Time to pull the plug on this one
This day is coming to an end at least for me and my equipment.
I am on the same juice as my laptop and both sets of camera batteries. We are all just about out of power.
This has been a real neat experience….all good. It has been interesting to observe and report on the shoppers in the Chicago area and to read the accounts throughout the country. Especially the nuttiness that occurred at the break of day. The gonzo shoppers will get their items, period. Stay out of their way and you may see tomorrow.
If the shoppers of the world united, a true superpower would be developed. There is a science fiction story idea.
It is around 6:30 p.m. here and I am still viewing the streets from the second floor of Borders on State Street in Chicago. The people continue to be out in mass and enjoying the shopping and scenes. The coating of snow has created quite a holiday feel. Is this a holiday card moment? Maybe, but I think that I am more delirious than sentimental at this point.
I saw a report recently, actually more than once, that the average shopper in the United States will spend around $466. This is $10 lower than last year’s estimate. I don’t know about that figure. I saw some shoppers spend that much money with one arm tied behind their back today.
A day like this is good for the economy, that is the Black in Black Friday.
Enough of this babbling.
Happy Holidays everyone and to the best New Year yet!