By having stores open for only a certain amount of
hours, there’s much less of a chance of people getting hurt, or merchandise
being fought over and broken, etc. The customers get crazy on this day; it’s
almost comparable to the purge. They’re willing to do anything so that they can
get the new iPhone, or score on a cute outfit, or be able to get that flat
screen TV at the lowest price they can. People are pushed, yelled at,
merchandise is grabbed out of hands and in extreme cases, fights ensue over merchandise
that can harm themselves as well as other customers and employees. By limiting
the amount of hours, there is less of a chance that people can be harmed by the
extreme measures that are taken on this day of super good deals.
Now there will be some protest as to closing stores
after a certain amount of time on Black Friday, so it would be a much better
idea to have stores open for a few hours, close for an hour, then re-open and
let shoppers enter again. This way, there is a break between the chaos, and
employees can clean up shops, get something to eat, and customers can calm down
outside and take some time to relax, get their heads on straight, and there
will be less of a chance that more fighting will happen.
