Black Thursday and Friday StoriesThis past Thursday there was an unbelievable sale for laptops that was airing on tv and in the paper leading up to Thanksgiving. It was a $500 laptop for $300 at Heb plus. My nephew had been wanting to get one for a long time so I thought this was a perfect opportunity to get him one for Christmas. So early morning me and my wife rolled up around 2 am to get in line. Waiting for the Wii and Xbox 360 taught me a lesson to be prepared to wait in line. I had my folding chair, my blanket, my ipod, my laptop and was bundled up ready to go. Whatever you do unless you have someone with you to hold your spot, never bring anything to drink. The last thing you want to do is get out of line to go take a piss and come back and they make you get to the end of the line. When we got there we were 10th in line so I figured I was probably guaranteed to get a laptop. Finally about 5 am an hour before store opening a store employee came out and announced there were 32 laptops in stock. They announced there wasnt going to be any vouchers handed out but there would be police officers on duty and we were going to walk to the area in an orderly line.
What turned from a core group of 20 people that waited for at least 2 hours turned into a mob of over 100 people by store opening at 6 am. They finally opened the store around 6:05 and we started to enter in an orderly fashion walking to the back corner of the store to the electronic dept. After walking about 50 feet I turn my head and out of the corner of my eye I see people forcing themself in and about 20 people are already in a full sprint running down a side aisle towards electronics. I break out into a full sprint and when I get to the back I dive in the bottom of the pile under someones legs and grab a laptop. There were only 5 left! When I looked around at the people who had a laptop I saw about 5 people who were at the end of the line and just got there at 6! Probably about 5 - 10 people who waited a long time were screwed out of a laptop. If I wouldnt have got to one in time I know I would have ripped one out of someones hand and drop kicked them if i had to. It was f*&kin ridiculous how the situation was handled.
On Friday Toys R Us had Microsoft Zunes on sale from $200 down to $80 bucks. My ipod mini is on the fritz and plus i want to watch movies so I had to get one. I got there with nephew at 2 am and we were the 4th and 5th people in line. About 4am an employee said they thought they only had 4 in stock so I thought one of us were going to be screwed. Which this of course would have been my nephew, especially if he wanted to get home. But luckily about 30 minutes later she came back out and said they actually had six in stock.
By 5am the store opening it was a friggin zoo. People were lined up all around the store as far as I could see. The entire parking lot was filled and half the next one. There was one clown who showed up in a limo and another jackhole in a brand new Hummer blasting music. Luckily here they were smart enough to hand out vouchers and let only 10 people in at a time. There were so many people pissed they didnt get a Zune but a lot of people were there to buy a nintendo wii which they said they had about 75 in stock. Overall there was some crazy crap going down and a few people told me their previous nightmare stories. Im just glad i got my stuff and didnt have to punch someone out in the process.
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Hey man, that's some funny shit. hahahahahaha. At HEB I can envision you slamming into fuckers like a Backroom Moshpit trying to get a laptop. Remember the Mosh Pit that you started ( or attempted to ) at the Backroom that night back in the day. They're were like only 3 other people standing there in front on the big stage and this was pre-concert remember ( who was even playing ? Dynamite Boy maybe ?? ) and we were at the Bar, you were already smashed and you said " Fuck this, let's get a moshpit going. " ..and then you immediately took off running balls to the wall full speed towards this random guy who was standing in front of the stage watching someone tune a guitar. You slammed into this dude at 100 mph. That dude's beer said " check ya later. " He spun around and was like " What the Fuck " and you unapologetically yelled " Come'on let's Mosh !!! " That was fucking awesome. Sooo Classic. Oh and remember the time at the Offspring Concert at Austin Music Hall ( the first one ) where Jamie and I got into a friendly pushing contest and he pushed my ass into that middle aged couple and the woman's drink said " hello floor. " and it was a $7.00 screwdriver. Which I had to buy her another one and Jamie was like " Oh well that's what ya get fa mess'in with me." That couple was dressed like they just walked off of a golf course. What were they doing there anyway. That was the night of the " Mosh Pit of Injury. " Jerry Gant getting punched in the nuts, me getting elbowed in the face and knocked down and briefly out. Then that big shirtless mexican dude wanting to go mono y mono like every 2 seconds. Did you end up being unscathed in that pit, I forgot. That was the concert where my memories are only a green guitar, and hearing Noodles yell " Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya " in the song All I Want. And that's all I remember, that 44 ounces of straight wild turkey Aikman'ed my ass that night. Remember that was the Wild Turkey from you and Jamie's fridge at Austin Park Apts... that shit had been in there for ages. Hahahahahahahaha...good times.
ToNy
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