After my first Christmas in the UK, I was introduced to 'Boxing Day Sale' by friends at the Christmas party.
"You just should go", "it's an experience." they said.
"Even if you dont buy anything, you must go and see the crowds go mad". Well coming from India, watching, 'crowds go mad' was not particularly something I hadnt seen, but in a western country.. ..
So I decided to give it a try. I woke up at 5:30 am to make it to the 'Next' sale , supposedly one of the best 'Boxing Day Sale' shops.
While I waited in line, amongthe first ten, to get a good chance to buy something worthwhile, I was shocked when the time came to get in.
At 6 am the usher literally ushered us into the store, the crowd behind me was so eager to get in ,Ii didnt have to walk , the crowd took me in. This is exactly the same 'pushy' feeling one experiences in a mumbai local train, when he or she is stuck in the way of commuters who want to get off and he or she doesnt!
By the time I realised what was happening, I saw people almost tearing the clothes off the hangers and stuffing it into their shopping baskets. Beats me, how they got their hands on one. They gathered and collected and stuffed their bags and pockets and whatever else could accomodate store stuff, as though they were starved and were collecting food bags thrown from helicopters.
|Then they sprinted to get to the beeline of even faster shoppers who got there before them!
While I was being pushed and shoved and abused and even hit, by shoppers, I just didnt figure out how I thought I would be able to choose something, let alone buy anything thing no this crazy day!
No guesses for why the day is called boxing day ! That was the first and last time I ever shopped on Boxing day, not worth it, I say!
And now with people getting bolder and murdering to get a discount, I am totally off the boxing day sale. Anybody wanna say otherwise?
"You just should go", "it's an experience." they said.
"Even if you dont buy anything, you must go and see the crowds go mad". Well coming from India, watching, 'crowds go mad' was not particularly something I hadnt seen, but in a western country.. ..
So I decided to give it a try. I woke up at 5:30 am to make it to the 'Next' sale , supposedly one of the best 'Boxing Day Sale' shops.
While I waited in line, amongthe first ten, to get a good chance to buy something worthwhile, I was shocked when the time came to get in.
At 6 am the usher literally ushered us into the store, the crowd behind me was so eager to get in ,Ii didnt have to walk , the crowd took me in. This is exactly the same 'pushy' feeling one experiences in a mumbai local train, when he or she is stuck in the way of commuters who want to get off and he or she doesnt!
By the time I realised what was happening, I saw people almost tearing the clothes off the hangers and stuffing it into their shopping baskets. Beats me, how they got their hands on one. They gathered and collected and stuffed their bags and pockets and whatever else could accomodate store stuff, as though they were starved and were collecting food bags thrown from helicopters.
|Then they sprinted to get to the beeline of even faster shoppers who got there before them!
While I was being pushed and shoved and abused and even hit, by shoppers, I just didnt figure out how I thought I would be able to choose something, let alone buy anything thing no this crazy day!
No guesses for why the day is called boxing day ! That was the first and last time I ever shopped on Boxing day, not worth it, I say!
And now with people getting bolder and murdering to get a discount, I am totally off the boxing day sale. Anybody wanna say otherwise?
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