Wal-Mart worker dies after shoppers knock him down

[mickie88]

didn't know where to put this other than here....move it if it need be please.

NEW YORK – A worker was killed in the crush Friday after a throng of shoppers eager for post-Thanksgiving bargains burst through the doors at a suburban Wal-Mart, authorities said.

At least four other people were injured, and the store in Valley Stream on Long Island was closed.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in Bentonville, Ark., called the incident a "tragic situation" and said the employee came from a temporary agency and was doing maintenance work at the store.

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i love their last statement: The safety and security of our customers and associates is our top priority," Fogleman said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with them and their families at this difficult time."


thats why they require transwomen to use the mens room. some safety if you ask me.

[lisagurl]

Well two people were killed by gun fire in a ToysR US in Ca today. Spread the holiday spirit. Consume.

[Shana A]

didn't know where to put this other than here....move it if it need be please.

Mickie,

I moved this to General discussions since it wasn't LGBT specific.

Thanks for posting it, sad news, this and also the ToysRUs story.

Makes me want to go into hibernation for a few decades in the hopes that the world will be a more compassionate place when I return...

Z

[RebeccaFog]

That poor man wasn't even 40 years old yet.  To add insult to injury, he was from a temp agency.  This happened to someone who they wouldn't hire straight out because they're too cheap to care for their employees.

[Aiden]

Dang ridicules.  People need better control, and these stores need to limit the numbers of how many can come in at a time.  Next thing know going have to have police lined up outside every store on black friday.  Still even then probably wouldn't do much good.  People are so concerned about getting the perfect gift they rather stand out waiting to face a hellhouse and trample people than look for sales by other means.

[sd]

Exactly why I hate the holiday season, people just go insane.

I heard people were camping out in front of stores for days.
What the hell?
Camping out to go shopping?

Seriously, people need to get a life and a clue.

[je]

Wow, just wow.

[justme]

the police are reviewing the tape to see who walk on the employee.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081129/ap_on_re_us/wal_mart_death;_ylt=AgiMkIlSQX3yOTnpFoUR4QSs0NUE 

[tekla]

There has been a movement - not very successful I might add - called "Buy Nothing Day, which boycotts Black Friday for a number of reasons.  This one as much as any.

[Shana A]

There has been a movement - not very successful I might add - called "Buy Nothing Day, which boycotts Black Friday for a number of reasons.  This one as much as any.

I've celebrated it for a few years since I first heard of it. I've always disliked society's reducing the holidays to a shopping spree. And this recent event just adds to reasons for it.

Z

[lisagurl]

I've always disliked society's reducing the holidays to a shopping spree

It is marketing not society. People follow the media like sheep.

[Shana A]

I've always disliked society's reducing the holidays to a shopping spree

It is marketing not society. People follow the media like sheep.

Our society enables the marketers to exist, and yes, people also let themselves be manipulated.

Z

[Kate Thomas]

The police should have shut the registers down and cleared the store.
but they would have had a riot if they did that.

[RebeccaFog]

There has been a movement - not very successful I might add - called "Buy Nothing Day, which boycotts Black Friday for a number of reasons.  This one as much as any.

every day is 'buy nothing day' for me.   

[RebeccaFog]

The police should have shut the registers down and cleared the store.
but they would have had a riot if they did that.

I know. The people will riot over shopping, but not over a useless war. 

Bah! Humbug!             

[tekla]

My rule of thumb is, if I don't have your Xmas present by Halloween, you ain't getting one.

[RebeccaFog]

my rule of thumb is much shorter - "you ain't getting one."


It makes it easy.

sure, i don't get anything, but i don't want anything.

[Kaitlyn]

Dang ridicules.  People need better control, and these stores need to limit the numbers of how many can come in at a time.  Next thing know going have to have police lined up outside every store on black friday.  Still even then probably wouldn't do much good.  People are so concerned about getting the perfect gift they rather stand out waiting to face a hellhouse and trample people than look for sales by other means.

I thought I'd read somewhere that the store already had police on site.

[Kaitlyn]

Also, to be perfectly fair, not many people in America are familiar with mob stampedes.  We really don't have the population density where we'd experience that danger frequently, but we do have just enough density in places that a lot of us have become accustomed to crowds and blind to the threat.

... not to mention that a lot of us believe that people are better than this.

[tekla]

People - as individuals - are better than this.  However, all people are animals first, and this is just herd mentality.  A much baser, and stronger, instinct.