I hope everyone had an awesome Thanksgiving and an even better Black Friday. With Cyber Monday rolling around the corner as well as Christmas & New Years, I wanted to make another useless point. Why the heck doesn't the federal government just say everyday is some sort of holiday?
Yes, this is another ranting about crap, please proceed with caution, or simply hit alt-f4 or ctrl-w if you're a multi-tabber like me.
I notice that a lot of different people that I ran into outside of my home smiled and said, "happy Thanksgiving." These people were complete strangers that I do not recall ever meeting previously. I too, give holiday greetings on the federal mandated days off and the occasional state holiday. On the other hand, I also give friendly greetings on regular Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Regular Tuesdays and Thursdays don't apply, days that start with "T" sometimes feel offensive to me for some reason. Maybe it's the fact that an uppercase "T" sort of resembles my sign, a Libra. Seeing another Libra may be the reason for it all, who knows, then again, I guess it really doesn't matter. I have no idea about Sunday either.
Getting back on track, on regular days in which the federal government has not decreed it as sacred for some reason, people, in my experience, tend to be generally, well, mean. When the postal workers have a day off to go contemplate the meaning of life (42 by the way), everyone else seems to be in a better mood as well. Drivers pause and allow you to get in front of them during traffic, people hold doors open and smile at the same time, neighbors all wave to you as you drive by and telemarketers understand what "no" means the first time they hear it. On Boxing day, everyone else in the civilized world seems to be happy, but back here at home, you get cutoff in the parking lot, no entrance openings in traffic, thicker than usual bird crap on your car, the rental you really want at Blockbuster is completely sold out and the line into the gas station will burn more gas idling than driving to the next town to fill up.
If everyday was a federal holiday, you would be able to have a Black Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, any day, however day, whichever day and whatever day. Imagine all the sales you could take advantage of! 50% off of an item that has been marked up 300% is only a markup of 50%. 70% off of an item that has been marked up 500% is a net markup of only 50% as well. What a steal! >_> Retailers wouldn't have to dub a certain day of the year as the day they finally turn a profit, they would never be in the red. Retailers would be in the black, year round. With that case in point, the aforementioned Black Monday, Black Tuesday, etc, would simply be called Monday, Tuesday, etc. All this hoopla about a "special" sales day after a federally mandated holiday is the government's way of saying, "spend money to boost the economy, you call it Black Friday, we'll call it, Friday."
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