Skip Black Friday

Continuing on the theme of shopping (do I need a new label?), there was a blurb on the news about people who had already pitched tents at the local Best Buy. Really? Because saving $100 on a 40" flat screen is worth sleeping outside in 30° weather for FOUR NIGHTS? Really?
They are conveniently opening at midnight on Thursday/Friday morning. So are other cracked retailers. Do we really need to bargain shop at 1 a.m. on Black Friday? Think of the poor employees who have to haul their butts into work after barely digesting the big family dinner so you can get a deal on a cordless drill. There is NO REASON to keep setting this "early bird special" bar further and further back. The crazies were fine with 7 a.m. Then some executive somewhere said, "If 7's good, 6 would be even better!" And so we go.
If no one shows up, they will stop the insanity. Please.