Posted by Bob - the Alien on November 20, 2003 at 10:34:58:
In Reply to: The Holiday is About Being Thankful You Are Not a Wal-Mart Associate posted by kat on November 20, 2003 at 09:42:04:
Plans -- 14 family members gathering for turkey. woo.
I like the concept of Buy Nothing day.
However, if it ever truly took off, it would just HELP the corporate slugs. Because everyone would still go out and purchase their items, but just on a different day. It would simply streamline the shopping experience, allowing stores to save money by not playing employees for a day.
But I do admit, a day where noone shopped would be cool. Of course, many of my counterparts out here never shop on Sundays, but we are a minority, so i doubt that it has any real economic impact.
In any case, to truly fix the shopping-crazed society, I have a different suggestion -- Buy one less item every week. Eventually you will be down to what you truly need to survive, and you will not be contributing to the shopping-driven society. And frenzys like the day after thanksgiving will just go away because people simply will have nothing that they want to purchase.
:)