Black Friday, the day after thanksgiving where after people are done being thankful for what they have, and go shopping for more perfectly useless material items. I have no idea when this upcoming trend started, but like Friday the 13, bad things tend happen. I dont remember the specifics, but every year there is something going on during the black Friday sale weekend and at least one person dies from a trampling. Its terrible the lengths people go to to try and save a few bucks here and there.

Take this image for example. Its like a site in front of an apple store for when they launch a new product, but at least that is justifiable. Waiting in line to save 50, 100 bucks is simply insane. I couldn’t find the picture but it was a meme about how companies set the price of a camera to 500 bucks and a week before black Friday they would set it to 700, and on the day before black Friday they would lower it to 500 and call it a sale. I personally found it hilarious.

I think I’m pretty frugal when it come to shopping, but i really don’t feel the need to destroy everything in my wake to get a sale item. I can live with out getting a cheap item. But maybe thats because I’m in university and poor because of it. It will go on sale again and maybe get even cheaper.

Anyways because of this demand firms can take full advantage of people cheapness. People die because of this day and firms will make lots of money on outdated technology and the not in styles of clothing. I see ads everywhere. Black Friday has evolved from being a USA exclusive thing to becoming national shopping day throughout North America. To reiterate, black Friday is a day where firms sell the crap at perceived low prices to people and stores will and do take full advantage of this.