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I thought Millennials were broke. Or so overwhelmed by student loan debt and depressed by having jobs not in their major that they had no money to shop.
The Millennials at OP's Thanksgiving Dinner will be too busy texting to go shopping, aside from when his nephew is lamenting about how she still can't find work years and years after graduating from college.
The Millennials at OP's Thanksgiving Dinner will be too busy texting to go shopping, aside from when his nephew is lamenting about how she still can't find work years and years after graduating from college.
We have a pretty good rule. The teenagers have to put their phones in a basket upon arrival. Works like a charm.
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The Millennials at OP's Thanksgiving Dinner will be too busy texting to go shopping, aside from when his nephew is lamenting about how she still can't find work years and years after graduating from college.
The Millennials only text to drown out Baby Boomers who are clueless and talk never ending about our generation when they don't understand the circumstances of today.
No, it won't as the family members that I have Thanksgiving with are not interested in shopping on the holiday.
Agreed. I would NEVER shop on Thanksgiving just out of respect for those that are made to work on a big family holiday. Seems it destroyed you Thanksgiving. Maybe you shouldn't even bother with it to send a message. If people have to shop and look at their watch, then they can just go wait in line all day. No turkey for you!
I think it is sick these stores do this and they should be boycotted. Some folks DO boycott them.
I think the idea of shopping on Thanksgiving is awful and I hope more and more people support the stores who stay closed that day and reverse this awful trend to open earlier and earlier on Thanksgiving Day.
I don't personally go shopping on Black Friday, except maybe a little bit of online shopping. But the crowds and craziness are not appealing to me at all.
My ex-in-laws did that. It worked out fairly well for them, several ladies hit the stores and the guys and kids stayed home, watched TV, and continued to gorge on way too much food.
This year I am divorced and far from family, I will probably just work. I don't really care if stores open early, if people don't want to spend the time with their family then they might as well leave. If I were blessed to be celebrating with my family, there's no way I would leave them - unless they all wanted to go too of course!
No. It's awful retailers are doing this. People who work retail never enjoy the holidays. The fact a store decides to ruin thanksgiving to make more money, won't. Be supported by the Veuve family!
I thought Millennials were broke. Or so overwhelmed by student loan debt and depressed by having jobs not in their major that they had no money to shop.
Nope!
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The Millennials only text to drown out Baby Boomers who are clueless and talk never ending about our generation when they don't understand the circumstances of today.
It's interesting that people get so outraged about shopping on Thanksgiving and rail against the injustice of making retail workers work on the Holiday. Yet I've never heard outrage for other people who have to work on Thanksgiving. And I'm not even talking about essential workers like fire, police, paramedics and hospital employees. I'm talking about other services that are technically not necessary. Eating out, going to the movies, or even traveling on Thanksgiving. Where's the outrage on behalf of ticket takers, waitstaff, kitchen staff, airport/airline employees, hotel employees, convenience store employees, roadside assistance? (And yes, I recognize that some people would consider travel to be essential, but I would disagree. It's NICE to be able to travel to join family for the holiday, but traveling on the actual day is usually at the expense of someone else who has to work to make that happen). Even if *you* do not partake of any of these services, you are well aware that plenty of people do. So where's your outrage over that?
It's interesting that people get so outraged about shopping on Thanksgiving and rail against the injustice of making retail workers work on the Holiday. Yet I've never heard outrage for other people who have to work on Thanksgiving. And I'm not even talking about essential workers like fire, police, paramedics and hospital employees. I'm talking about other services that are technically not necessary. Eating out, going to the movies, or even traveling on Thanksgiving. Where's the outrage on behalf of ticket takers, waitstaff, kitchen staff, airport/airline employees, hotel employees, convenience store employees, roadside assistance? (And yes, I recognize that some people would consider travel to be essential, but I would disagree. It's NICE to be able to travel to join family for the holiday, but traveling on the actual day is usually at the expense of someone else who has to work to make that happen). Even if *you* do not partake of any of these services, you are well aware that plenty of people do. So where's your outrage over that?
I've wondered that, myself. Maybe we're just at the point where retail is one of the kind of jobs that works holidays. It's certainly not the only one.
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about our generation when they don't understand the circumstances of today.
