Back in Black Friday

I mentioned multiple times that I currently run a book store, Booknotes, in Pikeville, Kentucky.  AS such, one would think that the day after Thanksgiving, commonly referred to as Black Friday, would be a very important time for me.  Well, for almost every year since Booknotes opened, Black Friday has not been a good time for the store.  I guess it started from about the first year.  We had flyers to put on people's cars while they were at other locations.  Well, one of the first cars had an alarm that triggered when the flyer was put on.  After that, the people putting up the flyers decided not to put any others up.  Fewer than twenty were ever dispersed.  A huge event for the store was never publicized due to that error.  Since then, Black Fridays have been "meh" to say the least.  Part of that might be coming from the fact that the store window has usually been bare, or at least under decorated for the day.  I usually start taking down the autumn and Thanksgiving decorations the Monday before Thanksgiving.  I have traditionally done the decorations for the interior of the store.  I  usually can do most, if not all, of it in a day.  Someone else usually does the window.  For some reason, it has taken them two days, or more, to finish the task.  They insist upon sweeping the area, cleaning the windows, and doing every single chore possible before actually decorating.  They agonize of where to hang the lace snowflakes, and they even complain about not having enough places for them all.  This is the one task I would have trouble doing as my hands aren't quite nimble enough to tie the knots perfectly.  Even then, the snowflakes end up in about the same places they were in the previous year.  They have to stuff the snowman just right, sometimes taking a hour or more for a task I could do in minutes.  They have to fluff the fake snow on the floor in the perfect arrangement.  I could just dump the boxes down and have a similar result in minutes.  They have to position the fake trees and little reindeer just so for some esoteric reason, as they pile the fluff just so around them.  Whatever.  The entire tableau is based on the cover from a children's book we had from the early years of the store.  Even though that book was sold, and bought back many times, we stopped carrying it.  Something about the picture book being too expensive, even though I think it's about the same price as other similar books.  Well, this year, the decorating got finished early.  While not everything is out in the window, the main tableau is done.  We will actually look open on Black Friday for the first time in years.  Now, if someone would actually come in.  I don't think we have had anyone actually come in over the weekend after Thanksgiving for a while now.  No one wants books any more, at least from us.  At least I will be there that day, as I was able to get the shopping I usually do on Friday early.  I least I beat the crowds, mostly.