Do Pol/Ams celebrate Black Friday and other American festivals?

Did you attend the last Black Friday festival in US? It looks like big fun, warm, family holiday.

If yes, what were your impressions?

PS. Do Americans go to work on the day?

Americans are stoopid...............they riot and loot but still pay for the goods..........


I imagine the shop assistants do....

but wish they didn't have to.

That's the one day in the year, when Americans get the taste of how was it like to live in communistic Poland. You get up in the middle of the night, get into the line, but you have no idea what you will get buy at the end, and most of all, there will not be enough for everyone.


No, most people have off, except of course for the retail.

and if you are lucky you don't get pepper sprayed.

Actually that’s a practice drill for what the future holds for them so they better get used to it. Soon to come the practice drill for the more lazy types, those that stayed home stuffing themselves with leftovers; Cyber Monday and Encore Tuesday. LOL

But Brits also have their Harrods sales days.



Madness of the sales: Shoppers queue for hours in the middle of the night and the freezing cold... all in the hunt for bargains

This seems to be a relatively recent thing. My last US thanksgiving was almost 20 years ago, but I don't ever remember shopping the day after Thanksgiving when I still lived in the US or remember it being any kind of big thing.

I'm pretty sure it's only turned into the festival of awful consumer violence and mayhem in the last few years.

You can be right. When in NYC in early 1990s, I didn`t notice any Black Fridays.


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_%28shopping%29

I boycotted Black Friday this year but went to the one last year. It was awful. People crammed into the electronics department at Target just to get a television that was on sale. They clogged the entire front of the store so no one could move. Logistics nightmare! I wanted to get a Casio keyboard but I couldn't see the display in the front of the store over all the t v people so I ended up wandering innocently into their territory looking for the keyboards. I found a few in the electronics department but couldn't get a cart through all the people and the keyboard was too bulky and heavy to carry. People were so rude too. They didn't understand that all I was trying to do was find one little keyboard and leave. I finally found them in the front after the crowd crammed into the electronics department. Would have been nice to have seen them when I first entered the store. Why can't Target have all the t v people go to the back of the store at a loading dock for their precious televisions and let everyone else shop in peace?

I tried to guess what you meant but now I know for sure:


So it isn`t such a warm family holiday as I thought. :(:(::(:(:(

Ironside, how did you spend the day?

It doesn't surprise me. People are at their absolute craziest and rude when they get in the store. In line they are pretty nice but when they get in the store, they will trample and stampede and cram until they totally clog and gridlock the area the special they are after is in.

I had the day off, compliments of Uncle Sam.


Nope, I was smart. Instead of spending money, I was out making money. I sold antiques at a flea market and did quite well indeed;)

Black Friday is not a federal or state holiday but the Thursday before, Thanksgiving, is.

absolutely not!! Those people are nuts!!! The sales last from now till Christmas, you can find sales
anywhere, its not rocket science.


I stay home with my family, to many people get hurt , even this year on thanksgiving, they opened stores that
normallly were closed for the night so people could stay home and spend time with their family. I felt sorry for the
employees of these stores because I am sure the higher Managment was home with theirs enjoying a nice warm meal
and a wonderful time with family..

My Impression, I will not stop my family time to feed into the hype.. not worth it.

Annual Mooning of Amtrak, California
Because just like at nude beaches, people who show up for a mooning festival are usually the last people you'd want to see naked. The event was started in the late 70s at the Mugs Away Saloon, a popular dive bar in the affluent city of Laguna Niguel about an hour south of Los Angeles. It was there that a drunken patron offered anyone a free drink if they mooned the passing Amtrak train, and pretty much every second Saturday in July since, folks have gathered at Mugs Away primed to drop their trousers.

Read more:
businessinsider.com/most-outrageous-festivals-in-america-2012-6?op=1#ixzz2dI7Gcz00

black friday is pure madness but there's a simple way to avoid it: don't go shopping. no worries, you still get the day off.

I never participate in Black Friday. I certainly don't feel like getting in a fist fight, in order to save $5 on a sale item.