Can we make a pact to not shop on Thanksgiving Day?
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I think the only time I've ever gone out to buy anything on Thanksgiving was when my wife caught the flu on Thanksgiving a few years ago, and I had to run out to Walgreens to get her medicine. But outside of that there's no way I would ever shop retail on Thanksgiving, nor walk into a store on Black Friday. I do not have fond memories of having to be at Best Buy or Circuit City at 3 am just to open at 5 am and work 17 hour shifts selling video games to rude people.
absolutely not, I most definitely will forget something even if I made a list and checked it 15 times.
Nah. If we keep shopping on Thanksgiving, they will eventually start the sales the day before Thanksgiving. Also, it's a great excuse to get people out of your house after dinner/leave wherever you are after dinner. Just say you have to go shopping.
Also if online shopping, avoid Amazon.
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The Atlantic: Ruthless Quotas at Amazon Are Permanently Maiming Employees
I know most people have by now made their decisions on where and what to buy for the coming holiday shopping season, but it bears repeating the tremendous human cost of doing so with Amazon specifically. I'm going to extensively quote what is a lengthy article but we now live in a new age of...
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Does online shopping count I bought some movies on BestBuy, but otherwise I won't do any shopping.
Shit I already made a run to Canadian Tire this morning for gifts so I guess I'm out. To be fair Canadian Thanksgiving was last month anyway
i deliver groceries for a living and today is a great day to get orders because people are cooking or entertaining family (or just enjoying the day off..... or just being lazy lol) and dont want to leave the house. I made like $120 this morning.
so no
so no
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Man, I'm actually catching complicated feelings on this.
Generally, if stores shut back down on Thanksgiving, I would agree with it and feel comfortable. I've never shopped on Thanksgiving and I'm not planning to today.
But as someone increasingly separated from family, I personally have a dimmer view on the end-of-year holidays. I'm not going to change my behavior and shop, but I find the holidays less sacred than others.
My personal animus aside, some people also find the holidays... boring, less-than-special or even eerie (my bustling city feels like a horror movie scene when everyone's indoors). That kind of person may really want to be somewhere other than home and behold, restaurants, malls and other shops are open!
Besides that, casual travel and tourism are part of the holiday tradition for some - so, some commerce is inevitable. People visit the city for thanksgiving or Christmas, and they're going to eat somewhere.
Generally, if stores shut back down on Thanksgiving, I would agree with it and feel comfortable. I've never shopped on Thanksgiving and I'm not planning to today.
But as someone increasingly separated from family, I personally have a dimmer view on the end-of-year holidays. I'm not going to change my behavior and shop, but I find the holidays less sacred than others.
My personal animus aside, some people also find the holidays... boring, less-than-special or even eerie (my bustling city feels like a horror movie scene when everyone's indoors). That kind of person may really want to be somewhere other than home and behold, restaurants, malls and other shops are open!
Besides that, casual travel and tourism are part of the holiday tradition for some - so, some commerce is inevitable. People visit the city for thanksgiving or Christmas, and they're going to eat somewhere.
I support the sentiment but I'm pessimistic you'll get enough people to agree to convince stores not to open thanksgiving. I try not to shop at stores that open on Thanksgivign day myself but I doubt it will change :(.
By the way, even shopping online affects some people. Got a friend who works at Amazon who is on call in case something happens to their website. And then you get all the people working their wharehouses cause people expect them to keep shipping stuff even though it's a holiday (even more so cause it's online it's easier to forget there are still people that make the store work).
I usually just thank them for working on that day. At least let them know I appreciate that they are there (I only try to shop at grocery stores on Thanksgiving though and only for the last minute crap we forgot but I am very thankful they are open thanksgiving morning).
