Black Friday Blues: People Get Hurt in Crowded Stores
Following the serenity of Thanksgiving, many of us immediately pivot to the contemporary joy of Christmas - shopping. The day after Thanksgiving, many of us wake in the dark at 4 a.m., grab a coffee, and join the pilgrimage with our community to the local big box store. We patiently stand in the cold, waiting. Yes, we are talking about Black Friday. We discuss Black Friday because when the doors open, and the crowd floods in, shoppers are injured by the pushing and shoving m