I punched a guy once. Over a box of crayons.
Your boyfriend is awesome. I’ve always wanted to do that.
Seriously, why do they display all that automated stuff with ‘press here’ buttons, and then get mad at people who press there?
I recall one time, years and years ago, I had an altercation at either Hills, or Walmart. I can’t recall which one it was. I was there at dark o’thirty, got inside with the stampeding herd, found the very last Power Ranger toy that our daughter needed to complete her set, and put it in my cart. As I walked away, another woman swooped in, grabbed it up out of my cart, and called me a trollop. I nabbed the toy back from her greedy, crazed grasp, and told her that if she tried that again, I’d kick her ass. The three onlookers that saw the incident, applauded. I went straight to the checkout, paid for the stupid toy, left the store, and returned to the safety of my own home, never to do the Black Friday bullshit EVER again.
Folks get somewhat insane over stuff. Geez.
A ferw years ago…
…I wasn’t even really “Black Friday” shopping, just stopped in at the grocery store to pick up a few items.
Went to the “20 Item or Less” self-checkout lane, and there were a couple of people in line ahead of me. There were 4 self-checkout lanes, but the folks ahead of me had just formed a single line; as a lane became open, the person at the head of the line went to that lane. Seemed efficient and fair enough to me. I get in line.
I get to the head of the line, and a few more people are now in line behind me. A lady with a cart full of way more than 20 items (looked like a lot of “Day After Thanksgiving Marked 50% Or More Off For Clearance”) comes up and asks me which lane I’m waiting for. I tell her “next available.” She tells me I can’t do that, and that I have to pick one. I tell her no, I don’t.
She says she’s taking the next available. I, and the several people in line behind me, tell her she is not.
She tells me she’s going out to her car to tell her boyfriend, and he was going to come into the store and kick my ass. I say, “Ok.” One of the guys in line behind me tells her to tell her boyfriend to “Bring a friend.”
The next available lane opens up, and Crazy Bitch tries to shove her way to it. To keep her from hitting me with her cart, I put my hand on the front of her cart and push back. The guy in line behind me who spoke up grabs the cart handle. Together, we shove her cart out of the way; Crazy Ass Bitch is screaming. Store management is catching on to the fact that something is happening. The store clerk who watches the self-checkout registers finally wakes up enough to say, “Hey…”
I proceed to check out; the guy behind me stands and blocks Crazy Ass Screaming Cart Bitch. Another lady in line tells her if she tries it again, she’ll kick her ass.
Store manager opens another lane just for Crazy Ass Screaming Psycho Cart Bitch. Many customers, who are/have been waiting in various lines, are not pleased, and tell Store Management so.
I pay for and bag my loaf of bread/gallon of milk and leave.
Haven’t been back to that store since.
I love how this is yet another thread for people to be proud of their anti-Black Friday thing.1
I did wait hours to get a laptop at a great price for my niece, and while I don’t recall trampling anyone, I discovered that I missed my calling in the NFL as a defensive lineman.
Once I got there, it looked like I was going to miss out on it because they ran out just as they got to the person in front of me. But as soon as it came time for him to check out, he asked if he could put it on lay-away. No go.