Sunday Special: Black Friday causes mayhem

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Izaac Jacobson, Staff Writer

On Thanksgiving most people want to stuff their bellies with delicious homemade food, spend time with their family and watch the football game. Now, people are leaving dinner early to go out into below zero temperatures and stand in line for Black Friday sales to get Christmas presents.

Family members are starting to leave Thanksgiving dinner earlier to get into line for new electronics and not eating food until they feel like they will explode. Thanksgiving is a time for being thankful and eating tasty food.

Instead of leaving for Black Friday, people can stay at home, use their personal computer and order the same items for the same price for a week period. Shoes and other clothing is the best to order online. If everyone did it this way, they could stay at home with their family and shop with them.

Shoppers  worry they will miss the deals on Black Friday, but they will not because of Cyber Monday. Cyber Monday is where all the deals shoppers can get in stores are online instead. This way people do not have to go out into public and get trampled by other shoppers. They are able to shop at home with their family, after work or during the work day.

Going Black Friday shopping can also be dangerous. Workers have been trampled to death when they opened the doors. In 2008 a worker was trampled to death by a mob of shoppers who rushed in..When people go Black Friday shopping, they get this craze that is uncontrollable because everyone around them has it too.  The craze can be good for the companies, but bad for the shoppers.

Companies like Walmart and Target can make a tremendous amount of money on Black Friday. Walmart made about $446 billion in revenue last year.  Then there is the issue that people will get hurt by the stampede of people. The companies should invest in some private security on Black Friday. They make enough money to pay for the extra security and they need to worry about the well being of the customers

Black Friday is a great day, but it takes people away from their families. Getting good deals on Thanksgiving is not what people are suppose to be doing. They are suppose to be with their families enjoying each other and eating delicious food. People need to start staying home and enjoying Thanksgiving instead of going Black Friday shopping.