He’s twenty-five. Works at Adidas, an athlete dream job, who can get items at a discounted price. Knows ahead of time when items will be on sale and receives benefits as an employee of Adidas. He has been working at Adidas for the past 2 years, his salary depends on customers stating his name when an item is purchased. On average, he earns nine hundred dollars a month.
My job is becoming stressful and holidays like Black Friday, isn’t the best way to spend it as an employee. I applied right before Christmas ended in 2013 and so did my friend. I was hired a day after my friend received a notice the following year, stating that he did not get the job, but I did. (Laughs.) Ever since the past two years working as a salesperson, the theory of changing jobs has not passed through my mind yet. The company provides various athletic equipment and clothing, for numerous sports. Since I’m a competitive soccer player, I can create better customer relationships in all departments. However, that all changes, when Black Friday arrives. Customers become aggressive and expect answers to each question, within seconds. I see customers on Black Friday, as a snatch and grab customer, who moves from one store to the next.
At my position, I greet and inform customers on our Black Friday sale. I stand in the middle of the store, hoping to not get a rude customer, because that ticks me off. “Hi there, can I offer my assistance?”. Most times, I get a “no or yes” but after working here for two years, you can identify who needs help and who doesn’t. The hard part of the job is obtaining 500 employee points to enjoy exciting benefits the company offers. Accordingly, these employee points allow employees to obtain discounts and gain higher wages, only if, th...
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... to give her my discount, as an employee and I wondered. How did she think of this, what was her goal? Every single item was on sale, and disposing my employee benefits was not an option. That was not going to occur. Her looks were deceiving; she was gorgeous and had a lovely accent. The worst part was that, I wanted to help, but I could not because I was respecting the rules. Most customers have a plan on what to buy, but her plan was opposite. She had the nerve to re-ask me for a discount and when I said “no” and kept enduring me constantly, you must help the customer. She then made a complaint about my behavior, and reported me to my manager, Mr. Paul. Consequently, he tells me “Don’t worry, Black Friday brings out the worst and best customers”. Nevertheless, I’m lucky that my manager understood the situation I was in and did not think twice about firing me today.
It is seen in everything from the hoarding of material objects to the destruction of friendships, both of which are popular themes when regarding the topic of Black Friday shopping. Black Friday has become Black Thursday, a trend which has only shown up within the last decade. The great American holiday that is Thanksgiving is celebrated because of our gratefulness toward all that we have, a holiday that is meant to be spent gathered around a table of our loved ones. However, the retail holiday that consumes the day afterward has begun to overflow into our gatherings, and it is due to the greed of the American people. Were it not for the market’s demand for earlier sales, stores would not open their sales on Thursday nights. Everyone would simply wait until early the next morning to start off on their shopping extravaganzas, and the sales themselves would likely be far less violent as
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Thanksgiving Day is a day of family, food, and giving thanks for the blessings in life and yet some people believe Thanksgiving to be a prep day for Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year. The focus of Thanksgiving shifted from family bonding to incessant shopping. This trend of taking away from the hours of Thanksgiving in order to shop is enraging. It steals away from family time for the shoppers and the employees. Employers threaten workers that if they do not work on that certain holiday, they will be fired. Black Friday should be kept to Friday instead of moving in on my family time. The whole culture of Black Friday has become repugnant and unnecessary.
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Common complaints are that the sale times on Black Friday are getting earlier every year. Although that may be the case, who is really complaining about it? Black Friday shoppers are not doing the complaining about the sale times, the people that do not
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Holiday shopping, for me, is a nightmare because of the abundance of crowds, all of the fighting and competitiveness. I believe those last minute shoppers are the worst, they are the ones that are rude and impatient. For some people, with lots of patience, dealing with holiday shoppers is a good experience. For people like me, who has very little patience, it is a dreadful experience. Another aspect of shopping during the holidays is dealing with tired, overworked and frustrated employees. They are just trying to get their jobs done as quickly as possible, so they can go home to their families. Meanwhile, you have those employees that are cheerful and are eager to help the distraught shoppers. Also, during the holidays horrible accidents can occur often at this time of year. I am going to portray the dangers and mishaps that can occur during the holidays. I am not anti-holiday, but the older I get the more I don't have any desire to be exposed to all of the potential chaos.