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Related story: Black Friday in Ventura County 2007 Part 1
Location: Kohl's in Ventura
Opening Time: 4 AM
I arrived at Ventura Kohl's 3:50am. Kohl's was scheduled to open at 4am. Kohl's was one of very few department stores in Ventura County opened so early. There was a long line reaching Barns and Noble. There were easily over a thousand people in the line. The line was long. The first person in the line must have waited for hours.
At 3:59AM I saw some people coming out from their cars and headed straight to the door (instead of going back of the line). One lady standing in the line shouted to them "The line starts back there. Don't think about cutting line!"
The door opened on time and the line started to move. Two gentlemen from Kohl's held the door open for them and gave greetings.
As soon as the line started to move more people came out from the cars and approached to the door. (below) One guy managed to blend in at 4:01am.
At 4:02am there was a huge group of people trying to cut in line. It was a scary scene. They took little baby steps toward the door... Inch by Inch. A few people started to cut in line by this time.
Below image was taken 4:05AM. It's a big mess. They were all pushing their way to the door.
You cannot see from this picture, but there were hundreds of people still in the line, behind the view.
It took about 7 minutes to have everyone in the line to get inside. All the line cutters made to the store before the last person in the line got in.
Summary:
I had a lot of fun this morning. I spent many hours tonight, and I didn't buy anything.
See you next year... Christmas here we come!
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