The people who will benefit the most from Black Friday this year will be the ones who stay home and save their money.

At least that’s what BC freshman Brian Hayes, thinks when asked about the day-after Thanksgiving’s “commercial holiday.”

“Uh, no thank you.  I’ll be at home sleeping when everyone else is out beating each other up to buy things that are only a couple bucks off,” said Hayes. “That’s a no brainer in my opinion.”

While some individuals like Hayes may not be very amused by the advertisements flooding the television and computer screens about “big deals” and “huge savings” offered, others will jump at the opportunity of “snagging” low-priced deals on different items.

BC job development specialist Antonio Alfaro is one person that will not be wasting any time this year.

“Of course, I’ll be shopping, but instead of going early like everyone else, I’ll buy it online first and then pick it up in the store by noon,” said Alfaro.

As Alfaro arranges his shopping tactics, another BC employee Latasha Harris isn’t as enthusiastic.

“That stuff is crazy.  Heck no.  I’ll be waiting ‘til after the rush,” said Harris. “You need money to do that.”

And yet many others will agree with not “following the crowd” on Nov. 25, not only because of financial reasons, but also for safety precautions.

“Overrated is what I think,” said BC mailroom coordinator, Craig Harmon. “I think there’s not as many good deals as they say there will be. Like Wal-mart will advertise the TV’s they have for sale, but when you get there, there’s nothing left.  ‘Well, where’s the TV?’” said Harmon.

Wal-mart, along with other stores, have been said to have had safety dilemmas during the opening for lack Friday.

“It gets pretty crazy. Several people have gotten killed at those things,” said Harmon.

According to a CNN online source, there have been several cases of “Black Friday shopping disasters” that have depicted gun-shootings at toy stores, Wal-mart stampeding, and Best-Buy brawls that have involved fistfighting.

“It’s these cases that people don’t think about when they’re in the heat of the moment and are too excited about getting to the electronics they want or the perfume they want to wear,” said Harris.

Nov. 25 is not only known to be the day after Thanksgiving, but it’s known for being one of the “biggest shopping holidays of the year.”