And so here we are...
It’s 20 degrees outside, pitch black, and we’re all still working off yesterday’s gluttony. And what better way to work off one deadly sin than with another?
Welcome to Greedfest 2005. At 4:45 AM, in a suburban New Jersey Wal-Mart, people have been lined up around the corner of the massive store for hours. (Did I mention that it’s 20 degrees out? And I mean Fahrenheit.) There are police cars and yellow tape to keep the mob in line. (I still nearly get run over by cars and carts as I walk around.)
One man, who has been shopping since 11:00 last night, says that it’s worth pulling an all-nighter to get a $180 printer for $50. A young woman screams at her mother about finding a flat-screen television. And another woman smiles as she takes everything in. “Really,” she says, “we just love to shop.”