To our American friends. Enjoy the day. Enjoy your families. Enjoy the
feast.


And thanks for the Black Friday sales. Canadian merchants have finally
realized how much business they are losing to cross border shoppers
taking advantage of the sales. As a result there are lots of big sales
planned here for tomorrow and Saturday. We can save the time and hassle
of crossing the border and being stuck in huge lines there and at
American stores and by the stuff here.

Happy Thanksgiving to you too, Dave!

Not sure where in Canada you live? I have a dear friend in Smithers, but
I have never been to Canada, and sure would like to someday.

I never go to the "Black Friday sales"...just never interested in
getting up that early to go stand in line. I do love the day-after
Christmas sales though.

Judy

On 11/22/2012 12:11 PM, Judy Haffner wrote:
>
> Happy Thanksgiving to you too, Dave!
>
> Not sure where in Canada you live? I have a dear friend in Smithers, but
> I have never been to Canada, and sure would like to someday.
>
> I never go to the "Black Friday sales"...just never interested in
> getting up that early to go stand in line. I do love the day-after
> Christmas sales though.
>
> Judy
>
When I worked retail (years ago) we *hated* "Black Friday". There
weren't the extended hours there are now, but the hordes decended
thinking they *had* to shop the day after Thanksgiving.

The day after Christmas was worse. People returning things, and of
course they had no receipts because they were gifts. It was a nightmare.

I never shop on either of those days.

Jill

On 11/22/2012 11:52 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> To our American friends. Enjoy the day. Enjoy your families. Enjoy the
> feast.
>
Thank you!
>
> And thanks for the Black Friday sales. Canadian merchants have finally
> realized how much business they are losing to cross border shoppers
> taking advantage of the sales. As a result there are lots of big sales
> planned here for tomorrow and Saturday. We can save the time and hassle
> of crossing the border and being stuck in huge lines there and at
> American stores and by the stuff here.

Good for the merchants in Canada! They caught on

Well before today (and before this year) merchants started touting Black
Friday sales. Stores open at midnight! Oh fer cryin' out loud. Unless
you work the night shift who the heck is shopping [for Christmas gifts]
at midnight? Who is standing in line waiting for a store to open?
Gotta have that particular toy. They might run out!

I feel sorry for the employees. I know when I worked in retail
(granted, years ago) we didn't suddenly have to work until or after
midnight because of the holidays. In fact, the stores closed at 6PM on
Thanksgiving and Christmas (if they were open at all). People seemed to
manage just fine without those ridiculous shopping hours.

Jill

On 22/11/2012 12:33 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 11/22/2012 11:52 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> To our American friends. Enjoy the day. Enjoy your families. Enjoy the
>> feast.
>>
> Thank you!
>>
>> And thanks for the Black Friday sales. Canadian merchants have finally
>> realized how much business they are losing to cross border shoppers
>> taking advantage of the sales. As a result there are lots of big sales
>> planned here for tomorrow and Saturday. We can save the time and hassle
>> of crossing the border and being stuck in huge lines there and at
>> American stores and by the stuff here.
>
> Good for the merchants in Canada! They caught on
>
> Well before today (and before this year) merchants started touting Black
> Friday sales. Stores open at midnight! Oh fer cryin' out loud. Unless
> you work the night shift who the heck is shopping [for Christmas gifts]
> at midnight? Who is standing in line waiting for a store to open? Gotta
> have that particular toy. They might run out!
>
> I feel sorry for the employees. I know when I worked in retail
> (granted, years ago) we didn't suddenly have to work until or after
> midnight because of the holidays. In fact, the stores closed at 6PM on
> Thanksgiving and Christmas (if they were open at all). People seemed to
> manage just fine without those ridiculous shopping hours.
>



A appreciate that they smartened up and found a way to compete with the
cut throat competition on the other side of the border. At least, part
of me appreciates it. The other part of me resents retailers changing
out attitudes about special holidays to special sales dates.

Our family Christmas dinners were hampered by retail when my brother
married a woman who managed a women's clothing. They lived about three
hours away and in a snow belt, so it was usually a difficult trek for
them to come down but they would come down and spent a night or two at
my parents' place Then stores started staying open later on Christmas
Eve and opening Boxing Day. To make matters worse... .the Boxing Day
sales. It just got to be too much for them to come down for one day, 6
hours of driving, and on a day when the gads stations are all closed.

