Black Friday



Thanksgiving conjures up images of thankfullness, family, eating turkey.... and then..... "Black Friday."  A day after everyone has gathered to give thanks, they gather again, in long lines, parking lots and outside the doors (of whichever retailer who has yet to open) to shop for deals and kick off the Christmas season.



Sadly, it is also the perfect example of what can happen when the demand for a product vastly out numbers its supply.  So far, store associates have been trampeled to death, mace and pepper spray have been used along with stun guns.... and we can't even begin to include the numerous fights, grabbing, snatching, yanking and pulling that ensues as consumers grapple for their items.

Part of this frenzy and mayham can be attributed to the retailers who have high demand items at extremely low prices but with one major dilema... a very limited supply.  Shoppers realize the supply is limited and their need and/or desire to secure these items sometimes trumps logic as they resort to petty, criminal and sometimes lethal means to obtain the goods.

The amount of aggressiveness used to purchase some of these not so necessary items makes me wonder what exactly would happen if the items in demand were, in fact, necessary.  I wonder what would happen if the demand for food or medicine drastically exceeded the supply? Would people resort to lethal or deadly means to secure items which are necessary?  It makes one ponder whether or not mankind has become so unthankful and insensitive that they are willing to trample on others all for the sake of a good deal on an item they probably don't even need to begin with.

As black friday adds continue with stores opening earlier than ever and some even on Thanksgiving day it is unlikely that this will change any time soon.  I would imagine that in the near future security guards as well as police departments will become increasingly involved in order to keep order within the public.