Gotta have your priorities straight

I have just returned from a "Black Friday" excursion to check WalMart's early specials. Holy cow. There was a line to get into the parking lot. People had made their own parking spaces, though by 11:30 a few legit spots had opened up. Some customers must have left to get to Target by midnight...
Inside, the line for a register was beyond anything I've ever seen in my life. Not only that, but there were lines already for the specials to be released at midnight. Military security needs to study Walmart's methods. They have a quite effective strategy for keeping the goodies secure until zero hour. At each of the secret stations, there were dozens in line, snaking up and down the aisles.
It needs to be said, though some will take offense: All these hundreds (thousands?) of customers had arranged their lives, inconvenienced themselves and others, and sacrificed some beauty sleep. But just try and get most of them to come to a meeting at their child's school. It's like asking for the miracle of the loaves and the fishes. You just gotta have your priorities straight.