Black Friday

My children have been obsessed with Black Friday. I have been a participant once, and once was enough. Sarah and Jordan spent hours waiting in line at Walmart to purchase video games at the best price of the season. The plastic wrapped displays of games were moved 4 different times. As each move occurred the crowd raged to better their position in line. On the last move Sarah was pushed to the ground and nearly trampled. That is when they decided that saving $20 was not worth the torment.

Mike and his friends went, but were more successful (maybe it had something to do with the fact that they were not shopping at Walmart). They arrived a little late, so many of his (my) wanted purchases were already gone. He did survive with a few good deals.

Lizzy begged me to take her, but I resisted. I told her to go with someone who wanted to go. She found a friend and her family to tag along with. She was out merely for the experience, and had quite an adventure returning home at 4:00 a.m.

Friday morning, I ventured out with the Muir’s to purchase a replacement laptop computer for myself. I converted to an Apple computer (yay me), and hope it is all I have built it up to be. On Black Friday, computers are sold at a reduced price, so it was important to purchase it today. I was very intimidated in the Apple Store, and was grateful to have Dale and Linda there to assist with my purchase.

Everything is electronically done in the Apple Store. When your purchase is being processed, the clerk orders your computer from the back room on his electronic device, and it magically appears. He then held up his device and said, “If you could just sign with your finger.” I proceeded to press my fingerprint on his device for a signature. “Umm… you need to sign with your finger,” he stated with a smile.

Maybe I should have been embarrassed, as everyone had a good laugh. But, with all the high tech going on, I assumed we were REALLY going high tech like they do on the television show NCIS. When an agent finds a dead body on NCIS, they press the individual’s finger on an electronic device, and the device identifies the person. I guess I’m just a little ahead of the times.