Black Friday Consumerism and Retail Industry Realities
Greg Carlwood and Joey Diaz discuss the irony of Black Friday occurring immediately after Thanksgiving. A retail worker describes the physical toll of opening stores at 2:30 AM for crowds of campers while simultaneously supporting social movements. The conversation highlights the contrast between American gratitude and the immediate drive for material consumption.
black friday· thanksgiving· retail· consumerism· madhouse comedy club· greg carlwood· joey diaz
00:04 In the 1930s, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addressed a nation through a series of radio broadcast known as the Fireside Chats. His aim was to reassure the common man that our society would recover from its troubled times but we're far from 1930 and I deal with a different kind of fire For a new era of worldly frustration We offer a fresh conversation! Bye! What's happening people? Greg Carlwood here occupying the fuck out of the green room at the Madhouse Comedy Club with uh, The Original Motherfucker Joey Diaz. What's up beautiful? Honored to have him here! Honored to be on this show On the blackest of Black Fridays Isn't it kinda jacked that we have a day to give thanks for everything we got and then next day let's go out an get as much new shit you can get Go spend that fucking money you worked hard for all year You know what I'm saying
01:08 Isn't that typical of American? Some people really, you know opening up at midnight and Thanksgiving. We animals now we get to the point in our lives where You need that shit that much. I actually work retail, retail is my livelihood and it kind of sucks you know? I'm kind of trapped but i mean...I was up at 2 30 this morning to get to my store To open the store there's people camping out before i get there And in the meantime when i'm off work unsupporting the occupy movement It's kinda fucking total opposite ends of spectrum How do you feel about the Occupy Movement? I could do some regular questions and stuff, but I want to get deep with you while we can. Here's some stuff that might not be here anywhere else. Get to ask me some things of them... No no, whatever you want to talk about. How do you feel about the Occupy Movement man for real? I feel like the Occupy Movement has to be done in this country but it has to be done on a different level like i was saying the other night We're using an approach that is very 60's. We have computers, we have technology
