A salute to those brave people...

...that went shopping and that worked at retail stores on "Black Friday," the day after Thanksgiving.

To the shoppers, you are an inspiration ... for there rest of us to stay home. There's nothing quite like driving to work in the morning and passing both a Fry's Electronics, Best Buy, and Walmart, all with lines outside and full parking lots.. to make you thankful you're not at those stores. Honestly, I have a bad enough time as it is shopping at a crowded store, but now you're going to throw in more people AND bargain priced electronics? No thanks. As a whole, crowds are rude enough, but add in a great sale, and they'd probably be willing to trample you to get something.

But the people to be really proud of are the workers. To have to deal with people on a day like yesterday. Large crowds, highly coveted items.. add that to the mob mentality, and people trying to price match other stores.. talk about a headache. Plus most of these workers probably aren't making much more than minimum wage, and are not likely getting any kind of bonus for working on Black Friday. So for that, I salute you! Now about that sold-out flat screen TV...