Attention Walmart Shoppers!

TheMercenary · 11-30-2008, 01:22 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/ny...30walmart.html

Aliantha · 11-30-2008, 03:11 PM

That's disgusting behaviour.

Why can't Americans learn to queue like the Brits?

morethanpretty · 12-01-2008, 05:31 PM

That was such a sick story. To top it off, the shoppers protested and got pissed off when they were told they had to leave because someone had died. They didn't want to lose their precious bargains. It makes me angry that we've become so materialistic and focused on ourselves. There were other injuries too, an 8mo pregnant woman was one.

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/200...n.html?ref=rss

classicman · 12-01-2008, 08:37 PM

Rumor had it that the man who got killed did so while trying to protect her. I do NOT know if thats true, but I heard them speculating about it on the radio this am.

TheMercenary · 12-01-2008, 08:39 PM

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That was such a sick story. To top it off, the shoppers protested and got pissed off when they were told they had to leave because someone had died. [/url]

Demoncrats.

Obama voters.

SquidGirl · 12-02-2008, 10:32 AM

I think that 1) Walmart should have better crowd control and 2) the whole store should automatically kick everyone out and ban sales for the day. It's not the first person, or just the second, it's a massive group of people who are pushing, shoving and as a group have created this situation. Of coarse they would never close down the store or do anything different because of the free publicity (even if it is negative) and the enormous amount of revenue that day creates. Every year someone gets trampled it seems. I seriously think that these situations were not appropriately dealt with. Also, what's on sale so crazy that the crowd is shoving to get in? I don't care enough about things to push and shove and do a mad rush to get in.

glatt · 12-02-2008, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by SquidGirl

Also, what's on sale so crazy that the crowd is shoving to get in? I don't care enough about things to push and shove and do a mad rush to get in.

Oh, come on. Wouldn't you kill someone for a chance to save $25 on a tv? I think we all would.

sweetwater · 12-02-2008, 10:51 AM

It's appalling, yes, although I don't see much difference between this mob and soccer, football, or some concert crowds. They all scare me!

xoxoxoBruce · 12-02-2008, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Oh, come on. Wouldn't you kill someone for a chance to save $25 on a tv? I think we all would.

No, but I might kill anyone trying to force me into walmart.

TheMercenary · 12-02-2008, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

That's disgusting behaviour.

Why can't Americans learn to queue like the Brits?

They must be watching Soccer in the EU and learned it from there.

wolf · 12-02-2008, 10:11 PM

A couple of the shoppers who were in the crowd that trampled the guy are already suing Walmart for back and neck pain.

monster · 12-02-2008, 10:22 PM

I'd sue them for the mess on my shoe. Blood doesn't come out easily, you know, and these are real faux suede.

Aliantha · 12-03-2008, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

They must be watching Soccer in the EU and learned it from there.

Maybe. I get the joke (I was making a pun on a comment Dana made on some other thread even), but really, I can't find anything funny in that sort of behaviour anywhere.

Why must people get themselves into such a frenzy as to cause physical harm to themselves and others? I can't remember ever having felt that way myself and in fact, I usually avoid those sorts of super sales for that very reason. It's obviously not only happening in America. It happens everywhere.

11-30-2008, 01:22 PM	#1
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11-30-2008, 03:11 PM	#2
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	That's disgusting behaviour. Why can't Americans learn to queue like the Brits? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-01-2008, 05:31 PM	#3
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	That was such a sick story. To top it off, the shoppers protested and got pissed off when they were told they had to leave because someone had died. They didn't want to lose their precious bargains. It makes me angry that we've become so materialistic and focused on ourselves. There were other injuries too, an 8mo pregnant woman was one. http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/200...n.html?ref=rss __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

12-01-2008, 08:37 PM	#4
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Rumor had it that the man who got killed did so while trying to protect her. I do NOT know if thats true, but I heard them speculating about it on the radio this am. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

12-02-2008, 10:51 AM	#8
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	It's appalling, yes, although I don't see much difference between this mob and soccer, football, or some concert crowds. They all scare me! __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

12-02-2008, 10:32 AM	#6
SquidGirl Colloquialist Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Cavern in Mount Pleasant, MI Posts: 79	I think that 1) Walmart should have better crowd control and 2) the whole store should automatically kick everyone out and ban sales for the day. It's not the first person, or just the second, it's a massive group of people who are pushing, shoving and as a group have created this situation. Of coarse they would never close down the store or do anything different because of the free publicity (even if it is negative) and the enormous amount of revenue that day creates. Every year someone gets trampled it seems. I seriously think that these situations were not appropriately dealt with. Also, what's on sale so crazy that the crowd is shoving to get in? I don't care enough about things to push and shove and do a mad rush to get in.

12-02-2008, 10:11 PM	#11
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	A couple of the shoppers who were in the crowd that trampled the guy are already suing Walmart for back and neck pain. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-02-2008, 10:22 PM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I'd sue them for the mess on my shoe. Blood doesn't come out easily, you know, and these are real faux suede. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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