Oh the joy of Black Friday. Waiting in huge lines, fighting over items, and saving money. It is perhaps the best way to celebrate capitalism.
I went to my local mall, Kings Plaza, at midnight. Besides the huge line waiting outside for Best Buy, there was nothing dynamic at all. People were sane! No pushing in Macy’s, no fighting over shoes in Foot Locker, and no cat fights in Victoria’s Secret. Where was all of the Black Friday enthusiasm?
At 1:30 AM, I headed out to another shopping complex in Starrett City. There was a line at Best Buy as well. But I chose to go to Staples instead. The best way to describe it would be that of the line at the DMV. There was no place to move, the people were easily irritable, and the workers hated their jobs. After ten grueling minutes, I decided that it wasn’t worth it to stand in line for a phone case. I experienced the Black Friday blues, but I didn’t get the satisfaction of buying something at a ridiculously low price.
Down on my luck, I tried one more place. I headed back on the Belt Parkway to Caesar’s Bay. There was a Best Buy as well. While I was walking near the line to check out Modell’s, I hear a voice, “Hey Sam! What are you doing here?”
It turns out that it was a few of my friends from High School. They told me they were there waiting in line for a few hours.
And then it hit me.
This is insane. Who needs this stress and disappointment?
I said bye to my friends and went home to my bed, where I didn’t need to wait inline!
By: Mike Licht
i did online shopping on Black Friday. Personally, i think Black Friday and Cyber Monday are overrated because the best deal is always after Christmas.
I went Black Friday shopping as well but I decided not to go out at 12AM because I wasn’t interested in waiting on line and fighting for the last size. I ended up going home with only one top for myself so I was pretty disappointed with the sales. I agree with Sifan, Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals really aren’t that great and don’t deserve the hype if you’re shopping for clothing.
I actually heard that the best deals are early in December rather than Black Friday because people are buying for Christmas. For me, I would never give up sleep to go shopping so I just browse online and if anything is that good of a deal, I’ll get it. That way I get my sleep and save money!
This piece is great because you do a good job of putting the reader in your perspective. It’s as if I see each place you’re going. The whole time it seemed as if you didn’t really want to go through the experience because you were jumping around from store to store, I was curious as to how much time you spent commuting. It was kind of funny how you decided to drop all your plans and just sleep at the end. Good decision.