Being a woman all of my life, I thought I had pretty  good "take" on the female of the species.

     I was so wrong. Women are animals!!!

Today for the first time in my life I went shopping on BLACK FRIDAY.  Drove all the way to Evansville, In. to a large mall.  Jim dropped me off and went to do other things.   

The mall was so crowded I couldn't walk 2 feet without someone stepping on my feet, bumping into me w/o saying sorry.  Clothes, which were all stacked and folded neatly before the stores opened, were strewn all over and in heaps on the floors.  Women with babies in strollers running over it all with the wheels. Some were cutting in lines and being sarcastic about it. Teenage girls being arrested for shoplifting. Don't even get me started on the mess in the restrooms.... ::) ::)

Next year, I'm going Christmas shopping in June.  >:(

There is a good reason I don't leave my property on this day.  ;)

Crazy stuff! :D
It costs me more but I shop specialty shops to avoid crowds and rude customers.
I have customers come to the Auto Parts store where I work at and tell me they like the "old building and the personal touch" they get shopping there. 8-)
Sorry about your shopping experience from hell today Linda. :(

Linda_Howell wrote on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 6:11pm:

Today for the first time in my life I went shopping on BLACK FRIDAY.  .......... ...........Jim dropped me off and went to do other things.

One of you is smart  ;)

When Black Friday comes
I'm gonna dig myself a hole
Gonna lay down in it
'Til I satisfy my soul
Gonna let the world pass by me
The Archbishop gonna sanctify me
And if he don't come across
I'm gonna let it roll
When Black Friday comes I'm gonna stake my claim
I guess I'll change my name.

--Donald Fagan (Steely Dan)

To Marc, Bill and brew.

    Y'all can bite me. I'm living in coal country right now and you can only guess what will be in YOUR stocking.

Linda_Howell wrote on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 9:19pm:

To Marc, Bill and brew.     Y'all can bite me. I'm living in coal country right now and you can only guess what will be in YOUR stocking.

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My post merely referred to the big stock market crash. I thought the crossover was kind of cool, though.

yeahVBrew...your thought was not lost on me.

You are getting some cookies, fudge and etc...baked with love.

After I sent out my ebay crap rare collectibles, I decided to take a look at the mall. I don't think anybody there was local. It was a mob though and Linda is right. Nobody picks up after themselves and there's no way, I'm standing in line for 1/2 hour to pay for a tie.

I got some ideas though, especially things to hint at that I have zero interest in hanging on my wall.

I had some fun though and of course I got to walk around in a snowstorm. Freezing here today.

Charlie

Brew wrote on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 7:37pm:

When Black Friday comes I'm gonna dig myself a hole Gonna lay down in it 'Til I satisfy my soul Gonna let the world pass by me The Archbishop gonna sanctify me And if he don't come across I'm gonna let it roll When Black Friday comes I'm gonna stake my claim I guess I'll change my name. --Donald Fagan (Steely Dan)

that song runs through my head on friday the 13th. good tune 8-)

as for me i fired up the big husky and cut wood today. had plenty of gas mixed up. had bar oil, and i had a full pack of smokes. why leave?

Linda_Howell wrote on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 9:19pm:

To Marc, Bill and brew.     Y'all can bite me. I'm living in coal country right now and you can only guess what will be in YOUR stocking.

na na na na na ROTFL!!!

So, what was yesterday's news all about? Black Friday! One of our local toy stores had to call for police to settle an argument over who was FIRST in line! If that's not BAD ENOUGH, these 2 women were having a spitting match!
There is NOTHING that would bring me out shopping at such ridiculous hours, AND, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT THIS ISSUE-WHAT ABOUT THE SALESPEOPLE WHO HAVE TO MAN THE STORES....it's not the CEO's..they're all snug in their beds. It's the working stiff, who needs to do what his boss tells him in order to keep his job!
I won't support that Black Friday mentality.........and in case you couldn't tell, I am angry about it!
I'll shop online, or at the local boutiques. I don't care, but the big box stores get NONE of my money!
Cathi          

Cathi_Pierce wrote on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 5:09am:

It's the working stiff, who needs to do what his boss tells him in order to keep his job!

I love you Cathi - you really made me giggle!!

LOL! I love you too, Helen, but I am mad as hell, too!

Tell me what I wrote that was so funny?? Please??
I could use a laugh!

I'm sorry honeybun, you wrote working stiff not working staff! I just had this vision of that scene from National Lampoon Vacation where they had grandma on the roof of the car cos she died and no one would sit next to her!

I dunno, I went last year and it was pretty tame.  Maybe you just need to head north. [smiley=grin2.gif]

Oh joy!!!  My wife is a hospice nurse and had visits to make  so I was relegated to my puter and a marathon day of online poker....lol....won over a million chips to add to my bankroll of over a half a billion!!

My poor, almost 20 yo son is another story altogether!!   He took a nap on thursday evening and then got up at 11:30 pm, picked up his girlfriend and went to stand in line for their first stop at a mall here in Dallas that was opening at 1:30 am!  I don't know what the rest of their itinerary was but he came draggin thru the door about 3:00 yesterday afternoon, didn't have a word to say, went to his bedroom and I haven't seen or heard from him since...lol....

Dallas Denny

Well, I HATE shopping, so I went online and did ALL my Christmas shopping there and the nice people are going to deliver it to the house sometime next week and I'm all done.

Now all I have to do is put up my tree, wrap the stuff and bake some cookies and sit back and relax...

I think people are totally freaking NUTZ to go out and fight those crowds on Black Friday (and why do they call it that anyhow?).

Hugs BD :-*

Linda_Howell wrote on Nov 27^th, 2009 at 6:11pm:

Being a woman all of my life,

Linda,
I'm so glad that you let us know this.  I think I would have been highly upset to find out that part of your life was spent as a 6'4" 200 # man  ;D

-johnny- wrote on Nov 28^th, 2009 at 1:44am:

as for me i fired up the big husky and cut wood today. had plenty of gas mixed up. had bar oil, and i had a full pack of smokes. why leave?

...just to head back to the coffee source to fill your cup.

That's the only thing I can think of.

Oh I don't know - I think the cruellest part of transforming from being a man to a woman wouldn't be loosing the extra *hmm* foot - but having to grow all that extra brain matter  ;)

Just how did we get to here from shopping?! LOL

All I can say is Mall of America was crazy. I worked that day and it was insane. If I had a choice I would have stayed home. Yikes.

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Just how did we get to here from shopping?!

Carolyn started it.   ;D


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I would have been highly upset to find out that part of your life was spent as a 6'4" 200 # man

Now THAT'S  funny.   [smiley=crackup.gif] [smiley=crackup.gif] [smiley=crackup.gif] [smiley=crackup.gif]