It's the day after Thanksgiving, and well, I'm at work again

sharann, BSN, RN · Nov 26, 2004

Shopping incidents? O.k, tell more please. Are people mauled fighting over a sweater at Target or what? People suffering from cold exposure from waiting outside a store for 6 hours before it opens? Gosh, I stay as far away from malls day after T-day. Hope your day goes well. :)

Carotid · Nov 26, 2004

(pt brought in by ems in full spinals)

"neck and back pain."

how did this occur?

"i was trying to get the last portable dvd player and this other lady rammed me with her shopping cart."

boulergirl, CNA · Nov 26, 2004

Working in the ER must be SO fun the day after Thanksgiving, with all those rabid shoppers attacking each other! :rotfl:

sharann, BSN, RN · Nov 26, 2004

(pt brought in by ems in full spinals)
"neck and back pain."
how did this occur?
"i was trying to get the last portable dvd player and this other lady rammed me with her shopping cart."

:rotfl:

that's too funny(or is it sad?) :crying2:

nope, it's funny :rotfl: (in a sad way of course)

Long Term Care Columnist / Guide · Nov 27, 2004

I rarely venture anywhere near a retail establishment the day after Thanksgiving. I hate crowds anyway, and I hate pushy crowds even more. So why did I let my DH talk me into a trip into town this morning? We couldn't get NEAR the mall, Safeway was a zoo, and even Walgreens was a disaster.......clumps of people taking up an entire aisle, gawping at the nail polish, while a passel of little kids ran up and down the length of the candy aisle and the help were doing their level best to hide where the customers wouldn't find them. I couldn't blame them. Bleah. :uhoh3:

I got back my happy thoughts once we were back home and I was deep in the boxes of Christmas stuff, hauling out the 500 or so strings of lights we own, finding the treasures I bought last year after Christmas and forgot all about in the ensuing 11 months, and smiling over all the old ones. Then it was up on the chair-top, click, click, click, just me and the staple gun and the dog going ape sh** while I put up lights. I'm going for a simple but elegant look this year---draping lights over everything that'll stand still is sooooo unsophisticated---but I couldn't resist outlining the big picture window in mini-lights coupled with a strand of triple swag lights, which will frame the Christmas tree (once I get it put up, of course).

Now it's after six PM, and I'm so pooped I think I'm gonna bag it for the night. My feet hurt, my back feels like it's going to break in two at the waist line, and my knees are already beginning to protest all the climbing I've done today........and I'm not anywhere near done. But, as Clark Griswold (of Christmas Vacation fame) would say: "Hey, it's all part of the experience!!" :chuckle

boulergirl, CNA · Nov 28, 2004

My mom, sister and I braved the traffic last night at the Mall of Georgia to see a movie. AAUUGGHH!!! I've been driving in Gwinnett County traffic for four years now, so I'm used to it, but they're not. Mom couldn't believe how aggressive people were about grabbing a parking spot. Downright RUDE at times.

traumakimmy · Dec 3, 2004

people were sleeping outside of our bestbuy t-day night. one came in c/o frostbite. IT WASN'T COLD ENOUGH IN OHIO THAT NIGHT!!! NOT BY 25 DEGREES. nice try though.