It is the retail workers who suffer. Everyone else gets the day off, but
the people in one of the lowest paid sectors of the work force end up
having to work and don't get to enjoy the holiday.

On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:48:43 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> It is the retail workers who suffer. Everyone else gets the day off, but
> the people in one of the lowest paid sectors of the work force end up
> having to work and don't get to enjoy the holiday.
>
You haven't gotten with the program yet? They are takers who serve no
purpose in life.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On 11/22/2012 1:48 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 22/11/2012 12:33 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 11/22/2012 11:52 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> To our American friends. Enjoy the day. Enjoy your families. Enjoy the
>>> feast.
>>>
>> Thank you!
>>>
>>> And thanks for the Black Friday sales. Canadian merchants have finally
>>> realized how much business they are losing to cross border shoppers
>>> taking advantage of the sales. As a result there are lots of big sales
>>> planned here for tomorrow and Saturday. We can save the time and hassle
>>> of crossing the border and being stuck in huge lines there and at
>>> American stores and by the stuff here.
>>
>> I feel sorry for the employees. I know when I worked in retail
>> (granted, years ago) we didn't suddenly have to work until or after
>> midnight because of the holidays. In fact, the stores closed at 6PM on
>> Thanksgiving and Christmas (if they were open at all). People seemed to
>> manage just fine without those ridiculous shopping hours.
>>
>
> It is the retail workers who suffer. Everyone else gets the day off, but
> the people in one of the lowest paid sectors of the work force end up
> having to work and don't get to enjoy the holiday.
>
Thursday is a normal garbage/trash pickup day here. Every year Republic
Waste would pick up despite Thanksgiving always falling on a Thursday.
This year we were notified no trash pickup due to Thanksgiving. I
thought, "Good!" and didn't put the bin by the curb. Corporate
apparently forgot to tell the guys who actually drive the truck and
empty the bins! Around 9:30 yesterday morning I heard the truck. I ran
to the end of the driveway to try to flag them down. They didn't see
me, couldn't hear me. I looked up and down the street; no one else had
set their bins out, either. So these poor guys were driving around for
no friggin reason when they could have been at home. (I hope they'll at
least get paid. I imagine they have to punch a time-clock; I hate
time-clocks but in this instance it's a benefit.)

Jill

On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:42:26 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 11/22/2012 1:48 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 22/11/2012 12:33 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 11/22/2012 11:52 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> To our American friends. Enjoy the day. Enjoy your families. Enjoy the
>>>> feast.
>>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>>
>>>> And thanks for the Black Friday sales. Canadian merchants have finally
>>>> realized how much business they are losing to cross border shoppers
>>>> taking advantage of the sales. As a result there are lots of big sales
>>>> planned here for tomorrow and Saturday. We can save the time and hassle
>>>> of crossing the border and being stuck in huge lines there and at
>>>> American stores and by the stuff here.
>>>
>>> I feel sorry for the employees. I know when I worked in retail
>>> (granted, years ago) we didn't suddenly have to work until or after
>>> midnight because of the holidays. In fact, the stores closed at 6PM on
>>> Thanksgiving and Christmas (if they were open at all). People seemed to
>>> manage just fine without those ridiculous shopping hours.
>>>
>>
>> It is the retail workers who suffer. Everyone else gets the day off, but
>> the people in one of the lowest paid sectors of the work force end up
>> having to work and don't get to enjoy the holiday.
>>
>Thursday is a normal garbage/trash pickup day here. Every year Republic
>Waste would pick up despite Thanksgiving always falling on a Thursday.
>This year we were notified no trash pickup due to Thanksgiving. I
>thought, "Good!" and didn't put the bin by the curb. Corporate
>apparently forgot to tell the guys who actually drive the truck and
>empty the bins! Around 9:30 yesterday morning I heard the truck. I ran
>to the end of the driveway to try to flag them down. They didn't see
>me, couldn't hear me. I looked up and down the street; no one else had
>set their bins out, either. So these poor guys were driving around for
>no friggin reason when they could have been at home. (I hope they'll at
>least get paid. I imagine they have to punch a time-clock; I hate
>time-clocks but in this instance it's a benefit.)
>
>Jill

I have private sanitation. They don't pick up on holidays when it
falls on my pick up day. Instead they phone a few days before to wish
a happy holiday and informing to place the trash out on the next day.
I prefer they pick up the day after a holiday, there is always more
trash after a holiday.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> To our American friends. Enjoy the day. Enjoy your families. Enjoy the
> feast.


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