Ahh, Black Friday, the one day a year where it's considered perfectly fine to trample others for a sale when just the day before we were being thankful for what we already have. On Black Friday somehow, it's easy to defend trampling that soccer mom just to grab that hot new purse you have had your eye on for weeks but, honestly, is it worth it? God knows that that purse is going to go out of style in a couple of weeks and now that lady is on the floor.

Black Friday, in itself, isn't a bad holiday, trust me, I know. The amount of great deals I have gotten is astounding. What's bad is the way people behave on this holiday, fighting each other tooth and nail to purchase things that would one day become absolutely useless. Grown men, grown women, teenagers, and children (yes, even children, I've seen it and it's just really sad) alike leave the sanctity of their homes for the slim chance to get a shiny new thing while maiming another human.

And let's not forget the treatment of the poor retail worker who has probably been working since Thanksgiving night and is just trying to serve the mob of people gathered for the sale on some appliance or clothing item while keeping everyone from killing each other. On top of all that, he/she has to deal with boatloads of angry customers yelling, just to get an even better deal.

With the way people behave on this day, it's hard to believe that people that Thanksgiving was just the day before. People seem to lose all compassion and become manic shoppers who are hunting for a good bargain themselves and don't mind pushing down the little guy just to get what they want.To them, in the end, it's all worth it since it's Black Friday but honestly, it really isn't. You just can't justify assaulting someone because hey, it's Black Friday. So please anyone, everyone, stop using Black Friday as an excuse to be an asshole.