Holiday Respect

            All stores should be closed on Thanksgiving Day. Isn’t Thanksgiving supposed to be about family time? If you work on Thanksgiving, you’re going to be away from your family, slaving away when you’re supposed to be sitting at the table, eating turkey, and enjoying yourself. Everyone can easily make a list of the things they need from the store and get it the day before. If you forget something for your Thanksgiving dinner, oh well, maybe next time. I feel that family time is a bit more important than making sure you have extra butter for your mashed potatoes.

            Also, not only should stores be closed on Thanksgiving, but I believe that there should be no such thing as “Black Friday.” Who wants to stay up all day and then go into work that night with a bunch of crazy 12am shoppers? If you have to go into work at midnight, then you either sleep all day, making no time for family on Thanksgiving Day, or you worry about how miserably tired you’re going to be at work when you’re supposed to be enjoying yourself. People may think it’s fun to go shopping with Grandma and Aunt and Mom after you all have a nice meal, but many people wouldn’t be very happy if they were the ones working and not shopping with their families. I find it selfish that people are ruining others family time just to buy things for themselves.

            On Thanksgiving you’re supposed to be thankful for what you have, not worry about what you’re about to have that night or the next day. Everyone says they’re thankful for the food on their table and the wonderful family members they have, and then they take the money those family members might have given them to go blow it on unnecessary items; it’s kind of contradictory if you ask me. Everyone should be able to enjoy their holiday and not be worrying about what kind of rude customers they might have to deal with that night or what the biggest sales may be at their favorite store. All stores should be closed on Thanksgiving and the day after.