This is shocking. It is downright unAmerican tell ‘ya.
Bucking the incredibly lucrative trend for retailers to stay open during Thanksgiving, bulk food utopia Costco has announced that they would stay closed during the holiday, which is seriously blowing our minds with its lunacy.
According to the Huffington Post, Costco is trying out this weird, newfangled idea of giving their workers time off on a national holiday. Why, you ask? Why not squeeze an extra shopping day out of the holiday season? Why deprive America of a 300-pack of paper napkins and a sack of dried cranberries on the day that people need it most? Why, why, why?!
“Our employees work especially hard during the holiday season, and we simply believe that they deserve the opportunity to spend Thanksgiving with their families,” Paul Latham, the company’s vice president for membership and marketing, wrote in an email to The Huffington Post. “Nothing more complicated than that.”
Oh, this is preposterous, Paul Latham. Costco believes that Thanksgiving is a time for people to rest and give thanks for simple blessings in their lives like families and friends? Psh. That’s so silly. Almost as silly as paying employees competitive wages and providing 401ks. Costco, you jokers.
PS. Shopping on Thanksgiving is for losers.
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This story is depressing because it is the exception. What could people really need to shop for on Thanksgiving? We will see the same sad normal news stories, people camping outside to get a deal instead of spending time with friends and family.
And Walmart thinks that they’ll be AOK if they give their employees Thanksgiving dinner when they have to work.
Talk about an empty gesture by Walmart!
Sounds Good to Me. You can always hit Wawa or the Food Store for that last minute item. Family Values and Spending time with the your loved ones. The Republican Way Wallmart!
Trader Joe’s has always been closed on Thanksgiving for the same reason.