Black Thursday??

Black Friday used to be one of my favorite parts about the Holidays. I remember waking up at 3 am and bundling up, getting coffee and donuts, and heading out to stores early in the morning. It was a tradition I looked forward to every year, and ever since I started working retail, I’ve been on the sour end of things.

Up until this point, I’ve never minded working Black Friday because I at least got to enjoy Thanksgiving with my friends and family, but this year I am a little upset. On what people are now calling “Black Thursday”, this year many retailers, including the one currently employing me, will be opening on Thanksgiving night to increase their profits.

While I am not that personally hurt by this, I know many people are as they will miss out on being with their families and be forced to work as early as 6 pm at some stores. I don’t believe it’s fair to interrupt a National Holiday with a frenzied holiday shopping spree, forcing people to leave their families and work 10+ hour shifts without the option of working later in the day. Contrary to popular belief, these employees have families and some of them even kids, who they deserve to be spending Thanksgiving with.

The whole point of day after Thanksgiving sales was that they were one day only, and the day after Thanksgiving. If stores open on Thanksgiving, it eliminates the whole point and takes out all the fun.