I've worked in a lot of different fields. I've been working since age 14, with jobs like construction, engineering, billing, and accounting. I actually gave up anything to do with engineering to work the glorious world of retail. I started work at a CompUSA in October. I was getting used to the job, I was like "Ok, this isn't that bad. At least the time doesn't drag.". Then, the day after Thanksgiving happened. I had actually never in my life heard of Black Friday before working there. So I showed up the day after, 10 minutes early. I ended up being a little late looking for a parking spot. I just waited for one of those morons to leave the store so I could park and get to my register. When I walked in, there were people lined up to the back of the store (which was a good 80-100 people in line) on all 6 registers. What were we advertising? Well, honestly, it was like CDs were cheap. We had a sale on a few notebooks. Stuff like that. I didn't know what was going on so I didn't know what to look for. The next year, I waited for it. I wanted to see what was so great. I'm here to give you an insider look on the wild world of Black Friday.

Retail stores (besides Best Buy and Walmart; they unusually have good junk actually on sale) release an ad that has a 50-pack CDs for $9.99. The week before Black Friday, they release a horrible ad. Something with a bunch of deals that aren't actually deals. Then, the Black Friday ad they release is the same 50-pack of CDs for $9.99. Now, when you look at the ad from the week before, then check out the ad for Black Friday, you're going "Ohhhhhhhh man! Corporate America told me last week I was getting the 50-pack of CDs for $19.99, now they're 50% off?! Holy moly! That's a deal!". Guys and gals, do you see what's going on? You expect a deal for Black Friday because you're told it's such a great day to shop, so you just trust that a company making a profit off of you is going to give you the best deals possible, when in fact, they just planted the seed to blind you from the truth: Black Friday sales are a gimmick! Anyone waiting in line all night for a $20 DVD player at Walmart should really think: why would a corporation want to help the little guy? Could it be that the DVD player is a piece? Yup, it is. If it's too good to be true, it's not. Anyway, that's my rant. Enjoy your shopping all of your suckers out there. ;)