Black Friday

I love good deals and I can't stand cheaters.

I love deals so much I was willing to wake up early the day after Thanksgiving.

Early as in before decent people are out of bed.

3:15 a.m.

And when I opened my eyes I wanted to cry.

But I needed to buy Christmas presents and I don’t have any money.

So at 3:45 a.m. I was standing in line at Sears with my mom, aunt, and younger sister.

Freezing to death.

Thinking my boyfriend better get me something good for Christmas because I am about to become an ice block so he can get a set of ratcheting wrenches.

To make matters worse…freaking line cutters.

Those rats that wait until the doors are about to be unlocked then get out of their cars and try to sneakily merge into the front of the line.

And down the whole line you hear people cursing them.

Including me.

Because I got up early, I’m cold, and I believe in the fairness of first come first served.

However, I didn’t physically harm them. I controlled myself.

And as I was searching the floor for the items on my ripped out page of the Sears ad I was frustrated at the organizational strategy used by the sales team.

So I went running around like a crazy person looking for ½ inch drive impact sockets.

I finally found them, but of course since they are expensive, they were locked.

Where is a sales person in the middle of a Christmas shopper stampede?

Hiding somewhere safe and not wanting to unlock impact sockets.

Leaving my mother to guard the find I went running about looking for an unsuspecting employee.

And as I was bringing one back some lady decides to cut me off and pretend she’s my mother trying to get the sockets first.

Oh no.

First come, first served.

Please keep in mind it’s 4 a.m., I’m hungry, I’m cold, and I’ve spent the last ten minutes searching for a key holder.

Yeah, I made her wait her turn.

Because I found it first,

I needed those sockets too,

And I waited for a good deal so I could buy them.

She should’ve run faster or searched harder because she got the leftovers.