Are you an early bird on Black Friday?

United States
November 24, 2009 8:53am CST
Do you plan to get up at 3-4 am and wait in line at the big sales? I have to work 5am that morning, and am curious as to just what drives people to want to get up that early to shop. OK, I'm an anomaly, a woman who HATES to shop, but really even with the bargains is it worth the lines and attitudes?
4 responses
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
24 Nov 09
I have never gone shopping on Black Friday before. I am not an early bird to begin with, I don't like crowds, and I am usually broke this time of year anyway. I will have a little bit of money this year, but I still don't think I am going to brave the crowds to go.
• United States
24 Nov 09
I can't blame you, for me I'd rather work the morning though than have to do the cleanup on the evening shift
@maezee (41988)
• United States
25 Nov 09
They do have some pretty good deals on Black Friday, especially for bigger purchases like TVs and whatnot. I personally won't be waking up that early to go shopping of all things, but that's just me. Besides, I work that day (and will be part of the madness - I work in retail) at 8am, so I generally try to get to sleep at a decent time the night before I have to work semi-early. I have almost all of my Christmas shopping done, though, so I'm happy to say that I'm going to try to avoid the malls/stores as much as I can that day.
@HansonFan (1653)
• United States
24 Nov 09
I actually usually don't go out on Black Friday - but this year I am hitting Kohls at 4...I will show up about 3 I guess. They have a down comforter that my mom would love for Christmas. Thats the only thing I am going for...but I have no idea what else I might find! :)
@jewels49 (1776)
• United States
24 Nov 09
I don't, but I am lucky enough to have a friend that is a die hard shopper. I will be giving her a list of anything I might want from a sale. I tried it years ago and my son almost got trampled when a bunch of people started fighting over some goofy thing they didn't think they could live without. I had only gone in for one thing that was on sale and decided it wasn't worth it. I too will be doing my black friday shopping on line.