*Sigh* 'Tis the Season to be Greedy

CavScout · December 01, 2008, 01:16:20 AM

Quote from: Ian Absentia;270429I have no problem with anyone saving a buck, either, as long as it's something you really need or want. The part that was bugging the crap out of me was this whole notion of being part of a sale just for the sake of obtaining crap at a cut rate. Not even stuff that she really wanted -- just getting stuff on sale. Remember that old Monty Python skit with the two old ladies?

Lady #1: What you got there?
Lady #2: An engine block.
Lady #1: An engine block! What did you buy that for?!
Lady #2: It was on sale!

It was this whole idea of getting in there and getting a bunch of shit before everyone else got it. Like pigs at a trough.

Suppose it is a waste of time to ask how the fuck you know why those people were shopping....

Anthrobot · December 01, 2008, 03:26:06 AM

Quote from: Nobilis;270279I've hated "secular" X-mas and all it stands for, for a very long time now. It just really highlights how much people suck and just how fake they can be.

I've hated religious xmas and all it stands for since I was seven years old.
I don't mind all the overeating and drinking, as that has been around since before all the fakery of the xtian religion took root in the fair land of Albion.

As for folks getting crushed in a stampede for saletime crap...Well, fat Americans need something to run for. Perhaps shopping malls could be reconfigured into something like an army obstacle course.

shewolf · December 01, 2008, 07:05:27 AM

My husband and I don't buy each other Christmas stuff. We do buy for the kids, but we try to get that done early and hide the stuff at my mom's (in her upstairs library where the kids never go).

I did go to Black Friday, but I really wanted to get some clothes for my daughter cheap. They were sold out when I got there

The worst complaint I had was people not letting me out of the aisles...

Kyle Aaron · December 01, 2008, 07:29:31 AM

It's good to be Jewish.

Of course, I think "smorgasboard" is secretly a Yiddish word, 'cos when you see Jews at a buffet... it ain't pretty.

Ian Absentia · December 01, 2008, 01:06:53 PM

Frenzy is never pretty.

!i!

Spinachcat · December 01, 2008, 03:57:20 PM

I am a metalhead and way back when, I was a mosher. I loved Black Friday and the mad rush at Christmas when I in high school. You could elbow a dude in the throat and claim "it's for the holiday!!"

Remember Cabbage Patch Kids? I got my buddies together and we made money by moshing through aisles to get dolls and then selling them out in the parking lot.

Aaaaaah, Christmas memories!!

Quote from: jgants;270167Gee, that's worth camping out all night in the Novemeber freezing weather. I wouldn't do that even if the line was for free 50" plasma tvs that came with a blowjob from the cute check-out girl, much less to save a lousy couple hundred bucks.

Hmm....how cute is the check out girl again? Can we renegotiate for a 72" plasma?

Quote from: Aos;270169I have found, though, that xmass eve, perhaps due to an eye of the storm kind of phenomenon, is a really fun time to shop. Everyone is relaxed and friendly. Lots of stuff is out of stock, so you don't have to agonize over what to buy- you just take what's left.

So true! I do most of my shopping that Xmas Eve.

However, in LA, NY and SF, I have never found that much is out of stock even at 6pm on the 24th.

Quote from: Anthrobot;270450Perhaps shopping malls could be reconfigured into something like an army obstacle course.

Combat Shopping should be a reality show!

shewolf · December 01, 2008, 04:02:58 PM

Cabbage patch... LOL my mom waited in line and got the last one of those for me.

Ian Absentia · December 01, 2008, 07:08:34 PM

The Green Power Ranger action figure. My brother-in-law got one for his son the right way. He pulled in favors and greased palms. No pushing and shoving in line for him.

!i!