Black Friday just didn't seem so "black". I don't care what CNN says, or how the retailers portray it, it just wasn't all that busy.
We showed up at Sears at around 9:30. While the lot was crowded, it was not significantly more crowded than any other weekend. We found a parking spot - with no significant effort - within the first six or seven spots from the doors.
Inside, we were overwhelmed not by other shoppers but by blood-smelling salespeople. They were following us around, two of them. One of them got the "just looking" as he accosted us immediately upon entry, and we were still looking for our sales guy. The other got sent to go fetch our salesguy when we couldn't find him on the floor (he was on break).
Aside from a glitch in the cash-registers, I have no reason to think there'd have been any sort of line at the cashier stations at all.
In the end, after some convoluted paperwork, our new refrigerator and our new dishwasher will be here in about a week and a half. We got in around 9:30, we were out of there by around 10:30. Feeling brave, we looked around the mall for a bit, and still managed to get out by 11:30.
Black Friday wasn't nearly so "black" as it has been in other years.
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