(updated) Walmart Starts Black Friday, Friday

"PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120" (pyroholtz)
07/21/2020 at 15:54 • Filed to: Walmart, Wally world, Sam's club

Interesting move by our Wally World leaders. I congratulate this move and wonder how it will impact online sales.

Just to be clear, Black Friday is still a thing fo r Walmart, it just doesn't start until Friday....why was it beginning before Friday, because money.

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DISCUSSION (23)

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
07/21/2020 at 16:00

O.o

rona killed black friday?

im kinda shocked walmart is being more responsible than the gubment...lol...good on them

lone_liberal > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
07/21/2020 at 16:01

But will they keep the stores closed on Black Friday itself? They never should have been open on Thanksgiving anyway.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
07/21/2020 at 16:01

They shoulda made it more WOKE. Black Friday: Whites pay full price, everyone else gets a sale.

I suspect they see the writing on the wall with COVID. Those crowds would become mega spreading events.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
07/21/2020 at 16:04

“ending a Black Friday tradition that resulted in people being trampled to death”

FTFY.

Probably just as much about removing liability as it is about appearing socially responsible. Either way, I’d agree that it’s a good move.

I don’t understand the American tradition of expressing thankfulness and gratitude by waiting outside a store and rushing to buy as much cheap garbage as possible.

For Sweden > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
07/21/2020 at 16:07

Tired: making majority racial groups pay more

Wired: making law enforcement and military pay more

Inspired: making everyone outside of Arkansas pay more

Thomas Donohue > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
07/21/2020 at 16:12

They aren’t ending Black Friday at all.

T hey are just not opening on Thursday, Thanksgiving D ay, for ‘early’ Black Friday sales.

Rest assured, they will be open at 7 AM on Black Friday.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
07/21/2020 at 16:15

Wow black friday is going to start

on friday?

SiennaMan > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
07/21/2020 at 16:20

This is a smart move. In most places they wouldn't be allowed to have a traditional black Friday presale anyway, given the trajectory of the virus and if they tried the employees in those areas where it wasn't prohibited would use under workplace safety laws and possibly win. This is accepting a business reality and spinning it in a way that makes them look responsible. This sort of calculus is probably part of the thinking with their new mask mandate. That said, given the current situation if you're pushing the needle in the right direction, I'm not bothered by your motives including some calculated self interest..

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
07/21/2020 at 16:22

Better late than never. Happy for their employees.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > For Sweden
07/21/2020 at 16:26

Why does Arkansas get a pass?

ranwhenparked > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
07/21/2020 at 16:27

People learned this year that they don't need to wait until November to riot, smash things, and beat each other up anyway.

For Sweden > Snuze: Needs another Swede
07/21/2020 at 16:33

Walmart is based in Arkansas.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > For Sweden
07/21/2020 at 16:34

TIL

nermal > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
07/21/2020 at 16:56

Think of the poor Walmart workers that every year used the excuse that they had to work as a way to avoid holiday dinners! What are they going to do in order to avoid family gatherings now?

BaconSandwich is tasty. > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
07/21/2020 at 17:43

To be fair, I’ve heard they are requiring people to wear masks now. If so, good for them.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > nermal
07/21/2020 at 17:44

Well, they could always say they have symptoms, and say they have to self-isolate. That’ll at least cover them this year. :P

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > BaconSandwich is tasty.
07/21/2020 at 18:00

i heard the same... not that we have walmarts here.

im just a news junky

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > Thomas Donohue
07/21/2020 at 19:27

Misleading title was misleading, fixed?

BaconSandwich is tasty. > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
07/21/2020 at 19:31

I generally avoid Walmart like the plague.