
Midnight Openings - do you like them or not?
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Posted Oct 26, 2011 - 9:39 am
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Posted Oct 26, 2011 - 9:42 am
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Posted Oct 26, 2011 - 2:36 pm
I understand your point of view, but do you watch TV, use the phone, electricity on Thanksgiving, someone has to give up their day to work for them as well. I am in Healthcare, hospitals have to stay open too.
I spent 24 years in the Air Force, 18 1/2 of them in a "mission essential" position (read that 24/7/365). There's a world of difference between essential and non-essential services. Hospitals, fire, police, utilities, etc. are essential; shopping for bargains (contrary to popular belief) isn't.
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Posted Oct 26, 2011 - 2:41 pm
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Posted Oct 26, 2011 - 2:53 pm
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Posted Oct 26, 2011 - 3:04 pm
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Posted Oct 26, 2011 - 3:50 pm
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Posted Oct 26, 2011 - 4:35 pm

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Posted Oct 26, 2011 - 5:09 pm
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Posted Oct 26, 2011 - 5:51 pm
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Posted Oct 26, 2011 - 7:19 pm
Also, as much as we want to think bf is a holiday, technically it is not. Whether it starts at midnight for employees or 5 am, it is not considered a holiday.
I don't know if I like the midnight start times, I will have to see the ads first.
As a retail worker not crazy about them at all. Yes there are other occupations that usually are paid more than an hourly rate for working on holidays, we do not.
Also usually a shift in retail for managers are over 12 hours, having to deal with mobs of people looking for items.
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Posted Oct 26, 2011 - 8:29 pm
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Posted Oct 26, 2011 - 8:30 pm
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Posted Oct 27, 2011 - 4:25 am
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Posted Oct 27, 2011 - 4:33 am
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Posted Oct 27, 2011 - 11:33 am
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Posted Oct 27, 2011 - 1:57 pm
I understand your point of view, but do you watch TV, use the phone, electricity on Thanksgiving, someone has to give up their day to work for them as well. I am in Healthcare, hospitals have to stay open too.
I spent 24 years in the Air Force, 18 1/2 of them in a "mission essential" position (read that 24/7/365). There's a world of difference between essential and non-essential services. Hospitals, fire, police, utilities, etc. are essential; shopping for bargains (contrary to popular belief) isn't.
Thank you, ObiRich, you said it better than I would have. I actually thought MORE people would burn me for heresy than actually did. I've worked my share of holidays, too (airline). I was willing to give up my Thanksgiving so a family could get to Grandma's in time to take the turkey out of the oven, but wouldn't be so thrilled to give up a family holiday w/ my kids just so Mrs. Walton could rake in a few spare million bucks.
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Posted Oct 27, 2011 - 2:23 pm
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Posted Oct 27, 2011 - 3:26 pm
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Posted Oct 27, 2011 - 4:52 pm
I hate it! I am considering going this year though, because I really want the bag. What are the chances of them having it online around 3 am?
What bag?
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Posted Oct 28, 2011 - 4:08 am
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Posted Oct 28, 2011 - 6:03 am
What bag?
Oh yea! The bath and bodyworks bag that is usually $20 with a $40 purchase.
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Posted Oct 28, 2011 - 6:18 am
What stores and malls will be opening at midnight? and do you like midnight openings or not?
No and No. I don't have kids and I don't celebrate Christmas so I am only shopping for myself. Wal-Mart last year was an awful disaster first and last time ever going. Didn't get any of the $3 items nor the crockpot I wanted and the discounted PJs we bought was not worth the two hours it took to get out the store.
I will be in line at Target a couple hours before they open and doing most else of my shopping online.
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Posted Oct 28, 2011 - 7:39 am
That's what I was thinking lol...it is online but unsure what time their sale will startOh yea! The bath and bodyworks bag that is usually $20 with a $40 purchase.
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Posted Oct 28, 2011 - 8:45 am
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Posted Oct 28, 2011 - 8:47 am
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Posted Oct 28, 2011 - 5:14 pm
I don't like the midnight openings. Last year I shifted gears at the last minute and went into a Toys R Us after midnight. The long delay there produced little and through off my routine.
Not planning to do a midnight opening this year, but will decide when I see all the lists and opening times.
I have to admit that I feel the same way. Our TRU line was so long that by the time I got in the store after waiting hours just to get through the doors only to find everything I wanted gone, I has wasted so much time and energy that it threw off my whole trip. The 12am items need to be REALLY worth it. I am not wasting my Thanksgiving Day.
Vicki
"Clearance shopping is my middle name"
Mom to Nathan (11) and Shane (9)
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Posted Oct 28, 2011 - 5:51 pm
More people who wouldn't have normally been at a Black Friday event were there.
I just know that I want to get into a store, get my stuff, and move on to the next. Midnight openings do not seem to help with this.
Darla
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I agree, don't need extra bodies in the way that just wanna "hang out" and I too WANT TO GET INTO THE STORE, BUY STUFF & FLY out!
I am 90 % in favor of NO midnight openings....

KEITH URBAN 8-13-09 PGH 5-9-09 S.C., PA
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Posted Oct 28, 2011 - 5:55 pm
I look at BF as 'The Thrill of the Hunt' and family bonding time....If they made it too easy, it would not be as much fun. Part of the fun of the whole day is not only getting the bargains, but planning, conquering, and feeling accomplished! I look at all the different open times as a challenge. We try to divide and conquer and prioritize what things we 'have to have' verses 'what would be nice to get'.
I can say for sure I never see my husband have as much energy/fun as he does when he is going for the BF bargins and gets nearly every ONE of them! Adrenaline!! He goes VERY far on such little sleep-- one day a year, anyway LMAO!
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Posted Oct 28, 2011 - 6:24 pm
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