Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Black Friday
People's posts about black Friday got me to thinking as well. It does seem outrageous that on a night of giving thanks when one is supposed to be spending time with family, people start waiting on enormous lines outside of Walmart and Best Buy. And why is this really? Why is it necessary? Why do people feel the need to buy these things? I feel like it can all be attributed to what we have been talking about in class. It would seem that our mainstream culture and media is what has people waiting on these lines. Before the holiday time, there is a massive amount of media and attention brought to certain "must have items" and sales. Are the sales and items really worth leaving your family to wait on line and shop late into the night/ morning? I guess the answer to this can change by opinion, but I would say, no.
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i mean i see what your saying but the sales are outrageous! you can get a 500 dollar tv for 100 bucks. and you can think of the people who cant really afford to buy their family things for the holiday and black Fridays deals help them out. i mean i think its stupid that they would leave thanksgiving dinner to go wait in a line however, if they leave at 10:00 ant night to go shop, i personally don't see anything wrong with that...the deals are just toooooo goooood! i would never leave my family during dinner but i will DEF go at midnight to get all the deals i can find. hey im a college student, i like sales! :)
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