Happy 4 Day Weekend! (AKA Thanksgiving)

[schild]

I did my time in it for 8 years, so for those of you working retail?

[Signe]

[Hindenburg]

I did my time in it for 8 years, so for those of you working retail?

I never did my time, so for those of you that have ever worked during it?

[Draegan]

So NBC just rickrolled the nation with a fucking float.

[Hawkbit]

Yar, it sucks.  Not retail, but libraries are open so I gotta be there.  One thing is for certain:  The amount of times I'm threatened of being stabbed will either be greater or lesser than a normal day.  

[Sky]

Your library is open?



To be a bit more serious, I'm so amazingly thankful for the life I've built from the ashes of my old one. This year has brought me a new house, a new cat and a new truck, along with another great year with my fiancee. My family on my dad's side is finally getting together for the first time in decades. It's been an utterly unbelievably great year...except for the budget cuts that might take it all away next year. But for now I'm enjoying it.

Also thankful once again for a silly and sometimes informative place like f13 to talk about silliness, recipes, music and every now and again games. Thanks, schild and company for keeping this place fairly stable over the years.

PS: Did three years in retail, but I was unloading, so I went home at 6:30 am, just after the craziness started.

[MuffinMan]

I did my time in it for 8 years, so for those of you working retail?

Got out of work at 4am last night setting up and I have to be back at 4am again tomorrow. I'm about to set off on my 1.5hr drive to see family for 6 hours then come back. Fuck Thanksgiving, seriously.

Don't worry, I'l do it to myself...

[Strazos]

I have work tomorrow, at both my jobs. Un-Fun.

[schild]

Oh right, I'm thankful I moved to Austin and got away from the Desert Wasteland of the West.

[Draegan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWw46X-83xs&e

[schild]

Let's see how many threads that gets posted in today.

[Bunk]

I am thankful that 95% of our customers are American, thus I have a four day weekend, and will be going to watch Quantum of Solace in two hours in what should be a pleasantly empty matinee.

[Velorath]

It's a shame Black Friday deals all seem to be complete shit this year.

[Ookii]

I saw Rick Astley!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I was so star struck.

[Signe]

Is he with you now?  Can he see us?

[Merusk]

It's a shame Black Friday deals all seem to be complete shit this year.

You can thank "Manufacturer's Minimum Pricing" for a lot of that.  It's only going to get worse as the fad expands.  Some stores wiggle their way around it by giving you a gift card when you purchase an item, but it's still a bullshit methodology to maintain product image.

[FatuousTwat]

I MADE JELL-O!

[Velorath]

It's a shame Black Friday deals all seem to be complete shit this year.

You can thank "Manufacturer's Minimum Pricing" for a lot of that.  It's only going to get worse as the fad expands.  Some stores wiggle their way around it by giving you a gift card when you purchase an item, but it's still a bullshit methodology to maintain product image.

That's partly true.  The other reason behind the gift cards of course to is to ensure the customer returns to that store.  Regardless, this is pretty much the worst Black Friday in recent memory.

[Krakrok]

I dunno. Newegg has a 24" LCD for $199.

[Fabricated]

Went out to my uncle's mansion, ate food, drank, shot guns, stayed too long.

Now I'm back home with the reality of a huge report I haven't finished yet, that's due on Monday.

[Teleku]

Went out to my uncle's mansion, ate food, drank, shot guns, stayed too long.

Now I'm back home with the reality of a huge report I haven't finished yet, that's due on Monday.

That's funny, because I (and the rest of the family) went out to my uncles mansion for thanksgiving as well.  The only difference was no guns, but food and alcohol were there in abundance (my uncle also owns a winery.  Did I mention his mansion is in Sonoma?).  Good times.

Having said that, I work in IT, and I drew the short straw this year, and get to be the emergency tech for tommorrow.  Which means I get to be the only person who comes into the office to work the entire workday tommorrow taking retarded customers calls.  Joy.  (but at least I get overtime pay for it all).

[schild]

Your uncle has a tough life.

[stray]

To be a bit more serious, I'm so amazingly thankful for the life I've built from the ashes of my old one. This year has brought me a new house, a new cat and a new truck, along with another great year with my fiancee. My family on my dad's side is finally getting together for the first time in decades. It's been an utterly unbelievably great year...except for the budget cuts that might take it all away next year. But for now I'm enjoying it.

Kudos man :)

My life gets shittier by the minute... But I'm thankful for the lessons. 

[stray]

Jesus Christ, that sounds emo. Was supposed to be funny. Funny sad. Yeah.


I have fucking pies up the ass in my fridge.

[FatuousTwat]

My uncles are all assholes who would stab you in the back if it would make them a buck.

MY FAMILY SUCKS!

Also, my grandmother died on Tuesday, but she is the reason all her children are such assholes.

[Tannhauser]

I'm thankful I still have a job in Manufacturing with this econommy.  I'm thankful I use the same laptop as John Connor.  I'm thankful for my family and friends and my cat Squirtle.  I'm damn thankful Obama won.  I'm also thankful for the Tennessee Titans, WoTLK, my health, and to America (fuck yeah!).

[DraconianOne]

[apocrypha]

So on wednesday I'm told I need surgery because my back problems are so severe (the worst case the rheumatology consultant had seen in her career apparently) and that I am at risk of permanent incontinence and impotence unless this gets fixed soon. We can't afford the £5-10000 cost of private surgery so we're in a minimum 6 week waiting list before I even get a surgical consultation.

And today we find out that my girlfriend is at high risk of redundancy before Christmas.

Kinda glad we don't celebrate thanksgiving here, it would be a somewhat downbeat celebration.

Edit: OK, just found out that one of my GF's team has taken voluntary redundancy thus freeing the others from the threat. My doom'n'gloom'o'meter just dropped back down below 11 

[Murgos]

And today we find out that my girlfriend is at high risk of redundancy before Christmas.

I'm guessing that this statement has an entirely different meaning on the other side of the Atlantic.

[Signe]

That is for Christmas not Thanksgiving!  You thought the Americans wouldn't notice!  Well, we did and we're watching you.

[Trippy]

Holy fuck it's a madhouse out there.

Okay so I only went to one place and it happens to be Nerd Nirvana for the San Francisco Bay Area (the flagship Fry's store) but wow. I wasn't expecting so many people given the doom and gloom in the press about this year's Black Friday. I got there at 5:15 am just after it opened and the humongous parking lot was almost totally full and apparently there had been people waiting outside before it opened. Then inside there were two huge lines for the cameras/camcorders and TVs. I just managed to snag one of the last Canon digital cameras on sale for my parents after waiting in that line for over an hour. And then I had to wait in a line that literally started from the front of store, snaked all the way through to the back and then back to the front to the checkouts. Total time was over 2 hours.

[schild]

Yea, I just hit up Fry's - scariest place on earth. And I got the 4 $8.99 Blu-Rays that mattered and then I GOT THE FUCK OUT.

With how many people they had in white shirts, they should've renamed them the nerdherd.

[apocrypha]

And today we find out that my girlfriend is at high risk of redundancy before Christmas.

I'm guessing that this statement has an entirely different meaning on the other side of the Atlantic.

Sorry, it's what we call being laid off here.

[taolurker]

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/28/2008-11-28_worker_trampled_to_death_at_long_island_.html

[schild]

 Yea, just heard about that. Walmart shoppers man.