By Adith Gopal It’s 12:15 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. The big, stuffed turkey has just finished cooking, the mashed potatoes are now drizzled with gravy, the cranberry sauce is poured onto huge plates, and if you’re lucky, Mom or Grandma is almost done making the two big pies she thought were necessary to make. You then turn on the TV to see Matthew Stafford and the Detroit Lions battling their opponents on the 12:30 NFL Thanksgiving Day matchup. The family is doing great, everybody is hungry and you devour tons of food. And maybe you go for an afternoon nap. But there are another 61.7 percent of people in America that will not hit the hay after the meal. These people will spend hours and hours shopping in their favorite stores, fighting for the first spot in line for the new iPhone X and Samsung Galaxy S8, waiting in more lines after that, and repeating these steps for nearly half a day. But really, is it worth it? Absolutely. Many hot items are being offered at lower prices than usual, and some are even being followed by promotional offers, sweetening the deal. The newly-released video game Madden NFL 18 was retailed at $59.99 when it first came out. Many people wanting to buy the game were hesitant to do so due to the pricetag. However, on just one night (or even the entire weekend), the game’s price will be cut down by 45 percent, to the price of $27. The same people hesitant to purchase the new game will probably be first in line to purchase Madden NFL 18. Walmart will also give away a $250 Walmart gift card on any purchase of an Apple or Samsung smartphone. Before this deal was offered, the amount of people purchasing the new Apple iPhone X and Samsung Galaxy S8 was already projected to break an all-time high. This deal will hook even more people looking for a reason to spend hundreds of dollars on a new phone. The two deals above are just a couple of fish in the sea when it comes to amazing Black Friday deals. The hot items that have been longed after for quite a long time are now being offered at almost half the price, while there’s the opportunity for even more rewards. People would save almost 50% more money by purchasing items on Black Friday weekend over buying the same items on another day. By spending very little for lots of items, Black Friday shoppers are actually helping to improve the American economy. According to The Balance, almost 700,000 seasonal jobs are created due to the amount of people that go Black Friday weekend shopping. In addition to creating jobs, the seasonal shopping contributes about 30 percent of annual retail sales. Businesses receive a great amount of profit, boosting the economy. Each year, Black Friday shopping creates a bull market (where share prices are on the rise, encouraging consumer purchases), and often times pushes the quarterly GDP (gross domestic production) over 3.0 percent. By spending about $300 each year on a celebrated shopping trip where hundreds of stores need to stock up beforehand, you can help increase the American quarterly GDP, proving to the world just how much our economy is growing! As if helping to improve the United States’ economy isn’t enough, going Black Friday shopping can also improve your mental skills, particularly motivation, patience and perseverance. Some people do not go Black Friday shopping because they believe it is very hectic, crowded, perhaps loud and even violent. However, extreme violence and obnoxiousness like that is quite rare. Many people can actually gain experience and skills by being a witness of Black Friday chaos. We can learn how to be patient during Black Friday shopping, waiting in line for four hours trying to buy a new TV. It also helps to be patient on the road too, as other impatient people start speeding and driving recklessly to get to their next store. Along with tons of new cheap, high-quality goodies, you can acquire life skills that you will keep forever. If you haven’t started looking for Black Friday ads and deals after reading this, I recommend you highly reconsider the option, carefully; but if you don’t end up going out, maybe consider making another pie for your family members that did. As it turns out, two pies weren’t enough! Photos Courtesy Of: flickr.com
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