I had my Black Friday experience this year! After hearing about the super deals last year, I decided that I will try to go out this year, to check it out, if nothing else. It turned out though that I needed a laptop, and learning about the deals that Best Buy had, I was ready to face the elements.
When I told my friends about it, they refused to come along to give me company and told me that I was crazy. I however was determined to have this totally American experience. I was told that getting there at 10.30 pm for a store that opened at 5.00 am was a crazy idea, but when I got there, there were easily over a hundred people ahead of me. There were entire families with tents pitched outside the store! Of course, there was plenty to keep me entertained. Two fights that cracked me up and various other conversation kept me entertained most of the time. After a 7 hour wait, I did get what I had gone there for, so it was totally worth it.
When I got back, I had trouble setting up my system and so I called customer support. To no surprise, an Indian answered and identified himself as Jack. I told him I was Sri Lankan and asked him what his real name was. From that point, we discussed everything from the recent bomb blasts in India to "Jack's" plans for the future.
He was completely informed about Black Friday and knew about the deals that were offered and then he asked me about my plans for Cyber Monday. I had no idea what that was and he explained it to me. When I talked to my American friends about it though, no one knew what Cyber Monday was!
Globalization in simple terms, is the world becoming one big village - to me, this incident defines globalization.
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