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Black Friday
Nov. 28th, 2014 10:28 amAnd if you criticise anything about it, you are a sneering snob (Twitter, passim). Because it's about enabling those on low incomes to buy cheaply!
Well, I know nothing about the personal circumstances of those fighting in shops, other than that they are free on a busy Friday and have access to cash or credit cards. But I do know that the shop assistants struggling to serve them can't take the day off to do their own shopping. It's just as well shop work is so famous for excellent pay and conditions, isn't it?
Except that of course shop work is notorious for precisely the opposite. It's also a job mostly done by women. One of those "funny, that" moments.
Well, I know nothing about the personal circumstances of those fighting in shops, other than that they are free on a busy Friday and have access to cash or credit cards. But I do know that the shop assistants struggling to serve them can't take the day off to do their own shopping. It's just as well shop work is so famous for excellent pay and conditions, isn't it?
Except that of course shop work is notorious for precisely the opposite. It's also a job mostly done by women. One of those "funny, that" moments.
