You sit around the table for Thanksgiving dinner and glance nervously at the clock. T-4 hours until the doors open for the annual Black Friday shopping event. This is a rare event, where everyone gathers in a crowded space until the wee hours of the morning to fight over a good deal. There are 8 stages of Black Friday shopping that everyone goes through...
1. The Black Friday emails.
During the weeks leading up to Black Friday, you email inbox is flooded with coupons and deals all your favorite stores, trying to convince you shop at their store.
2. Making a conquer and attack plan.
With so many stores and so little time, you have to come up with a plan to most efficiently visit every store, a plan that involves receiving the maximum number of deals while hitting the minimum amount of stores.
3. Waiting in line to get into the store.
The things people do for a new television on sale: Almost looks like K-Ville before a Duke basketball game.
4. Navigating the crowds in the store.
Just when you are let into the store and you are liberated from the mass groups of people, you are only hit another swamp of people.
5. Winning the fight for that prized item.
Tensions are high throughout the store as everyone fights to snag the best door buster deals, a concept similar natural selection or survival of the best fit, and the best fit in this case successfully gets the item with the best deal.
6. Waiting in line to pay.
This is the worst part of the night. The excitement is over, you have fought a good fight, and have claimed your prized possessions. You're ready to go to sleep, but you cant leave just yet.
7. The victory walk.
Finally time for you to proudly walk out of the store carrying bags full of good deals, past the peasants still waiting online.
8. Getting ready for Cyber Monday.
Just when you thought the sales were over, your inbox is flooded with Cyber Monday emails. The deals never end.
