Tis the season to get trampled.....fa-la-la-la-la

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=9&u=/ap/20031129/ap_on_re_us/trampled_shopper_2

A woman was trampled at Walmart during a Black Friday sale.............

It's good to see that the Christmas Spirit isn't dead..........That we celebrate the birth of Christ by knocking down women to get a good price on poor-quality electronics.

Bravo.

That's so fucking rediculous

fuck it. I'm shopping exclusivly online this year

I love the Wal-Mart apologies and condolences at the end. I wonder how often this happened across the country (if often at all).

I know I'm going to hell for this, but this made me laugh really fucking hard.

Wow- Wal-Mart really DOES care!

Sounds like she already had that sorted

Seriously though, what the fuck is wrong with people?!

Spike

Peace on Earth Good will towards men..

Walmart doesn't have shit on Toys R Us. That place is insane. I spent 3hrs there......IN LINE!! People were actually fighting over toys.

Great minds, eh, MisterSatan?
Spike

Ohh...Christmas. Brings joy to my heart to see a story like this.

Indeed, my friend.

Is it just me or did everything in this article sound more like a cow stampede more than some elephant stampede?

"Paramedics called to the store found VanLester unconscious on top of a DVD player, surrounded by shoppers seemingly oblivious to her..."

I know the whole cattle comparison's stale, but when you read something like this, it freshens it up all over again.

I'm doing all my christmas shopping out of dumpsters this year.

Or just do what I do.


I'm not shopping at all this year. or any other year for that matter.

Apt, Mr. Jesus - after all, why should one purchase presents for others on their birthday...

In all seriousness, folks (yah right, who'm I kiddin ) moomoo indeed. Stale is the sheep metaphor (unfortunately still apt but stale) the cow metaphor is much fresher than you'd think. Let this be a lesson - all of us who were online looking at boobies yesterday win the "Least Likely to 'Mooooo' at Walmart" prize! YAY US!

Five dollar check to anyone who yells "Look, Dale Junior!"

There was a stocktake sale in town where I live.

Total results:
2 concussions
3 fractured legs
1 broken arm
And lots of minor injuries

People started to fight.

One lady chained herself to a fridge.

Another lady walked out with a microwave, only to discover later that she was missing the tips of her fingers. Ouch.

~ EyesOnly ~

Christmas! Humbug!

Well, at least in Australia, the weather is nice this time of year for these sales. It was about 25 degrees here (that's -4C for our friends on the metric system), and, yet, there were long lines outside some of those stores.

Waiting in a queue for hours on end in subzero temperatures for the privilege of getting trampled on a Black Friday is about as sensible as some of the other stupid stuff people do.

Is this like Darwin's law in action? Stupid people who do not survive their shopping trip remove themselves from the genepool. Wicked.

[Edited on Nov 30, 2003 by EyesOnly]

Why is it called "Black Friday?"

we make our presents in my family.

Whatever, that's what the bitch gets for waiting outside a fucking Walmart at 6 in the morning. I mean, really.

I like what huk says. I've always made presents too...

And they call it Black Friday, because Jesus was black. It wasn't until the middle ages, when the white man appropriated one more thing invented by the black man. First it was Jesus, then the blues, then rap...it's fucked up.

Even though it kind of ruins the spirit of Christmas -- any presents I haven't gotten for people yet are getting ordered online.

I think it's hilarious that most people are familiar with the term Black Friday in reference to the day after Thanksgiving and that many people use it. But they don't know what it means.

It's a retail industry term. Most retail stores have very seasonal business. It's slow in the spring and summer, aside from a couple small spikes during the holidays. With the cost of merchandise and overhead (rent, labor, utilities, etc), most retail stores actually are operating at a net loss (otherwise known as in the red) for much of their fiscal year. The big holiday shopping season makes up for all that. The day after thanksgiving is usually a huge day for any retailer, doing enough business that it marks the turn of the tide and the start of actual profitability (putting the store into the black) - hence the term.

My condolences to anyone working the wide world of retail. While I learned a lot in my years working for retail chains, the hours were hellish, and the customers were awful. Add to it the whole nightmare of opening new stores and the hiring/training thing, and I'm very very glad to not be doing that anymore.

trilo