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Originally Posted by Rodney
Well, I do thank them all. But there was a time when America got by with _no_ retail stores open on Thanksgiving except for gas stations (and not many of them, either). Everybody spent the time with their families except public safety personnel. No long haul trucks on the road -- hell, there weren't even garbage pickups.
Maybe we'll slow down as a society and get back to that someday. Valuing family time over convenience -- wotta concept!
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There's an appliance/electronics retailer in NJ/NY that takes out a full page ad every year on thanksgiving -- basically thumbing thier noses at all the retailers that choose to open... the ad states that thanksgiving is a time to be spent with family - and they are closing their doors on thanksgiving to allow their hardworking employees the day off to spend with their families. And Friday their sales will kick ass... They got the right idea... and if i were in the market for a new appliance - i'd spend it there.. (Just cuz i worked retail too many years and when the decision was made to open thanksgiving - it sucked-- black friday is bad enough... Thanksgiving day shoppers are the lowest form of life...
a big cheers and thanks to all the folks serving in the military though, who can't be where they want to be to celebrate the day in whatever way they choose too..
And well - thanks to you canadians too for being such good neighbors...