I'm so anti-competition that I just won't compete for a good deal.
I'll be at home cheering you on, watching the "Elf" marathon.
"You go with your bargain hunting self!" I'd say.
I live so close to the mall, I could walk there.
It'd be uphill all the way home, but I could walk.
However, when anything involves standing in line waiting for a store to open,
I cannot handle it.
Why, just the other day I was at the thrift store at 9:30, not realizing it opened at 10:00.
I thought, "why don't they just freaking open their doors early??"
People kept walking up to the door, checking it, and I'd think,
"Yeah, all of us sitting in our cars just thought we'd come to look from afar. We never thought of checking the doors!"
It brings out my bad side.
Oh yes, I have one.
Why do stores have to wait right to the minute to open the doors?
Take Michael's, for instance.
It opens at 9:00 a.m., they open the door at 9:03 a.m.
Three minutes late.
I hate late.
Hey, that rhymed.
It's almost as if they know you are dying to come in, get your crap and go.
So they sit there.
Waait for it...
Waaaait for it...
They've got the key, and you can't get in until they say so.
And not a minute before.
Have you ever had a store open before they said they would?
Our Safeway closes the doors on one side around 9:00 p.m.
They always do it early.
One night you run to the store real quick at 8:50 p.m. for some Tylenol.
You pounce on the door trigger and...
nothing.
You look like an idiot is all that happens.
Speaking of that...
I was at Target a few months ago heading for the doors.
Just so you know, the doors on the left are automatic, the doors on the right are manual.
I'm walking out, watching this cool guy in front of me act cool.
I start for the automatic doors, and he stops in front of the manual.
He throws his hands up and says, "What the h...?"
So I say, "Those are the old fashioned doors. You have to push them open."
And his friend laughed.
He was embarrassed.
Anyhoo, did you go out early?
Find any good deals?
Did you get me one?
Any stores let you in a minute early?
18 comments:
Not on your life! I'm with you Carrot, there is nothing I want bad enough to drag my hind end out of a perfectly warm bed, while the moon is still up, and then have to wait in LONGGGG lines for. All those crazy people can keep their bargains. I'd rather pay $2 more.
I did not go out early. I am finding some great online deals from my couch in my pajamas. And not waiting in line.
When I was responsible for opening/closing the pharmacy, we opened/closed exactly on time. I wasn't willing to put up with one extra minute of people yelling at me.
Why go door busting when you can click on your mouse all day?
When I opened the flower store, I'd open early if there were customers out there (we opened at 7:15 am, and yes, in Provo when RMs are after be-make-uped freshmen, there are LOTS of customers at that hour). The only time I wouldn't open it was if the $ wasn't in the register yet. Has your Dollar Store never heard of Customer Service???
I woke up at 4:30 this morning. Yep. A.M. Did I get up to go shopping? Noooo. I just woke up. So I ask you, which is more ridiculous, waking up at the crack of dawn for a miserable shopping experience or just waking up at the crack of dawn? Another question...aren't you glad I didn't spell it rediculous? Oh and is smiling your favorite?
I agree with you 100%! I will not wake early to go shop for ANYTHING. If I can avoid the mall or the big box stores completely this year, I will. I really do love the internet....shop at home. Save the gas. Save the frustration of standing in line. Yup.
(and my word verification is GLORY....Hallelujah!)
That poor guy! Not only was he laughed at by his friend, but now he's mocked in perpetuity and laughed at again and again... including by me :D
And uh, no... and I can't believe the nuts out there that will actually get up to be at a store by 4 AM! The only 4 a.m. I see is when I have to get up to pee and I immediately go right back to sleep.
Oh my gosh I had no idea there was an elf marathon all day. That's ok, my kids watched it about a bajillion times in the car while we traveled for Thanksgiving. I think I have the entire thing memorized now. So now I actually want to watch it (instead of just listen to it) just so I can quote it with my 7 year old.
And I love shopping but not at 5:00 in the morning.
Black Friday is for suckers.
I'm going thrift store shopping tomorrow. You have inspired me.
wv = "glehyma" - your Utah grandma's name
Yeah. I went. It was my first time...a Black Friday virgin. The whole experience made me laugh! I went for 3 things...I got one of them and then went home and bought the one of the others online and decided we didn't need the third. I loved it and probably will do it again if I get the chance!
Oh...and I'm up by 4 anyway. I was up at 2:30 for no apparent reason so why not?
No shopping for me--I was way too tired. My kids hit the stores at unheard of hours.
I'm with ya on the stores that close earlier than scheduled and open later--ANNOYING.
Ever since getting thrust into the middle of a Redneck Line Wrassling Event at a Toys R Us on Black Friday many years ago I decided that no cheap bucket of Lego's in this world will ever lure me out of my house on Black Friday again.
I did send my man out to buy me nachos yesterday because Black Friday hermits freaking need proper sustenance, dangit!
We were bummed to miss thanksgiving with you this year... I'm sure it was an amazing meal!
And, thanks for sharing in our excitement... you're more than welcome to yell anytime. :)
-Megan
Hey Carrot,
Hey you visited my blog. I feel so special. Yes that first comment was from my hubby and he apparently does not want to believe the truth of his actions.
Nope I don't live in Redmond. But I do live in Oregon.
Tiffany
I don't shop those sales. Tried it once, and didn't like it! I pretty much try to get my shopping done before then and then only do minimal other shopping until it's safe again (about two weeks AFTER Christmas).
The old fashioned doors made me smile. Thanks for that!
Payless shoes in my small town had locked their doors 15 minutes early once when I tried to go there. I looked through the glass and tapped my watch at the salesgirl and yelled (so she could hear me of through the glass of course) that is was a quarter 'til, and she looked at her watch and said, "No, it's five 'til!"
She still didn't open the doors for me, even though she admitted it wasn't closing time yet.
It will be a cold day in you know where before I ever set foot in a store on Black Friday. My neighbor has this whole ritual figured out and she loves it. I think I would rather get a toe chopped off than stand in line for a sale.
I did go out this year on Black Friday and came home with a head ache. That I got for free.
Also, I used to work at a bank and we would love to open the doors at 5 after 8 just because we would love to.
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