tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post57666465208694756..comments2023-05-23T09:02:35.294+08:00Comments on 1st & last, do no harm: today is black fridaydochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021242538740116343noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-84016068852754886902010-11-29T01:06:22.257+08:002010-11-29T01:06:22.257+08:00Mei Teng,
good thing, too, so we can shop thru ou...Mei Teng,<br /><br />good thing, too, so we can shop thru out the year.dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021242538740116343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-89399772849885365002010-11-29T01:03:55.947+08:002010-11-29T01:03:55.947+08:00Hello Kitty,
we asians are not immune to stampede...Hello Kitty,<br /><br />we asians are not immune to stampede either. some years back, when McDonalds in S'pore offered Hello Kitty dolls with their meals, there was a similar stampede till the crowd broke thru the glass doors.dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021242538740116343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-82671777900848775582010-11-28T22:30:38.797+08:002010-11-28T22:30:38.797+08:00There are endless reason(s) for sales! :)There are endless reason(s) for sales! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-52374938128801569622010-11-28T18:06:56.718+08:002010-11-28T18:06:56.718+08:00It seems that historically, the Philadephia police...It seems that historically, the Philadephia police dept treated 'Black Friday" with grim, as they had to deal with massive traffic congestion, chaos, shoplifting etc from dawn to night. Even as late as 2-3 years back, there was a stampede at Walmart on black friday and an employee was trampled to death. The mob even broke thru the glass doors. It's surely a 'black' day for victims. Maybe it's a good thing that mega sales has become so common.Hello Kittynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-58896518679558897882010-11-27T17:48:11.068+08:002010-11-27T17:48:11.068+08:00Iml,
that's a common fallacy; we often think ...Iml,<br /><br />that's a common fallacy; we often think sale items are cheap to the extent that we buy things we may not actually need.<br /><br />i still have a few wall mirrors from the ikea sale that's been in the store room for the last 3 years!dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021242538740116343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-77183152420629669322010-11-27T06:09:22.164+08:002010-11-27T06:09:22.164+08:00In a Sales, I've always ended buying things I ...In a Sales, I've always ended buying things I don't really need/like just because I see a frenzy crowd scrabbling for the seize/colour. And some sales are not even genuine. Sale on goods which are not usually the store's items.imlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09180004142955930580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-18462131801849003332010-11-27T00:10:33.799+08:002010-11-27T00:10:33.799+08:00House-tai,
even jusco has a few j-card days a yea...House-tai,<br /><br />even jusco has a few j-card days a year.<br /><br />yes, the stampede....i wonder if we would also come to that stage in the future; after all, we are not well-known for our road etiquette!dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021242538740116343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-1968554541695778872010-11-27T00:00:57.456+08:002010-11-27T00:00:57.456+08:00UG,
yes, it's their year-end sale, & very...UG,<br /><br />yes, it's their year-end sale, & very much like UK's post-christmas sales.<br /><br />have you bought anything from our year-end sales?dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021242538740116343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-3316318613170452392010-11-26T22:04:07.647+08:002010-11-26T22:04:07.647+08:00yah lah, as a malaysian, black friday is smthg tha...yah lah, as a malaysian, black friday is smthg that i find hard to understand. only ONE sale in the whole country for the whole of the year??? maybe it's like their version of J-card Day...only a thousand times bigger and more violent. i remember that ppl had been killed in a black friday walmart stampede previously!!house-tainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29609470.post-10947896063332211152010-11-26T19:07:47.509+08:002010-11-26T19:07:47.509+08:00I just finished reading the meaning of Black Frida...I just finished reading the meaning of Black Friday on Yahoo only to discover it's all about the start of American version of a ' mega sale ' .Unicorn Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13191224144119007495noreply@blogger.com