Black Friday or chaos

[methodistgirl]

What do you think about this worker at a Walmart who got trampled
to death? I just read the news on it. I will say it's awful!
judy tooley

[sunwaiter]

trapled to death!!!?? i knew walmart were something else, but here it's beyond my understanding... was it sales time?

[marval]

Yes that was awful.

This is the story.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/...112808.article

[Corno Dolce]

So, Wal-Mart will get another *Black Eye* for not providing adequate crowd-control measures...

[sunwaiter]

makes me sick. people would't stop stepping over him because they wanted to BUY things!!!! i had to stop reading, just couldn't go on.

i was born in this world and got used to money and items, but this is more like a simpson issue come true. just thinking this death would be considered as an accident makes me want to puke.

[Corno Dolce]

People will BUY - Order, however, must be kept, by force if necessary.

[Krummhorn]

Sad, but true ... on sale days like this, people have the mindset "It's all about me" and could care less who else gets in their way or who they injure to be "first in line" for the overpriced Wii.

Personally, I stay away from shopping "mauls" like this ... I hate crowds and long lines anyway ... I am mostly an armchair shopper - do 80% of my shopping (except for food) online. It is delivered within days and sometimes much cheaper than if I had bought it in the retail store.

[Corno Dolce]

*Shopping Mauls* - Yep! Sooo true...you'll get mauled five ways from sunday.

[methodistgirl]

I went to the Walmart where I live and believe me. It was either get out
of the way or get ran over and that was yesterday when I went. The ones
who ride those motorized wheel chairs there you really have to watch out
for or get ran over. One guy was going one way and looking another.
Maybe a pretty girl. Some guys are that desperate! Rudenesss is one
factor in this madness. I do my shopping early like in october or early
november after halloween. The crowds are not so thick. I just went to
get some simple groceries and something for this bad cold I cought and
can't get rid of it.
judy tooley

[sunwaiter]

i can feel the spirit of christmas. kidding. yeah, not funny.

[Tûrwethiel]

On-line shopping is a beautiful thing.

[Corno Dolce]

If more people did their shopping and got their education and did work on-line there would be less road congestion, less oil being used, more time for family and friends, and more time for life as opposed to sitting in traffic jams, sitting in a cubicle, and all the nonsense that goes on in offices all over the world. The future will be that of tele-commuting instead of flying to different corners of the globe to attend meetings.

[Contratrombone64]

I don't blame Walmart in the slightest I'm afraid, rather I blame those people who suffered an attack of selfishness and avarice.

[Tûrwethiel]

Indeed, CT. I was talking with one of my colleagues today about how people treat each other. She is HUGELY pregnant (due in three weeks) and told me that she offered another pregnant lady her seat on the train because no one else would stand up.