The Countdown for Major Deals and Giveaways That Holiday Shoppers and Retailers are Anxious For is On
Major retailers are starting Black Friday deals on Thanksgiving Thursday...WalMart and Toys R Us will be opening at 10 pm Thursday night...Best Buy will be will open on "Black Midnight"...The ads are out and the race is on...Which retailers have your attention???...
Well unfortunately for Target the attention they are getting is negative press...Because one of their employees, Anthony Hardwick of Nebraska, has started a petition at change.org against working Thursday night...He's determined that he'll have to go to sleep early afternoon on Thanksgiving, instead of enjoying time with friends and family, so that he will be well rested enough to perform well on his 10-hour shift that begins at 11pm...Well over 193,00 supporters have joined Anthony Hardwick...One of the supporters, Deborah Schwartz, had this to say:
"I'm so tired of turning on the news the Monday after Black Friday and having to hear about how much money the big retailers did or didn't make. As if that's the point of our year-end holidays. I'm tired of Christmas being promoted BEFORE Halloween. I'm sick and tired of these attempts to brainwash us into thinking Christmas is about how much money we spend. Every American has the right to spend Thanksgiving with their families - its a national holiday! This is employee-abuse, plain and simple, and an threat to EVERY American worker. Target, stop exploiting your employees! (Thanks, Anthony, for creating this petition.)"
And at least 418 people agree with her view as well...And similar to how the Occupy Wall Street movement has spread, so has the sentiment of retail employees and their supporters...An employee of Best Buy in Florida, Rick Melaragni, has also started a petition and has over 10,700 supporters...Protesters are asking for shoppers to boycott any retailers that are opening before 5am/6am Friday morning, for early Black Friday related deals ...What do you think???...Will capitalism rule Black Friday again this year and the years to come???...It's a crazy situation because people need to work, jobs are hard to come by, the economy is bad and industry insiders, such as the National Retail Federation, don't really expect sales to dramatically increase, even with all the Black Friday hype, in comparison to last year, anyway...
A couple of last year's Target hilarious commercials featuring the Crazy Lady...
Major retailers are starting Black Friday deals on Thanksgiving Thursday...WalMart and Toys R Us will be opening at 10 pm Thursday night...Best Buy will be will open on "Black Midnight"...The ads are out and the race is on...Which retailers have your attention???...
Well unfortunately for Target the attention they are getting is negative press...Because one of their employees, Anthony Hardwick of Nebraska, has started a petition at change.org against working Thursday night...He's determined that he'll have to go to sleep early afternoon on Thanksgiving, instead of enjoying time with friends and family, so that he will be well rested enough to perform well on his 10-hour shift that begins at 11pm...Well over 193,00 supporters have joined Anthony Hardwick...One of the supporters, Deborah Schwartz, had this to say:
"I'm so tired of turning on the news the Monday after Black Friday and having to hear about how much money the big retailers did or didn't make. As if that's the point of our year-end holidays. I'm tired of Christmas being promoted BEFORE Halloween. I'm sick and tired of these attempts to brainwash us into thinking Christmas is about how much money we spend. Every American has the right to spend Thanksgiving with their families - its a national holiday! This is employee-abuse, plain and simple, and an threat to EVERY American worker. Target, stop exploiting your employees! (Thanks, Anthony, for creating this petition.)"
And at least 418 people agree with her view as well...And similar to how the Occupy Wall Street movement has spread, so has the sentiment of retail employees and their supporters...An employee of Best Buy in Florida, Rick Melaragni, has also started a petition and has over 10,700 supporters...Protesters are asking for shoppers to boycott any retailers that are opening before 5am/6am Friday morning, for early Black Friday related deals ...What do you think???...Will capitalism rule Black Friday again this year and the years to come???...It's a crazy situation because people need to work, jobs are hard to come by, the economy is bad and industry insiders, such as the National Retail Federation, don't really expect sales to dramatically increase, even with all the Black Friday hype, in comparison to last year, anyway...
A couple of last year's Target hilarious commercials featuring the Crazy Lady...
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