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5 Things Every Retail Worker Knows to be True on Black Friday

Tis' the season for shopping

Konstantina C

Nov 27, 2016

Loyola University Chicago

5 Things Every Retail Worker Knows to be True on Black Friday

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It is the start to the Holiday Season, finally. Made it to Thanksgiving, but the day after is notorious for it's shopping sales and the beginning to gift-buying season. Black Friday has evolved into this national holiday, one that is known for it's amazing sales and deals for all the consumers. But Black Friday to retail workers is just known as the worst day to work.

Here are 5 things all retail workers who work Black Friday know to be true_:

1. Every year we try to convince ourselves that it will not be as bad, that the madness will end.

2. It is the one day of the year those in the retail business dread to work.

3. The feeling you get right before your long shift begins...

4. But it is also the greatest feeling in the world when your shift is finally over...

5. Black Friday may be every retail workers nightmare...but this is only the start to the Holiday Season

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