So I was sitting here reading about all the crap that occurred on Black Friday, and it makes you wonder what the hell has happened to people.
Robbing folks outside stores. Pepper spraying folks inside stores. Stabbing folks over parking spaces. Standing in line waiting for a store to open, then acting like a bunch of idiots, trampling people.
For what?
For some useless piece of junk that you think is going to make you feel better about yourself?
For 10% off a useless piece of junk?
Does it make you feel good knowing that you stood in line like a fool and bought something that you don’t need and really didn’t want?
Granted there are some things that you have to buy, certain clothes, groceries, stuff like that, but for the most part anything else is just garbage.
Every year we hear of this, Black Friday deals and then Black Friday problems, crimes, murders, and other crap associated with it.
Nothing like Christmas to bring out the worst in people. You would think it’s the one time when we set a side a day to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, that people would try to use the values that Christ taught. You know, love thy neighbor, help each other, be kind, that sort of stuff.
But no, people want to live the MTV Cribs lifestyles (not that you can from shopping at Wal-Mart). The more they get the more they want and what is worse, no one wants to earn it anymore, they expect people to give them everything and if they don’t get it then they want to scream out about how oppressed they are.
The problem is people have put a price tag on everything, including their family and friends.
Truth be told if you’re going to do any shopping for Christmas the best way to do it is over the internet, you can search around and find good deals, and get the items delivered right to your home. No lines, no traffic, no pepper spray (unless you order it), none of the crap that is associated with standing in line, hunting a parking space, being trampled or robbed or assaulted after your done shopping.
Here are some shops that I use frequently that you can check out.
This year instead of buying a bunch of junk, that no one will ever use and that no one really wants, I intend to build some things.
Of course if you have no talent then I guess you need to buy stuff for the folks in your life, but luckily for me, my family values family above price tags.
See we are actually just as happy if no one buys anything. Granted the small children might not be, but the adults in my family still remember the spirit of Christmas.
By the way, if you value some store bought trinket over your family, then maybe you should re-evaluate your life.
Teach the corporations and the government a lesson this year, make those gifts yourself.
You can do it.
Think about it if everyone started doing that, prices on junk would fall, people would quit wasting so much money on gas that we would be putting the big corporations and gas companies at our mercies instead of the other way around.
If you really want to give away money then do it for something decent like St Jude’s or cancer research, make a donation in someones name to help others.
With time being what it is I probably won’t be back on here for a while so if not to everyone that read this have a wonderful and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
