Well, let me tell ya ’bout that Black Friday thing at Walmart back in 2014. It was a real ruckus, I tell ya!
Folks were linin’ up way early, like the crack of dawn or somethin’. I heard some even camped out! Can ya believe that? Campin’ out just to save a few bucks. This here Walmart Black Friday, it was a big deal, I guess.
They had all sorts of things on sale, like them Xbox Ones. My grandson, he’s always yappin’ about them video games. Said it came with some kinda “Assassin’s Creed” thing. Sounded violent to me, but what do I know? Anyway, folks were grabbin’ them things like they were goin’ outta style. And the Walmart sales, they were somethin’ else, prices slashed left and right.
I remember seein’ ads everywhere, even before Thanksgiving. They called ’em “leaked ads,” like it was some kinda secret. But everyone and their brother knew about it. It was all over the TV and them newspapers. Black Friday 2014, they made sure everyone knew.
- They had TVs, big ones and small ones.
- And them kitchen things, pots and pans, and whatnots.
- Clothes too, piles and piles of ’em.
People were pushin’ and shovin’, tryin’ to get the best deals. I seen a woman almost lose her shoe fightin’ over a toaster! A toaster, can ya imagine? It was madness, pure madness. But hey, that’s how them deals during Black Friday go, I reckon.
Now, they say this “Black Friday” started way back when, in the 1950s. Somethin’ about police in a big city complainin’ about all the shoppers. Called it “Black Friday” ’cause of the crowds. Sounds about right, considerin’ the mess I saw at Walmart.
That year, 2014, the Walmart stores opened up at 6 a.m. Can ya believe that? 6 a.m.! And they stayed open till 11 p.m. Long day for them poor workers, I tell ya. They kept them hours all the way ’til Christmas Eve, then they closed up early. Closed on Christmas Day, of course. Even them money-hungry folks gotta rest sometime, I guess. It was all part of the Black Friday sales event, big rush, then quiet for a bit.
I heard later that folks spent a whole heap of money online that Black Friday. Billions, they said. Billions! That’s more money than I’ll ever see in my life. People shoppin’ from their computers and phones. Times are changin’, that’s for sure. And this here Black Friday at Walmart was a big part of that.
And get this, they even had somethin’ called “Walmart+” members. Them folks got first dibs on the deals. First dibs! Like they weren’t already gettin’ enough. But I guess that’s how they do business. Always gotta give the special folks somethin’ extra. Shows how important these Black Friday offers are to everyone.
It was somethin’ else, that Black Friday. A real circus. But folks seemed happy with their bargains, I guess. Me? I just went home and made myself a cup of coffee. All that commotion ain’t for me. But seeing how them folks were excited, with the Walmart discounts, it made you think it was worthwhile.
So that was my experience with Black Friday at Walmart in 2014. A whole lotta fuss over a whole lotta stuff. But hey, that’s what folks do, I reckon. They like a good deal.
One more thing I remember was, they had these “doorbusters”. Now, I never quite understood what that meant, sounded like you had to break down the door or somethin’. But it was just a fancy word for really good deals, I think. They’d have ’em for a short time, and folks would go crazy tryin’ to get ’em. It was like a treasure hunt, but instead of gold, it was toasters and TVs. Made the Walmart shopping a bit of a game, I suppose.
Anyways, that’s all I recall about that Black Friday 2014 at Walmart. It was a time, that’s for sure. A whole lotta people, a whole lotta stuff, and a whole lotta money bein’ spent.
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