Bargain fights aren’t Christmas
The ugly mayhem of Black Friday shoppers being pepper-sprayed, Tased and trampled for Christmas bargains screams out,”God help us, what have we become?” How did we go from an infant wrapped in...
View ArticleWatch out for angry shoppers
Christmas! Peace, joy, and goodwill. All the pretty colors; who knew the red was pepper spray? Jerry Croucher College Hill
View ArticleTime is worth something, too
“Rushing the season” (Nov. 26) on Black Friday featured Jessica Trevithick, who was shopping for electronics that will be auctioned off next April to raise money for scholarships for the College of...
View ArticleVoting vs. Black Friday
It would be interesting to know how many people found it impossible to cast their national election ballot during the month long pre-election voting process in Ohio and were therefore forced to do so...
View ArticleStay home with family on holiday
When are we, as American consumers, going to stop allowing retail to tell us when and where we should shop? When will we take back at least some of our holidays and spend them with our families? It...
View ArticleTry a little kindness this holiday season
Dear Holiday Shoppers, Please be kind to the employee helping you. Remember that they neither make or price the products you are buying. They may not know every item in the store, however, they do know...
View ArticleParking tickets mar ‘Small Business Saturday’
Saturday, November 24 was “Small Business Saturday” in Cincinnati as a contrast to Black Friday at the mall and box stores. In Mount Lookout Square at 10:30 a.m., here comes the parking meter police...
View ArticleWait until Black Friday to shop
Kudos to the letter to the editor “Distressed about holiday shopping? Strike, don’t shop” (Nov. 25). Too bad we can’t convince all shoppers to wait until Black Friday morning to shop. Just think of all...
View ArticleNew name for the holiday that precedes Black Friday
After reading “What’s open and when on Thanksgiving” (Nov. 24) about all the big box stores opening on Thanksgiving, I think I have a new name for the holiday that precedes Black Friday. From now on...
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