Black Friday

Hollywood Black Friday Strike of 1945 During the 1900s, one of the most violent strikes in the Hollywood history took place. On October 5, 1945, hundreds of strikers protested outside of Warner Brothers gates. Around three-hundred police officers were deployed to calm the protesters which resulted in 40 injuries. Fortunately no fatalities were reported. This event was especially controversial because it brought into view a lot of the corruption and bribery going on in Hollywood during that time…

Greed is something that affects us all. It can change a person completely weather it’s for the good or the bad. In A Christmas Carol, Scrooge was a greedy, rich, and lonely man. When 3 ghosts visited him, they presented Scrooge’s past, present and future. Scrooge realized that he needed to change in order for a better future. In It’s A Wonderful Life, George Bailey and his bank lost $8,000. George started to only care about the money and took his family and friends for granted. His guardian…

Auntie Anne’s At Carolina Place Mall: Employees vs. Customers. A common thing many people in America do on the weekend is go to a mall. The mall is a place where both, parents and children, have the opportunity to shop, eat, and amuse themselves. Carolina Place Mall is a mall located in Pineville, North Carolina. This specific mall is not exactly the biggest mall in Charlotte, however, it does have a variety of clothing stores, specialty stores, and fast food restaurants. It is true that…

A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, is a beloved tale that people of all ages have loved for its emotional and moral appeal. It is a story focusing on the life of Ebenezer Scrooge, a greedy and cold-hearted money-lender, who is visited by four ghostly apparitions who convince him together to change his merciless ways. At the beginning of this tale, Scrooge does not recognize the effects of his greed, so the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future take it upon themselves to show him how…

THE CASE On a rainy Thursday evening, as Mr. Pramod Kumar, the AGM-Industrial Relations-TATA Motors, was sipping his cup of tea, he had some unexpected visitors. A five-minute meeting with the visitors turned Mr. Kumar’s day on its head. Ramdas Soren, the local MLA of JMM (Jharkhand Mukti Morcha) in 2013 along with Santosh, the leader of the contract labour union in TATA Motors affiliated to JMM threatened to go on an indefinite strike if their demands remained unmet. Considering the seriousness…

Duck hunting can be very frustrating to serious hunters. An example could be, a week ago Wednesday, when big numbers of ducks were in the Los Banos Complex and averages were well up in most refuges. At the Santa Fe Club near Gustine, limits were the rule as it was in most private clubs. And then Saturday, the bigger influx of birds were gone, possibly due to heavy rain prior to the shoot day. My son Bill, and Steve Hinze, of Aptos, shot at the Santa Cruz Club Saturday, and bagged limits of…

There was a reported incident in 2013 where there was a glitch in the system that allowed all EBT card holders to have unlimited spending limits in their cards. There was complete chaos in local Walmart's as people cleared the shelves and scrambled for any little thing they saw like savages that had not eaten in days. Some people walked out with 8-10 carts full of groceries. Although it was only a glitch for a few hours the damage was done. As soon as the system was back up the people still in…

I remember once when i was black friday shopping and once i got to the first store i wanted to go to all the stuff i wanted was gone by the time i walked from the entrance to the isle it was in. I put black friday shopping because i’m still mad about me only getting one thing out of 10 things i needed to get. its crazy how people would fight over stuff that you could get on cyber monday. I saw two fights while i was shopping and they happened to be next to me. It kinda made me mad because i…

Black Friday open on Thanksgiving? Even though people enjoy shopping I think stores should still be closed because the shoppers can't spend time with family and because people can get hurt… Shopping on Thanksgiving can be fun… I guess? But really is it. When you should be thankful for the things you have you are out fighting over stuff that you probably don’t need. Too me stores should be closed because people get hurt or worse killed and that is pretty sad over shopping. Some incidents…

1924, Black Friday has been the iconic weekend after Thanksgiving Day that unofficially took over as the start of holiday shopping. Many deals are made on Black Friday where all retail stores reduce costs up to half off on their products. In recent years, shopping online has became a new popular tradition for many. Each year “Cyber Monday”, as the public refers too, attracts the interest of many newcomers because of its simplicity. Cyber Monday is a shopping holiday similar to Black Friday but…