Black Friday: Kmart in Ontario this afternoon

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Sal Mary, 40, a Rancho Cucamonga resident, was at the Kmart in Ontario trying to put a $350 black leather sleeper sofa on an 8-week layaway plan.

“It’s drama. You just have to have a lot of patience,” she said of her first Black Friday experience.

Later, Carol Hernandez, 54, an inventory clerk from Mira Loma, came to pick up the three items she had put on layaway: a tricycle, a bicycle and an Optimus Prime helmet for her grandchildren and husband.

“Usually I’m buying Disney passes for my kids and their kids, and that’s $200,” she said. “I can’t afford that anymore. No more Disney.”

Now her budget has shrunk to roughly $50 a person for her children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews. She and her husband will each spent about $200 on each other.

Also upsetting: the general Friday hoopla.

“I don’t like Black Friday,” Hernandez said. “It’s too rough. I hate being here.”

-- Baxter Holmes