Sometime last week, or perhaps the
week before, someone passed along a blurb in the news about Target workers
complaining the stores would be opening at Midnight, Thanksgiving night, and
they would have to come in a couple of hours early to set up, giving up a part
of their Thanksgiving. Of course several
of my FB friends complained about how this “greedy” company could ruin the holiday
for their employees. Some hoped for
action to teach Target a lesson. I think
the action they hoped for was an employee boycott, the action they got was
increased sales for Target.
As I pointed out to the person who
accused Target of being a greedy corporation, they are only reacting to
consumer demand and its consumer geed that is, in this case, the controlling factor. If shoppers were to leave the stores vacant
until 7 am on Friday the next year they would open at 7 am.
So what happened on Black Friday, or
Black Thursday night and Friday? I think
this video is probably pretty typical.
