UKers in here, what do you make of Black Friday, i.e. the recently imported disaster from the States that has consumers literally warring with each other and trampling over unfortunate people in front of a queue just to grab - like ravenous scavengers - crappy TVs made by a company you've probably never heard of? Frankly, I think it's just appalling. It's man when he unshackles himself from standard norms of cordial behaviour and becomes a selfish, animalistic creature governed by irrationality, determined to pick something up regardless of whether he needs it, how much he's allegedly saving, and to impress people whom he hates.
What is it with Black Friday and TVs? Here, let me put together a quick text version of a diagram I drew earlier to show why people are idiots.
1) Polaroid and Blaupunkt TVs at Asda.
---> Polaroid, a brand everyone associates with cameras, now makes TVs? Since when? Are they any good? Who knows. I wouldn't bet on it.
---> Who on earth is Blaupunkt? I've never even heard of them. I imagine neither have most shoppers, which makes the mad scramble more amusing/head-scratching.
2) You don't care about these TVs the other 360-odd days of the year.
3) £50 off (or whatever) a Polaroid/Blaupunkt TV? YEEEEEEES! Coming through! Punch and shove everyone out of the way. Kick and uppercut anyone who lays claim to the box you just grabbed mere milliseconds before. Fight your way to the tills, barging into whoever is in the way and obstructing your path, even if they're old or infirm.
4) Go home, flaunt your new TV, realise it's a bit crappy. And unnecessary, because you've already got maybe 2 TV sets at home already.
5) Way to go, sunshine. You didn't save £50 or whatever. You didn't save any money. You wasted it on something completely unnecessary, because for some reason you convinced yourself that you were netting a bargain without stopping to rationally consider whether it's a wise purchase.
6) Monday is Cyber Monday. Tuesday is Return-all-your-shit-to-the-store Tuesday.
7) Polaroid, Blaupunkt and executives of participating retailers (their employees at retail level are however, tired, battered and severely overworked) whip out champagne bottles, because dumbasses have made their profits skyrocket in a weekend.
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