tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252979175886717995.post4239966043255453211..comments2024-03-13T12:15:04.307-04:00Comments on Adventures With Dear Miss Mermaid Child Of The Planet: Retail ManiaDearMissMermaidDotComhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598961939363561237noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252979175886717995.post-76187673521415705722011-11-19T18:45:32.820-05:002011-11-19T18:45:32.820-05:00This comment was emailed directly to me but I am p...This comment was emailed directly to me but I am posting it here:<br /><br />"I wholeheartedly agree with your blog today. Bravo for saying what many of us cannot express as eloquently as you have. I do not participate in Black Friday - I find it ridiculous. I decided many years ago that I really don't like the holiday season - I hate going to a store in October and hearing Christmas Carols. I hate Halloween in July, Thanksgiving in September and Christmas in October. I hate big retailers and I don't buy christmas gifts. I'll have to send you an e-mail I got from a cousin - it's about buying gifts for others and it's a wonderful idea. Anyway, I do appreciate your blog and I really hope you are feeling better. I wish I know of some way to miraculously relieve your pain - I hate to see folks suffering."<br /><br />From JaneDearMissMermaidDotComhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598961939363561237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252979175886717995.post-45010819952157475032011-11-18T19:37:19.755-05:002011-11-18T19:37:19.755-05:00You are so right, it is plain silly. No way I wil...You are so right, it is plain silly. No way I will be in any stores on black Friday!Chuck and Anneke's RV travelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929384797592263167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252979175886717995.post-48562538961991741382011-11-18T16:26:50.137-05:002011-11-18T16:26:50.137-05:00It is called "race consciousness". I do ...It is called "race consciousness". I do not subscribe to it and never will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252979175886717995.post-37051836157420512362011-11-18T14:52:35.367-05:002011-11-18T14:52:35.367-05:00"Black Friday" orginally was the first f..."Black Friday" orginally was the first friday of the year that retailers got into the "black" the rest of the year was profit. It was a way of showing just how long it took for business to get profitable after all costs. Today, not much meaning except yet another reason to get you into their store.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252979175886717995.post-13185188519206633292011-11-18T14:38:34.997-05:002011-11-18T14:38:34.997-05:00"Black Friday" orginally was the first d..."Black Friday" orginally was the first day of the year that the retail industry got into the "black" and the rest of the year was profit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252979175886717995.post-55276510345137240922011-11-18T13:08:08.331-05:002011-11-18T13:08:08.331-05:00I agree with you on the absolute greed of forcing ...I agree with you on the absolute greed of forcing employees to cut short their Thanksgiving celebrations. I don't celebrate holidays myself, including Christmas, although I will have to get my grandkids something (usually it's just a check for their savings account).<br /><br />I agree also with the Good Luck Duck that organized religion is the first to think they can run over the rights of anyone who doesn't partake in their beliefs.<br /><br />Here is to freedom, including freedom of and from religion, that our founders so ardently believed in.Gypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052445200220681513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252979175886717995.post-39846807229065394882011-11-18T11:56:09.807-05:002011-11-18T11:56:09.807-05:00Miss Mermaid... I am with you 100% on this one!Miss Mermaid... I am with you 100% on this one!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808821727492874104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252979175886717995.post-18365186191124159722011-11-18T11:10:21.986-05:002011-11-18T11:10:21.986-05:00I'm staging my own personal stand against corp...I'm staging my own personal stand against corporate greed this holiday season, and will be spending my money at locally owned shops and...gasp... finding awesome one-of-a-kind deals at second hand resale shops.<br /><br />I work too hard for my money to have it taken away from my community to line the pockets of some far-away shareholders.Isherwood Wildwalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06194704394430876990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252979175886717995.post-17390328261611009212011-11-18T10:32:10.055-05:002011-11-18T10:32:10.055-05:00It's appalling, is what it is. It's appal...It's appalling, is what it is. It's appalling that big retailers will force their minimum-wage employees into the store on a holiday, and it's appalling that we (consumers) will reward them for it by shopping their soulless sales.<br /><br />As for poor, downtrodden religion, I don't buy it for a minute. No out-loud school prayer is a tiny oasis of relief against Big Christian Godâ„¢, a going concern in this country bigger than Walmart.and Target combined.The Good Luck Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08448071993000984393noreply@blogger.com