Welcome to the 29-Nov-2013 Post Game Show for Mojo Friday!
It seems like many of us are not shopping today, I'm one one of those (although I did run to my local grocery store earlier today!). Our survey question today will ask about your Black Friday attitudes.
Why don't I like it? Well, unlike Thanksgiving, at least it is a normal working day for many people, and a traditional shopping day. For me, its the crowds ... I hate 'em. I don't want to deal with the traffic. I don't want to deal with the parking. I don't want to deal with the mobs of people inside the stores. I especially don't want to be up at 4am or 5am to be 1st in line to a store.
Saying that, I'm grateful that I don't have to do it, to afford the things I need or gifts I'd like to give for Christmas. I can shop online. I can pay "regular" prices. That isn't true for so many ... it's true for most of those who actually have to work in retail today. It's true for many of those in the food industry. It's true for many of those in almost all service industries. For this, we need to raise our minimum wage ... significantly. For this, we need to increase social security benefits (both so those on social security can live better, but also so they might be able to afford to retire and make room in the job market for those looking for work!). For this, we need to push more aggressively for health care reform and benefits. Medicare for everyone!
I am aghast that the retail industry seems hell bent on making Thanksgiving Day a shopping day ... not caring at all that of all of our holidays and celebrations, it more than any other celebrates family and friends. And I will never support the exploitation of those least privileged. I'm glad that one remnant of the old Massachusetts Blue Laws prohibits stores from being open on Thanksgiving, and I hope it sticks. Would be great to make it a national law, don't you think?
And now for the fun!
Today's Mojo Friday diary is Mojo Friday - Black Friday, NOT! - Edition
The Mojo Friday Postgame is a statistical analysis of the Mojo Friday diary that is posted every Friday morning at 10:30 a.m. ET. For further info please check out Jez's 'Official' "Mojo Friday Snecktionary" MKinTN posted a diary to help everyone achieve greater success called How to Succeed at Mojo Friday Without Really Trying.
Congratulations to:
Participation-est: bjedward, chimene
Chattiest: chimene
Generous-est: bsegel
Snecksiest (1): Texnance, Captain C
Thanks to our most excellent host, TexDem!
Stats will be updated Sunday afternoon. Final stats will be published a week later.
First round stats, as of 4:06PM Eastern, are:
30 participants
210 comments
7.0 average comments per participant
2580 total mojo exchanged
44.3% average participation rate
Snecker-tracker:
100 : Texnance
200 : Captain C
username |
comments |
mojogiven |
comments + mojogiven |
partic% |
mojorecd |
recd diary? |
bjedward |
18 |
192 |
210 |
100.00% |
251 |
Yes |
chimene |
46 |
164 |
210 |
100.00% |
238 |
Yes |
schnecke21 |
5 |
189 |
194 |
92.38% |
76 |
Yes |
jennyp |
16 |
167 |
183 |
87.14% |
201 |
Yes |
bsegel |
1 |
181 |
182 |
86.67% |
15 |
Yes |
anotherdemocrat |
5 |
165 |
170 |
80.95% |
83 |
Yes |
Texnance |
20 |
147 |
167 |
79.52% |
293 |
Yes |
Captain C |
20 |
144 |
164 |
78.10% |
85 |
Yes |
dotdash2u |
3 |
135 |
138 |
65.71% |
13 |
Yes |
solotime |
3 |
127 |
130 |
61.90% |
53 |
Yes |
phonegery |
1 |
126 |
127 |
60.48% |
15 |
Yes |
TexDem |
36 |
90 |
126 |
60.00% |
655 |
Author |
Freedoms Road |
4 |
119 |
123 |
58.57% |
46 |
Yes |
rlharry |
2 |
116 |
118 |
56.19% |
23 |
Yes |
wdrath |
1 |
112 |
113 |
53.81% |
13 |
Yes |
woodtick |
11 |
74 |
85 |
40.48% |
202 |
Yes |
ER Doc |
1 |
76 |
77 |
36.67% |
20 |
Yes |
barefoot coyote |
1 |
71 |
72 |
34.29% |
17 |
Yes |
mungley |
4 |
63 |
67 |
31.90% |
70 |
Yes |
lavorare |
2 |
53 |
55 |
26.19% |
40 |
Yes |
VeloVixen |
3 |
34 |
37 |
17.62% |
59 |
Yes |
Common Sense Mainer |
0 |
14 |
14 |
6.67% |
0 |
Yes |
MI Sooner |
1 |
7 |
8 |
3.81% |
14 |
Yes |
blue jersey mom |
1 |
5 |
6 |
2.86% |
21 |
Yes |
Darwinian Detrius |
1 |
4 |
5 |
2.38% |
18 |
Yes |
MT Spaces |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1.43% |
12 |
Yes |
global citizen |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0.95% |
21 |
Yes |
VClib |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0.95% |
9 |
Yes |
smileycreek |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.48% |
0 |
Yes |
jan4insight |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.48% |
17 |
No |