It is good to take advantage of a sale or bargain when the opportunity presents itself.
Nevertheless, I was never one into the craze over Black Friday.
I never intentionally went shopping on that day, I never understood the impulse the draw had on many.
I worked at quite a few department stores and still was not tempted to hunt for a deal.
I hated how our managers instructed us employees who had certain major positions to be at the stores by 5am to get the sales floor ready to prepare for the surge of customers before the doors to our retail outlets opened.
People literally tore the store up in their haste and disorder.
I used to hear on the news how some people were killed during stampedes caused by those who were in a rush, carelessly bombarding their ways through the crowds of other impetuous people.
I remember standing out in the cold while it was still dark outside one November, the day after Thanksgiving. I was waiting early that morning for a bus to catch, all for the sake of a job needing me to be there to help line up things for Black Friday- it was so ridiculous.