The Christmas season just gets more and more absurd. Isn't this (especially) the season where we're supposed to display peace and love for all, just like Jesus did? Apparently Walmart didn't get that memo.
In their headlong chase for the Almighty Dollar Walmart has decided that Black Friday, that absolutely insane first official day of the Christmas shopping season....the day after Thanksgiving....will now begin at 8 pm ON THANKSGIVING EVENING! That's when they will open the chutes and let the cattle stampede in. So much for letting their "valued employees" spend the day with their families.
I contrast that (here in Dallas at least ) with Weir's Furniture. They are closed EVERY Sunday. The Weir family is very religious and they close for that reason, but the bottom line is they allow their employees to spend their Sundays doing whatever they want. It's their time for family, church, football, picnicking, or whatever. Here's my point: people know that if they want to buy a sofa or chair or bedroom furniture from Weir's they'll have to buy it on Saturday or Monday, but NOT on Sunday....and their business hasn't suffered a bit. If fact, many big-name furniture stores have come and gone in the past 64 years, but Weir's is still here.
I can't think of one thing that will be in Walmart at 8 pm on Thanksgiving Day evening that won't still be there at 7 am on Black Friday morning. Quit being such dicks, Walmart, and let your people have the day off.
Rant over. Now go out there and have a nice weekend. ;)
S
When I leave a comment on some of your blogs I'm asked to "prove I'm not a robot" by re-typing some contorted letters a robot apparently can't decipher. What's the point of that exercise? If some robot wants to read my blog, why should I care? My blog doesn't ask that and I don't get any unwanted spam comments selling stuff. It's a non-issue to me. I've had some scrambled letter tests that were so convoluted I couldn't make them out. My rule is, if I try twice and can't get it to accept my comment, I move on. What am I missing? It just seems pointless.
No tales of drunken St. Patrick's Day merriment from yesterday from me. I was behaving myself, and was actually quite productive. K and I packed more stuff....I think we still have a frying pan, one pot, a couple of glasses, some dinnerware, and a stack of paper plates un-packed. All the pictures and window coverings have been taken down, arrangements have been made for address changes, utilities, and the newspaper. My big coup yesterday was borrowing some furniture dollies to help move the heavy stuff. The boxes of course can be moved with my hand dollie. (Is it "dolly" or "dollie"? As Google lists both, I'll go with "dollie".)
We also went by Weir's furniture (very good stuff BTW) and scored a great deal on a bar stool. We only need one as that is where K will sit to use the island as her Wifi-enabled computer desk, while I take the big desk (yes, I still have the damn thing) in the computer "niche". The stool is very comfortable and covered in a very high quality leather. The only catch is there's a small scratch on one leg, but we can easily touch that up, and the price was reduced from over $200 to just $69. Sweet! K also bought a high-dollar drapery rod, then she got home and found a 20% off coupon in the mail from the same store. Today she's going back for the old switcheroo.
If you're into basketball (I'm not) then this March Madness thing has you glued to the TV. As far as I'm concerned basketball is a sport contrived to give the masses something to watch while football players have their off-season knee surgery and rehab. I feel like I'm in a TV sports desert. I can't wait for September. :)
S
