People are idiots.  They want to see a plain black turtleneck marked $20 and use a coupon to get 50% off (or see a sale sign for 50% off) so they can buy the thing for $10.  But price the same turtleneck at $10 in the first place and cut out the mind games, and nobody shows up to buy.   Idiots, idiots, idiots.

I work in the electrical dept. of a home improvement store.  It is truly astounding the number of people who come in to buy items for a project (some large, some small) and clearly know absolutely NOTHING about what they are doing.  Electrical projects are serious business and mistakes can be dangerous or fatal or can ...more

All the Germans I know get oodles of vacation time, sick leave, and a year's leave for BOTH parents, one at a time, when a baby is born.  Everybody gets the medical care they need, everybody has a chance at an excellent education based on aptitude and work, not depth of daddy's pockets; and all but the most remote area...more

Good.  I never cared for the fries at Wendy's before; they were mushy inside and never cooked dark enough to suit me.  Hopefully they've learned the secret now.

My Black Friday plans?  I will be at work -- in a store -- laughing at all the insane shoppers.  And then, when I get off work, I will go to a Mexican restaurant and order a margarita big enough to swim in.