This is why I have lost faith in humanity.

[Psycom5k]

Black Friday WalMart Worker Trampled to Death by Deal-Crazed Black Friday Shoppers
By Adam Frucci, 12:39 PM on Fri Nov 28 2008

OK, Black Friday has officially gotten out of hand. A 34-year-old WalMart employee was trying to hold back the crowds at a Long Island store this morning at 5am, when they took the doors off their hinges and stormed the store. The man fell down and was trampled by over 200 people as he gasped for air. It's sad and despicable, and it's equally the fault of the dehumanized shoppers and the WalMart store it happened at.

Why was there no line set up? Why didn't they let in a reasonable amount of people at a time? What kind of method is it to just allow hundreds of people to cram up against the doors, waiting for them to open? They may have wanted some photo op of people surging through the doors, but they willfully created a very dangerous situation.

Can you imagine if, say, the Apple store did this when the iPhone was launched? Or when the Wii was launched? When a large amount of people are expected for a retail event, organization is needed, otherwise it creates a dangerous situation. This man's death is on WalMart's hands.

As for the people who did the trampling, well, I hope their cheap crap was worth it. They'll have to live with the human costs of their deals for the rest of their lives. [NY Daily News]

Two men kill each other in Toys R Us shootout

PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) -- Two people are dead in a Black Friday shooting at a crowded Toys "R" Us in Palm Desert, Calif.

City Councilman Jim Ferguson says police have told him that the victims were two men with handguns who shot each other.

The councilman says his question is: who takes a loaded gun into a toy store. And his answer is: "I doubt it was the casual holiday shopper." Authorities are still investigating but indicate the shooting may have been gang related.

A manager at a gym across the street says people rushed in crying and shaking.

One woman says she was in the store looking at coloring books with her two young boys when there was a commotion in the next aisle. She thought it was a scramble for a sale, then heard gunshots. She says her four-year-old grabbed her leg and said he didn't want to die.

She said she froze, and store employees calmly escorted her out of the store.

Toys "R" Us officials did not immediately return calls seeking comment.

Palm Desert is about 120 miles east of Los Angeles.

The Palm Desert Police Department received calls of shots fired around 11:35 a.m., Riverside County sheriff's Sgt. Dennis Gutierrez said.

He said officers were still investigating what prompted the gunshots.

This just sickens me, I cannot believe that people care more about getting fucking christmas presents than another human beings life. I'm sure MD will get a kick out of this though.

[Dante'sInferno]

That's fucking pathetic.There is no excuse for that.Fucking idiots.

[hacelikewhoa]

Now that's just ridiculous. Wtf is the world coming to that human beings are seriously this materialistic? People need to stop buying peoples love. Your families WILL survive without a certain gift that you so desperately want to get them. jeez.

[Freak]

I lost faith in humanity along time ago.I work at a K-Mart and I worked this morning and it was pure chaos.Nothing as extreme as what happend in some other areas but someone did spit on another co worker of mine because we where out of stock of a certain item she wanted.

Oh and it was 1 in the afternoon and she was mad we where out.If you really want something on Black Friday common sense would tell you to get there a little earlier.But then again most people lack common sense.

[La Chat Noire]

When I worked at Best Buy we had a customer take off her shoe and thrown it at my coworkers head. People are fucking crazy.

[ferretchucker]

That first guys life was taken away because some guy couldn't take the time to organize things before hand. Absolutely sickening.

[Psycom5k]

Originally Posted by ferretchucker

That first guys life was taken away because some guy couldn't take the time to organize things before hand. Absolutely sickening.

But then why do hundreds of people need to break down a door that is locked and closed, they snapped it off the hinges and trapped the person underneath the doors. I hate Walmart, but for once its not their fault. Thats how I see it.

[The_Return]

A nice, cheery way to usher in your return to the forum...

[The Flayed One]

When I used to sell toys, comics etc, I heard stories about this kind of shit all of the time.

Yes, I was one of the horrible people who went to the store at 3am when the toys were stocked and bought most of the good ones. However, if I had a cart full of toys and walked by a kid who wanted one, I'd always give it to them to buy. It used to sicken me when I'd go there in the afternoons. There'd be a bunch of mercs (I knew a lot of them) waiting with me, along with families. The store employee would come out with new cases of Star Wars and open them up. Most of the bastards would take off with whatever good toys they could get. I'd grab a bunch, and then make sure to ask the kids there what they were looking for. If I had it in my cart, I'd give it to them to buy. I have no problem selling to regular collectors for increased prices. That's how the business works: I was selling a service. Basically, I was willing to get up and go to the store for them at any hour, and they paid me extra for the effort.

I would never, EVER pass up handing one to a child. I don't care if I could have made $70 bucks off of it.

Every year, there was always some new hot toy people were getting mugged for in the parking lots. Some crazy thing that grown men and women would go to any lengths to get. Breaking into stores and homes for Tickle Me Elmos. I once had a guy give me his $200 trench coat and $50 cash for a Sleep N Snore Ernie. People can be fucking rediculous. A hobby is a hobby, and it's nice to be able to get the hard to come by piece. Then some asshole has to hold a knife to a working mother and take the Beanie Baby she just bought her daughter, and it becomes a sickness. Just like anything else.

So pay $3,000 if you must for your PS3 the day it comes out. I may call you an asshat, but you're not hurting anyone but yourself. Just don't take it out on someone else because your lifestyle or general laziness means you lost the first come, first serve war. If you didn't get it, you can wait like everyone else or pay the gauged price if you feel the need

[Despare]

Originally Posted by Psycom5k

But then why do hundreds of people need to break down a door that is locked and closed, they snapped it off the hinges and trapped the person underneath the doors. I hate Walmart, but for once its not their fault. Thats how I see it.

Didn't the story say they ripped the doors off the hinges AFTER the store opened?

""When the doors opened, all hell broke loose," a law enforcement source told The Post."


It was disorganized plain and simple. I went to Best Buy, Circuit City, Meijer, Micheal's, Gamestop, Bed Bath & Beyond, Borders, Staples, Target, and the mall today starting at 5 AM and all without incident.