Humanity Through the Eyes of Black Friday

I have yet to shop on Black Friday, but this year I was given the opportunity to work during it. It gave me a first hand glimpse at humanity at least in this small town. I saw the callousness of some, and the willingness of most to put up with anything, regardless of how illogical the situation was.

On one hand, I saw the ingunuity of humans as they errected a fenced barrier that could block off the line if the store got to be too full. Management came outside and said it had to be different because basically that is how corporate wanted it. The new design was a triangle of fencing that gave no indication that it was not the designated entrance. So instead of customers walking past to the entrance of "The Maze" (much like the zigzag pattern of a ride queue), they began making a beeline for that opening.

Eventually, some tape was put in place to "block" these openings, but so many people questioned why they could not simply walk straight through instead of going out of the way to walk through the Maze only to come back to the beginning. While it was only a minor inconvenience, the principle of the matter was that the customer was right. It was absurd, and so many of them put up with whatever the store made them do. Obviously the customer had a choice in the matter by choosing not to shop there, but many of them made the comments that they felt like "rats in a maze" or "where's the cheese?" or "I feel like cattle being lead to the slaughter."

Considering how the global elite view all other humans as literal cattle, it is not surprising that a multinational company such as this store would subject its customers to the feeling of being like cattle. In the same way, the TSA make you feel less than human by subjecting you to grope downs and molestations.

In the case of this small town, one man almost badly hurt an employee by storming out of the cart entrance, and when the employee had his neck caught in the cart strap, he was dragged across the ground. The man cared nothing for the safety or the very life of the employee simply because the man did not want to walk an extra 30 feet on the way to his car. Also in the national news was a woman who pepper sprayed others because she wanted to be the one to get a $5 toaster (she must realllllly love toast), and another story of a man who collapsed and died in a store, yet shoppers paid no attention and continued shopping. The irony of it all is this is supposed to be for Christmas, a time for sharing, and a time for caring for one another. Yet a society that is focused on commercialism and the indoctrination of children teaching them about Satan Claus, it is inevitable that you will see people act so callously.