Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
I miss old school black friday. Walking off dinner shopping, getting ridiculous deals at 3 AM.
I am fully convinced that in 2018 when most stores and malls decided to start closing on Thanksgiving with the "noble" reason of "employees can spend time with their families"
It was actually to begin planning scamdemic, since obviously retailers were in on it. It is really sad because I can tell people want normal America back but everyone is too cowardly to say it because they don't want to look "bad"
As for the "family" thing I can say this, when your life depends on a retai job, getting holiday pay and extra hours is a life saver and left overs are always there when you get off. I can't imagine in these times, any employee would turn down the extra pay for platitudes and social media posturing