Aaargh! 9 Black Friday pics that’ll make you want to run and hide

This year marks the first year that retailers in Ireland have properly embraced the idea of Black Friday, with hundreds of stores offering shopping discounts today and over the weekend.

One store manager – from Ecco Shoes on Grafton St – described this morning's scenes at 6.30am as "pandemonium," telling Today FM he had "queues down the street."

Thankfully though, the crazed shopping madness has yet to reach its peak here, in comparison to the US and the UK.

Honestly, I saw this and thought: Is there a more accurate depiction of America? pic.twitter.com/LT5mDz9XIA

— Brandon Jinx Jenkins (@Jersey_Jinx) November 27, 2015

Many US retailers opened on Thanksgiving Day this year, meaning that today's Black Friday queues have lessened a bit compared to 2014 – but a look at the above video will prove there's still a LOT of people out there wanting bargains.

And some of the Reuters photos from today and last year have us thinking online shopping might be the way to go for the next… well, forever.

1. Ah, just a relaxed stroll through the tunnel of doom

 

2. At least this woman's headgear is on point

 

3. HANDBAGS, everywhere.

 

4. The zombies shoppers have arrived

 

5. You can really feel the love in this picture

 

6. Everyone's just having a great time, y'know?

 

7. We bet this poor lad was happy to get home after his shift ended

 

8. And this lad, crushed into a corner by TVs

 

9. No. Just no. We're done.