Chris Marquette Message Board / Do you shop on Black Friday?

Re: Do you shop on Black Friday?

dummy@example.com (b11001001) — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 01:13:26 +0000

At least all humanity wasn't lost, those few that tried to help the man..

Re: Do you shop on Black Friday?

dummy@example.com (TheCentralScrutinizer) — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:42:23 +0000

Figures. Toys and junk are more important than human life, right? :fedup:

Re: Do you shop on Black Friday?

dummy@example.com (b11001001) — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:23:28 +0000

Yeah, there were a few other injured including the pregnant woman that miscarried. I think some of them were trying to help the man. Also, I think when the store announced that the store was closing on behalf of the man's death they all complained saying they'd been there since the day before.

Re: Do you shop on Black Friday?

dummy@example.com (TheCentralScrutinizer) — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:27:28 +0000

Ah, OK. Damn, that's just terrible.

Re: Do you shop on Black Friday?

dummy@example.com (magicalturkey) — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:24:02 +0000

I think the woman who was pregnant lost her baby...

Re: Do you shop on Black Friday?

dummy@example.com (TheCentralScrutinizer) — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:22:13 +0000

That was sickening. Didn't another person who was injured die subsequently? I thought I heard the tail-end of a story about that on the radio...

Re: Do you shop on Black Friday?

dummy@example.com (b11001001) — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:15:43 +0000

Isn't it just horrible the Wal-Mart worker that got trampled to death opening the doors? I couldn't believe it.

Re: Do you shop on Black Friday?

dummy@example.com (Illinoisguy1) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:47:05 +0000

You have to remember that Kmart went through Bankruptcy before they bought Sears. So that's likely why Kmart stores closed up & thus Kmart employees being laid off.

That's also why little to no Sears stores closed up. They didn't go through BC and didn't have to close up stores, whereas Kmart did to eliminate debt and restructure.

Re: Do you shop on Black Friday?

dummy@example.com (TheCentralScrutinizer) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:04:45 +0000

On paper, that may be true, Illinois. But it ended up with Sears expanding into Kmart stores, Kmart stores closing left & right, and the Kmart Corporate office in Troy, MI closing down. Thousands of Kmart employees were laid off. I don't think that happened to Sears. So in this merger, Sears & Chicago won, Kmart & Troy lost. Big time. Trust me, I heard it all from Elaine as it was going down. She was with Kmart for 33 years before she was laid off too.

Re: Do you shop on Black Friday?

dummy@example.com (Illinoisguy1) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:41:19 +0000

Just a little correction.

Kmart bought Sears, not Sears bought Kmart.

http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/17/news/fo … /index.htm

Kmart is buying Sears, Roebuck & Co. for $11 billion in a deal

Re: Do you shop on Black Friday?

dummy@example.com (BiggestChrisMarquetteFan) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:31:47 +0000

Wow people really are animals. I hate black Friday!

Re: Do you shop on Black Friday?

dummy@example.com (TheCentralScrutinizer) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:00:45 +0000

Geez. More death...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/2 … 47032.html

People have gone insane.

Re: Do you shop on Black Friday?

dummy@example.com (TheCentralScrutinizer) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:58:23 +0000

Yeah, a little bit less than two more years and she would've been able to earn a pension. She had a really hard time finding another job since things are so bad in Michigan these days. And frighteningly, she just started working for a company that supplies plastic to the auto industry. Who knows how long that one will last?

Re: Do you shop on Black Friday?

dummy@example.com (colorthestars) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:47:42 +0000

Well because of that there are those wonderful Sears card questions (Would you like this on your Sears card today? Do you have a Sears card? Would you like to apply for a Sears card?). I only ask the first one because otherwise I'd go completely crazy and today would have been a complete nightmare. Anyways, I wasn't employed when Sears took over, but I'm sure it wasn't that good of a thing. Some customers have told me that their interest rates on their Sears card skyrocketed during that change but who knows if that's true? Not saying it isn't possible, it's just that sometimes you don't know the whole story.

Sorry to hear about hard times for your friend. That's just awful.

Re: Do you shop on Black Friday?

dummy@example.com (TheCentralScrutinizer) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:18:48 +0000

LOL! Yeah, I hear that. Just wondered. One of my closest friends used to work for Kmart Corporate up there in Michigan. It's been pretty rough for her since they were sold to Sears and the Troy office was shut down.