Black Friday Shoppers - What Were They Thinking?

Yesterday I wrote about Black Friday shopping on Elder Care Cafe here on blogger. Today I read of two people killed in a shoot-out at a Toys-R-Us in Palm Dessert, CA, and a Wal-Mart worker trampled to death on Long Island, NY. Other shoppers were punched, injured, taken to the hospital, and those are just the stories we have heard.

What is this world coming to? There is a reason why I don't go shopping on one of the busiest, and most obnoxious, days of the year. Is it really that important to get a "bargain" that probably still be on sale, and maybe even at a lower cost, sometime before Christmas?

According to news reports, shoppers were scampering over the fallen worker and those who were trying to help, as they forced their way into the store and down the isles. Some shoppers ended up so frustrated with the whole scene, they left their carts in the isles and headed to the car.

Black Friday was so named as it was the day most stores were able to see a profit for the first time all year. Now, Black Friday has a whole other connotation.

I hope, next year, some kind of calm and sanity could prevail on this busiest shopping day of the year.

Do you buy into the Black Friday madness, or do you wisely stay home? What is your experience shopping on Black Friday?