My sister-in-law and I have been going to black friday sales for at least 10 years. A couple of years ago our teenage daughters wanted to go and see what all the fuss was about. They were not happy that we had to get up at 4:00 am to head out, but they decided that it must be worth it or we wouldn't have done it for so many years. We went to Target first and stood in line in 20 degree weather - needless to say all we heard was the girls whining about how cold and tired they were. The best part was when they opened the doors - we had warned them that they had to stick close to us or they would get left behind. As the crowd rushed in my sister-in-law and I got into shopping mode and got to it! The girls got pushed around and one even got "run over" by one of the shoppers with a cart. It took them 15 minutes to catch up with us! We kept going all morning from store to store - by the end of our 6 hour shopping trip neither girl could walk and whined about how hard shopping was. They have never asked to go again - kids these days - they have no stamina! Every year we ask them on Thanksgiving if they want to go with us and all we get is a resounding NO!
