Hello my beauts.
You probably know this feeling. The intense shopping spree which is overwhelming you when you are trying to push through the sticky overcrowded room filled with hundreds of other beauty addicts with claws ready to attack. Why did you get yourself into this situation in the first place? Because it’s the release day of a damn awesome limited cosmetics line and you want to call at least one of the sought-after products yours. Damn it. But screw it. The polite person inside you is dying, instinct takes over! The shopping madness ensues!
Yep, you may guess from the headline that today’s article will be all about the notorious Black Friday for a change. This famous shopping holiday right after Thanksgiving is a day where the cashier desks are on fire. Those are crazy 24 hours especially in the States and well, today is actually Black Friday. Back here in Germany we don’t notice all that much about the fever but I really want you to find out how crazy it can get. That’s why I’ll tell you a couple of stories from the past few years. I promise you, they’ll be worth your time.
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No time for bathroom breaks
You probably know of the mega long queues during Christmas time. Well, multiply this image with 3 and you got your madness on Black Friday. And because no one would want to lose his or her spot in the queue, bathroom breaks are not an option. In this case the queue conveniently went through an appliances department. And obviously somebody couldn’t hold back and did not see any other option than to relief himself in the dryer. And I’m not talking about a little pee break. I really ask myself whether this deal was really worth dropping their pants and performing a number two in front of all those people?!
Never mess with grandma
A young teenage boy managed to get into a department store on Black Friday and against all odds and snatched up a fully functioning radio for a great deal. A grandma comes by, punches him in the face, grabs the radio and continues on her way. WOW.
The genius
Some people spend their money on Black Friday, others earn it. But not the way you might think of right now. The genius in this story did not wake up in time to actually get a good spot in the line. So he decided to grab a coffee and just view the action from the outside. When he caught sight of a particularly long queue, he was stopped. A man, who was standing in a top spot offered him $20 for his half empty coffee. Incredible, the genius thought to himself, and went back to Starbucks, purchased 4 additional coffees and proceeded in selling them for each $10 to thankful bargain hunters. He gave $20 of his winnings as tips to the workers at Starbucks. Amazing.
Mace in the face
When a woman was heading towards the cashier desk with a wagon full of pink fabric, a grandma was rattled. She could not believe how selfish one could be to hoard the entire range of pink fabric. The woman then calmly explained that she pre-ordered the fabric for her organization fighting cancer and that the pink fabric was intended to be used to make blankets for patients. The grandma, didn’t give a crap, pulled out her mace and attacked the poor woman.
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Incredible how a single holiday can turn us into animals.
Yours truly,
Lana Hoang
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