NY Daily News:
A worker died after being trampled and a woman miscarried when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island Wal-Mart Friday morning, witnesses said.
The unidentified worker, employed as an overnight stock clerk, tried to hold back the unruly crowds just after the Valley Stream store opened at 5 a.m.
Witnesses said the surging throngs of shoppers knocked the man down. He fell and was stepped on. As he gasped for air, shoppers ran over and around him.
“They took the doors off the hinges. He was trampled and killed in front of me. They took me down too…I literally had to fight people off my back.”
It’s a madhouse out there.
PATHETIC.
This makes me really angry—and embarrassed.
We should be ashamed of ourselves for letting this ridiculous mess happen. Everything about it. The Wal-Mart store’s existence in its current state. The massive hype of “deals” that are never really good (it’s retail). The psychosis of Black Friday early-morning rushing and the artificial scarcity created by the retailers to inflate this mania more every year. The mental state of hundreds of people willing to wake up at 4 AM to wait in a giant mob in the cold for an hour then trample a man to death to save $30 on a crappy off-brand TV — all under the guise of giving people stuff they don’t need to celebrate the birth of a man who told people 2000 years ago to be kind to each other, be humble, live beneath your means, and help those less fortunate. (An out-of-control society killed him, too).—
Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede
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haha- last year these guys got me through life
I don't understand NASCAR...
So I always thought NASCAR was simple. Just step on the gas and womp. BUT, its all about gasoline consumption and tire wear. That alot of math. Thats divison. Pretty hard for a redneck. Thats some sixth grade shit. WTF.
Nuff Said.
lol yea man- when compared to frying catfish or broiling squirrel, all that science just seems over the top
Response to the plethora of stores closing (2)
Once again, please replace the word “plethora” with the word “cornucopia.” I still like it better. Just to expand on that previous post: Something just occurred to me. If the economy is looking pretty bad in midst of the most financially lucrative time of year (November, December) I would venture to imagine that we will actually start feelingthis recession/depression right after the holidays. January through April are always the slowest months for all types of businesses.
Just something to think about
another sign of the apocolypse
it’s pretty unbelievable that’s thanksgiving is thursday. it doesn’t feel like that time of year yet. not to me, at least. i think it’s partially to do with the fact that they started playing christmas music on the radio and movies on tv more than a month ago. come on. they do this every year. next year, they’ll start at the end of september, and will continue on this path until they keep christmas decorations up all year. black friday will be every friday. and the holidays, like they haven’t already, lose their meaning completely.
some call me the grinch. some call me scrooge. i don’t hate the holidays. i hate the commercialism behind them.
i heard a great idea on the radio last week. we should do the holidays every 4 years, like the olympics. 4 years are spent bidding on who will hold the festivities. uncle bill will give his reasons, as would aunt flo. then you vote, and whoever wins, hosts the holidays. and this way, having the holidays every 4 years, they’ll be that much more exciting. and instead of christmas music, we can just play the olympic theme on the radio and in malls.
genius.
nice- i second the notion
There is nothing worse in the world than thinking you have a chance when you really don’t.—
i think the only thing worse then that is thinking you do not have a chance when you really do
