/29/09

    @Vulcan Has No Moon: They're scheduling everyone for between 6 and 15 hours, which is waaaaay less than 38.5 which makes me wonder why they don't hire half as many people and give them twice as many hours. It makes no sense.
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    Image of Vulcan Has No Moon Vulcan Has No Moon
    11/29/09

    @Dictator for Life: High turnover. When I worked retail we'd hire a bunch of seasonal people and most wouldn't stay more than a week. The pay was minimum wage and the customers rude and bitchy so they had to hire 2-3 times what was actually needed just to make sure all shifts were filled. Plus, during the holiday season the store gets trashed more than usual so cleanup took longer. And, as I said before, the fact retailers prefer hiring part-timers because they don't have to give them benefits. We were expected to work 50-60 hours a week, but officially we were scheduled as "part-timers" so they could get out of giving us benefits.
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    Image of CrankyOldBroad CrankyOldBroad
    11/28/09

    In reply to Black Friday: The Terrible Movie
    Brava, Hortense, that was excellently done
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    Image of History Major History Major
    11/28/09

    In reply to Black Friday: The Terrible Movie
    Confession:

    I purchased the $3.99 Gremlins DVD for my niece and nephew. They are currently in the living room watching it.

    :-(

    I know I am a horrible person adding to the demise of society be partaking in capitalism at it's worse.

    I will turn in my resignation letter from the Jezebel circle of truth by midnight.
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    girl.of.your.dreams promoted this comment Edited by History Major at 11/28/09 5:25 PM History Major was starred History Major was unstarred
    Image of girl.of.your.dreams girl.of.your.dreams
    11/28/09

    @History Major: Well, I'll support you sticking around because while my first thought reading this piece was, "Wow Hortense, this is amazing!" my second thought was, "Holy shit - Gremlins for $3.99??"
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    Image of badmutha badmutha
    11/28/09

    In reply to Black Friday: The Terrible Movie
    I think I actually heard someone say "Put more shit in the cart!!"
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    Image of SomeAuthorGirl SomeAuthorGirl
    11/28/09

    In reply to Black Friday: The Terrible Movie
    I think I'm still reeling from the shock that people other than my elderly great-aunts shop at L&T...
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    Image of vwbugirl vwbugirl
    11/28/09

    In reply to Black Friday: The Terrible Movie
    I really enjoy black friday. Wen I was younger my Dad and I would get up really early and get the hot toys to sell on ebay. I used to get all my Christmas shopping done before noon. This year I stocked up on $2 DVD's for myself and to give as gifts. I also got a KA 6qt mixer for around $200 after all the sales and rebates.
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    Hana Maru promoted this comment vwbugirl was starred vwbugirl was unstarred
    Image of Hana Maru Hana Maru
    11/29/09

    @vwbugirl: That is a really amazing price for a Kitchenaid 6qt. Where from?

    I went shopping on Friday with my husband and we got some great stuff for peanuts, both presents and things we wanted for ourselves. It wasn't a stampede. We went to a bunch of stores and everyone was sweet to each other. I kind of hate the "look at the pathetic zombies buying useless crap" sentiment so many people have when they see these pictures or talk about the day. It's a fun, convivial family tradition for some(and yes, I have worked retail on that day) and a chance to get better gifts or spend less money for those who are strategic about it.
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    Image of vwbugirl vwbugirl
    01:32 AM

    @Hana Maru: I got the KA from Kohls online. It was on sale for 399% - 15% off all mixers, -15% promo code, + $50 rebate +50 Kohls cash so it is like I paid $213
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    Image of Hana Maru Hana Maru
    02:45 AM

    @vwbugirl: Cool! I have an ancient 4 qt that I love, but it's been rattling and I've been worrying about if I can afford a new one if I have to replace it. As a testament to how durable these things are, I inherited this one from a friends great aunt who died. She was a Holocaust survivor in her 90's. I got it when I was a teenager, and I've been using it twice a week or more for a decade. I will check the circulars next Black Friday!
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    Image of Nihar Nihar
    11/28/09

    In reply to Black Friday: The Terrible Movie
    I wonder if half of those people would buy what they are buying if it wasn't on sale. I also can't help but think that more than a few credit cards that were maxed out probably can't be paid back in full.

    I know when I'm shopping for groceries, I justify buying foodstuffs that I normally wouldn't just because they are on sale. "But I'm saving $3!" No, you just spent $4 you weren't planning on!
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    Image of vulcanized vulcanized
    11/28/09

    @Nihar Bhattacharyya: My grandma would buy clothes as gifts for people in the completely wrong size "because it was on sale!" Which she would announce to you as she gave you the gift.

    I've always said, if someone normally charging $5 for a pound of offal suddenly offered you that pound of offal for free, would you take it? At the end of the day, you may have "saved" some cash, but you're still the chump stuck with the offal. (Feel free to substitute whatever foodstuff is considered inedible as your location and tastes may dictate)
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    Image of rodmanstreet rodmanstreet
    11/28/09

    In reply to Black Friday: The Terrible Movie
    But you're forgetting the real victims in all this mess: the innocent retail employees.
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    Image of pileofmonkeys pileofmonkeys
    11/28/09

    @rodmanstreet: Amen.
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    Image of rodmanstreet rodmanstreet
    11/28/09

    In reply to Black Friday: The Terrible Movie
    Can we be 100% sure that # 11 isn't a still from The Road?
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