Blog 10

Over my thanksgiving break, I consumed a lot of food.  I missed home food so much that I spent most of my break eating out at my favorite places and having my mom’s food. They say when people go to college they often get freshmen fifteen. I ate a lot of turkey or hokie I guess.  I got to see my friends back home and we spent a lot of time together. I went black Friday shopping with my friend after thanksgiving and it was horrible. Every year people get ready for this so called special event whether they wait or camp out. I went to the mall and it was so crowded that people couldn’t even move. I kid you not when the stores opened the whole mob of people flooded in and didn’t care about anything else in the world except shopping. They even ran over the machine thing at the front of the shops that beep when someone takes an item out. I’m guessing it was crushed and trampled to bits and people didn’t even notice or care. Everyone’s out for themselves once they get in the stores.  I actually saw two people doing the tug of war thing over an item, a pretty ridiculous sight. I’m also pretty sure that I saw someone either lightly hit or punch someone else when they were fighting over an item. I didn’t really want to go but my friend was pretty excited. Seeing people act ridiculously during black Friday shopping is enough reason enough to not go. Instead of this ridiculous event resulting in physical pain, why don’t people just stay home with family, that sounds like a much more pleasing idea.  I also heard something about the largest traffic jam in Texas or something regarding black Friday. People can be ridiculously scary sometimes; I guess when it comes to selfish desires. People can and did get seriously hurt because of black Friday events. I don’t even know why we still have it. I mean cheap prices are always great but is it worth it I wonder. Or maybe the people who came up with the black Friday idea did it just for kicks and wanted to see people act like animals. I am glad to say I would rather not go black Friday shopping ever, ide rather much spend my time doing something else. Not to say that it’s a bad thing or anything, but that watching people act this way is a bit disturbing.  Needless to say, its still an interesting experience one way or another.