Black Friday is not a bad thing. Any day that gives you a chance to save some coin on presents (though most of those “presents” are just for you amirite?) is okay by many of us. Where the problem lies is that in order for people to buy things, stores must have employees at the register (well, for now anyway).
For years, that was cool with everyone – as Black Friday was actually on Friday, thus giving people a chance to be with their awful loud obnoxious wonderful families on Thanksgiving Day.
That all changed just a few years back when giant retail corporations decided to move Black Friday into Thursday – because hey, that CEO has to find a way to hit big sales numbers to justify that 48 million dollar salary. And while that CEO is off celebrating Thanksgiving in The Hamptons or Aspen, he or she is forcing their minimum wage employees to not only work on Thanksgiving – but to also deal with shit like this…
How great capitalism is sometimes.
That said, here is the list of stores that are dicks to their employees open on Thanksgiving (via ABC 7):
Anna’s Linens
Bealls Florida
Belk
Best Buy
Big Lots
BonTon
CVS
Dick’s Sporting Goods
Dollar General
Gander Mountain
J.C. Penny
K-Mart
Kohl’s
HH Gregg
Macy’s
MC Sports
Meijer
Michaels
Old Navy
Radio Shack
Rite Aid
Sears
ShopKo
Sports Authority
Stage
Staples
Stein Mart Black
Target
Toys R Us
Walgreens
Walmart
And here is a list of stores that still have at least a tiny bit of compassion will be closed on Thanksgiving Day:
A.C. Moore
Academy Sports
Ace Hardware
American Girl
Barnes and Noble
Bed Bath and Beyond
BJs
Burlington Coat Factory
Crate and Barrel
Christmas Tree Shops
Costco
Dillard’s
DSW
Fort Western
GameStop
Gordmans
Guitar Center
Half Price Books
Harbor Freight
Home Depot
HomeGoods
Jo-Ann
Lowes
Marshalls
Neiman Marcus
Nordstrom
REI
Patagonia
Pier 1 Imports
Saks
Sam’s Club
Sierra Trading Post
TJMaxx
True Value
Tractor Supply
