The "Joys" of Black Friday

The bloggery has been a bit slow lately, mostly because my life has been living up to the title of said blog.

However, working in the wonderful world of retail, I get to experience the yearly event known as "Black Friday"...a phrase that conjurers both joy and dread, depending on which side of the counter you are on.

So, after spending Thanksgiving with my family (thanks again to Chrystie for hosting!), I went to bed around 9 pm. I know that doesn't sound all that early, but it is for me, who usually doesn't go to bed until around 2 or 3 am. I am such a night-owl. And I also knew from prior experience that if I tried to go to bed much earlier than that, I'd just wouldn't fall alseep.

So, anyways, after catching about 4 hours of sleep, I wake up and make the drive down to Layton. I remember the first time I worked a Black Friday, I figured the traffic would be bad, so I gave myself a lot of time...only to find the roads empty.

I know now that the roads are empty because everyone is already at their store of choice come 4 am.

One thing good I can say about my store is that we are not Wal-Mart. That isn't to say that there wasn't a lot of people at the store (some people actually camped out over night), but we don't get the same kind of trampling and stampeding that happens at bigger stores. I suppose the police car that was lurking out front to prevent such things might of helped.

The crowd was actually a little smaller this year...probably because they opened a Kohl's in Clinton, people up here had two stores to go to instead of just one. Not that I could really ntoice from where I was standing, as they line never ended, anyways. I can't really complain about the length of my shift, as I got a "short" shift...only 10 hours intead of 12. Not that I mind at all, 'cause 10 hours of bending was about all my back could handle.

Still, it could of been worst, according to stories I've heard about happenings at other stores. I guess the Toys R Us in Layton had to stop letting people in because the building was loaded to capacity. And I'm sure Best Buy had a 3 hour long line, as always.

Really, if I ever get out of retail, I'm never going near any kind of store on a BlackFriday.

Well, at least it's a short shopping season this year. Less than 30 days to Christmas already.

...I guess that means I need to get my shopping done.

Ah, the joys of internet shopping...no lines, no crazy people, just my computer and a comfy chair.

The only way to Christmas shop, really.