Oh, it's the most gracious time of the year, when everyone is filled with excitement and joy! The one time of the year you'll get the iPhone at a semi-decent price or maybe two pairs of Nike's for the price of one. The joyous occasion of standing outside of your favorite stores at midnight, ready to destroy anyone who gets in your way of buying that 50 percent off Beats by Dre headphones. The beautiful season of tearing off the nearest stranger's head because they tried to take the last blender. It's Black Friday. Here are 15 folks you're bound to see this year, like you do every year.
1. The Pro-Wrestlers
You thought the WWE's were bloody? No way. You think "Lord of the Flies" depicts our inner savagery? Hah, you're funny. Do you want to see what a real fight looks like? Make your way to your local Target, and you'll find a pair of pro-wrestlers, probably fighting over a Samsung refrigerator.
2. The Hunter
On a regular day, this guy couldn't even see a pedestrian crossing in front of his car. But today, on Nov. 24, he will become the Van Pelt of whatever he's looking for. He will cross oceans and seas, mountains and deserts, fight Mike Tyson and do the matrix just to capture whatever he's hunting for, like that 80s TV he saw would be going on sale two nights ago.
3. The Shop-Till-You-Drop
A.K.A. the family with three full trolleys. Their sole purpose is to buy anything and everything that's on sale.
4. The One Who Was Dragged Against Their Will
These are most likely to be children who, for some deranged reason, are at a Wal-Mart or Best Buy at one in the morning. They will probably be either half-dressed or maybe in their pajamas, with their messy hair and cranky, snot-covered faces. Sorry kids, but these sales only come once a year. You want that Lego set for Christmas right? Well, Santa Claus can't afford everything so stop whining unless you want to find nothing under your Christmas tree.
5. The Campers
These people deserve a Nobel Peace Prize, for either their courage to stand outside for several hours in the cold November winds, for their lack of intelligence for standing outside in that cold November winds or maybe even their desperation. Whatever the reason is, kudos to you because that takes guts.
6. The Late-Comer
And then they complain about not getting anything. Seriously? If you have any respect for Black Friday, you should know you shouldn't have slept in or eaten that extra serving of turkey last night.
7. The Dead Man Walking
This is every employee ever. They're not thinking about the dinner they missed last night or the post-apocalypse cleanup. They're thinking about surviving. They have to run back and forth from warehouses because of the same old question: "Are you sure there's none in the back?" They may be trying to explain to a customer that they've run out of something, but most of the time you'll probably see them hiding in the corner, crying as several customers on the other side of the cash register are tearing each other to shreds.
8. The Dead Man's Captain
The typical, "I want to talk to your manager," becomes the epitome of their existence. Don't think that the managers aren't struggling to survive. They're forced to run back and forth between employees because customers think that employees are lying when they say there's nothing left in the warehouses.
9. The Tech Geeks
It's in the name. They're outside standing for that new iPhone because they couldn't afford it back in September when it first came out.
10. The one so desperate —
— they take the last pair of buy-one-get-one free Levis jeans off the mannequin.
11. The First-Timer
So fresh. So innocent. And so obviously has no clue what they're doing.
12. The Veteran
They've been fighting these wars since before time. It takes guts to go out there and fight for what's yours. Like that iPhone X or iPad mini. It's tough. Especially if you're on the front lines — literally, they're the first ones to enter the store.
13. The Partner-In-Crime
It was just a name to make them feel better. They're actually just the people who run around with bags and trolleys for the ones who actually do the shopping.
14. The IDEK
This person has no idea what they're doing. They just came in and strolled about; did a little browsing. They don't really intend on buying anything. They just came to "look around." Look around? What type of Black Friday shopper just comes to look around? If you're an IDEK, let me tell you something. If you decide to shop on Black Friday, you need to have a game plan. You can't just come in and "stroll around." It could get you killed.
15. The #CyberMonday
These people are probably the smartest. Wait until Monday so you can have all the sales from the comfort of your home.