Forego shopping on Thanksgiving Day

I haven't worked retail for years, thankfully, but I'm disgusted at the lengths to which corporate greed will go. What happened to Black Friday? Why is it now Black Thursday? Why do stores hate their employees so much that they have to force them to lose a holiday, time with their family, because if they don't they will probably lose their job? I mean, really, stores, you can't wait 12 hours to open - for your employees who work so hard, for what is likely not so great pay?

I urge everyone to forego shopping on Thanksgiving Day, to show these greed mongers that they need to prove what their ads say, that they care about family. I will never shop on Thanksgiving and it's this greed that's ruined a once great tradition for my family and me. Getting up early on Friday and shopping was so much fun, but what fun is it now that everyone has already been shopping for hours? Is it really worth it, just so you can buy a DVD for $3?

Shame on corporate America. Seriously, I doubt any of the corporate jerks will miss their family time this Thanksgiving, but they should, just to see what it's like for the employees.

Chandra Jordan

Marion