occur at the same time every year, and the grocery store is open roughly 15 hours a day every other day of the year. deal with it. the black friday bullshit is just ridiculous. i agree with the idea upthread to have the corporate bigwigs that are deciding to open their stores earlier every year come in and work if they want to open so badly. retail is a demanding and often thankless job, especially during the holidays(and most retail workers are not getting any extra holiday pay for working). let them have one fucking day for themselves, or with their families, or whatever, and go shopping the day after. retail is a demanding and often thankless job, especially during the holidays(and most retail workers are not getting any extra holiday pay for working). let them have one fucking day for themselves, or with their families, or whatever, and go shopping the day after. Where are they gonna go shopping the day after if you've already given all retail workers the day off? It's not like people are working straight through the other 363 days of the year, so "let them have one day for themselves" is just childish melodrama. Retail jobs are generally considered to be unpleasant and do not pay particularly well, so if you hate working on holidays and hate your job, do yourself a favor and try to find something you prefer. There is nothing "unfair" about an employer requiring employees to work on particular days.