No one — and I mean, no one — could ever prepare us for the sights of Black Friday in Britain.
With Black Friday in full swing, queues — I mean, lines — of hundreds upon hundreds of people flocking to shopping malls to avail of the outrageously slashed prices and drop-dead deals. Flat-screen TVs, toys, and luxury goods were loaded into carts, with store employees hustling to restock displays and man the tills as efficiently as possible. It’s a mad, mad, mad shopping day, and the day has barely begun.
And so it seems, in Britain too.
In 7 hours I’ll be outside a south London Tesco Extra store filming Black Friday shoppers. Tune in from 4am for (possibly chaotic) updates.
— Joe Nerssessian (@joenerssessian) November 26, 2015
If this is the kind of scenario Americans braved on this fateful day, what sort of insanity had been wrought in Britain’s fair isles? The crush of people was just… too much.
Probably only 20 people still in the queue. It’s not even 6am but Tescos has seen all its #BlackFriday shoppers. pic.twitter.com/RAjDwWD7nv — Kalhan Rosenblatt (@KalhanR) November 27, 2015
Sheer terror.
This is madness. #blackfriday pic.twitter.com/c4ZuIJYdQD
— Ryan Hooper (@RyanJHooper) November 27, 2015
I can barely breath watching this footage.
All very calm as the shutters came up. Asked by staff to stop filming #BlackFriday pic.twitter.com/IcXOw8gmXN — Joe Nerssessian (@joenerssessian) November 27, 2015
It’s a practical zombie apocalypse out there.
People are queuing in an orderly form as security man the doors pic.twitter.com/Zur6mxGG9d
— lauren brown (@lauren_brown25) November 27, 2015
Oh, the humanity!
ABSOLUTE CARNAGE* as security guard tips off woman that iPads aren’t being discounted. *She sighed and walked off. #BlackFriday — Joe Nerssessian (@joenerssessian) November 27, 2015
What IS the world coming to?!
Free mince pies being handed outside Tesco in Cardiff ahead of #BlackFriday event. Its all very cordial at the moment.
— Benjamin Wright (@benwrightjourno) November 27, 2015
This scene’s enough to make you want to curl up in a corner and cry.
Pandemonium in M&S pic.twitter.com/yo0uLD9lmd — Bryan Roberts (@BryanRoberts72) November 27, 2015
It’s crystal clear; consumerism has just gone too far.
People are being let in 10 at a time, “It’s the way it goes first come first served” said one shopper, adding “no fighting this year”
— lauren brown (@lauren_brown25) November 27, 2015
I want my mommy.
It’s all kicking off outside Argos now #BlackFriday pic.twitter.com/tY7aZB9VRz — Kate (@KateSamuelson) November 27, 2015
The evidence is clear — extreme consumerism brings out the worst in humans. Absolutely hair-raising.
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