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Occasionally someone comes up with the dubious plan of trying to infiltrate an american custom into our society. Halloween which thankfully has a low response, and now black friday.
Which confused me at first because the word black is normally associated with a disaster. Down south here it usually is linked to the day of a really bad fire that destroys many hectares of land.
And according to a history search the name became popular when a police department coined it in response to the traffic jams and other problems created by the day of mass spending. It is also a day that has brought about the deaths of shoppers through some monumental idiotic need for greed. Retailers on the other hand wanted a more positive outlook so tried to make the word mean something positive as in it was the day they made a huge profit which put their books into the black.
Now i am all in favour of getting a discount on a purchase but a whole day dedictaed by many retailers to discounting that cause traffic jams, fights and even death is a questionable proposition. So can you please explain this american custom to me. Is it worth it? Should i look forward to such a thing or hope that like halloween it remains an american custom.
Which confused me at first because the word black is normally associated with a disaster. Down south here it usually is linked to the day of a really bad fire that destroys many hectares of land.
And according to a history search the name became popular when a police department coined it in response to the traffic jams and other problems created by the day of mass spending. It is also a day that has brought about the deaths of shoppers through some monumental idiotic need for greed. Retailers on the other hand wanted a more positive outlook so tried to make the word mean something positive as in it was the day they made a huge profit which put their books into the black.
Now i am all in favour of getting a discount on a purchase but a whole day dedictaed by many retailers to discounting that cause traffic jams, fights and even death is a questionable proposition. So can you please explain this american custom to me. Is it worth it? Should i look forward to such a thing or hope that like halloween it remains an american custom.