The Token Black Friday Post

Black Friday is probably the worse combination of things for a person who doesn't particularly enjoy large crowds. For that reason alone I typically stay home, nestled in my pajamas and drinking a hot cup of chai on the couch. I embrace my inner hermit and just watch youtube videos of Walmart hysteria like the rest of the sensible American population. But sometimes you just can't avoid going out and necessity drives you to battle the mayhem that is this wretched day. That was how we found ourselves, Stephen and I, going to Target on Friday.

 Except it was honestly really anti-climatic. No hoards of people, in fact we got a parking spot right up front and the store aisles were emptier then I have ever seen them. So what sort of witchcraft was afoot?! Turns out the crazies only come out at midnight (or I guess 8PM on Thanksgiving---seriously wtf is up that? Black Thursday?) and it paid to be lazy (i.e. shop at noon).

But we were a little sad not to see any viral video worthy hijinks although we pretended to act out a few of our own ...you know...to inspire others. Not so much success. We did walk next door to Best Buy where I saw a man scramble to snatch two flat screen televisions. What has me scratching my head is that: a.) despite his urgency, no one else was going for them and b.) they were seriously only marked down five bucks.

All joking aside, I do think the blind consumerism that Black Friday brings about is absurd. I just don't understand it. But there a lot of things I don't understand like everyone's obsession with sriracha. Or pumpkin spice lattes. Life's little mysteries I suppose...