The World According to Carl

‘Tis the day after Thanksgiving and the after-Thanksgiving sales are in full swing. The crowds will be insanely large at malls throughout the country. And I’m probably going to get stuck right in the middle of one. I’ve noticed that the older I get, the more my dislike of crowds increases. When I was a kid, I loved going to places where it was crowded and noisy. Malls. Football games. Indoor concerts. But nowadays, I prefer an open airy and quiet, serene feeling when I go out. I guess I’m turning into an “old fogey.” Oh, well.

UPDATE: I was “volunteered” to drive my wife and her Mom to the Tanger Outlet Center in Foley, Alabama on “black Friday” and I can honestly say that there is nothing on sale that would get me back out in a nightmarish crowd like that again. After dropping them off, it took me over 45 minutes just to find a parking space. Never again!

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