yes, but it was unrelated to the shopping day... it was a personal thing between the two men... that same article said the pregnant woman's baby is ok, which is good.

Walmart Tragedy...Some Complained and Kept Shopping


Shoppers stepped over the man on the ground and streamed into the store. When told to leave, they complained that they had been in line since Thursday morning.

Kimberly Cribbs, who witnessed the stampede, said shoppers were acting like "savages."
"When they were saying they had to leave, that an employee got killed, people were yelling 'I've been on line since yesterday morning,'" she said. "They kept shopping."



They're looking at surveillance tapes with a big possibility of pressing charges. It's unfortunate that the selfishness of people really comes out during the holidays. :mad:

GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From The New York Times:
Detective Lt. Michael Fleming, who is in charge of the investigation for the And the bow on the not-so-pretty package. I am so glad she was able to finish her shopping, because, as we have learned from the maddening crowds, shopping is the most important part of the holiday season. :mad:

It turns out there was a solution to avoid this. At a Wal-Mart in my area, they opened at midnight and allowed the customers to come in and browse. All of the Black Friday Specials were available, but the store did not honor the Black Friday prices until sale time. At about 3 am, those who were in the store were given vouchers to purchase the big ticket items they were waiting for (LCD TV) and when the sale started, the items were sold, one per voucher. There was no crush of people running around and everyone was able to get an idea where they wanted to shop first.

This is definitely something all of these stores should consider....the crush of people out in the cold for hours is utter nonsense, and breeds the contempt, violence and indifference that you saw the the New York WalMart.

Anyone that has ever camped out for Walmart sales, Xbox, Wii, Blackberry, Iphone, Star Wars openings or has ever attended a Star Trek convention should be slapped.

I am truly distressed by this man's death. I truly hope that the store goes through their tapes and at least try to recognize those first into the store.

These people are plain tacky for rushing into Wal-Mart! If I am going to camp out for a store, it is going to be Neiman's or Hermes or Wedgwood-Waterford, NOT Wal-Mart!

This is beyond disgusting! My family had a tradition of going out to the stores early. I never experienced the shoving or pushing. It's a sad day when people value a tv that will be obsolete in 6 months over someone's life.

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You don't have to be judgemental where these people were trying to shop. Not everyone in the nation is as rich as you and there are people actually suffering through the recent tough economic times. :rolleyes:


Yea that is really upsetting. They are stupid pieces of crap that will be thrown away in less than 5 years that people are acting like savages over.

I think it's really dumb on Wal-Mart's part too. They HAD to have known there were so many people outside and should have had some kind of order (a line, and security personnel). It's frustrating because I think the death could have been avoided had they at least taken some precautions. They are cheap jerks there @ Wal-Mart so I'm not surprised they didn't put any resources into this.

You'd camp out for Wedgewood or Waterford? They sell that stuff everywhere. Hell, I just saw a bunch at Costco today.

Dani, you're my hero.

Dee, I think it is. My sister and I are pretty much the opposite when it comes to this sort of thing. I only remember asking for a few things for Christmas when I was younger, and now when I look back on them, none of them were ever more than $30. My sister, on the other hand, was the complete opposite--even now, she asks for some pretty expensive things. She never utilized those basic financial lessons in college, lost her scholarships and had to come home, and ruined her credit pretty badly. Now, she has to rely on my parents for simple things like getting a credit card, cosigning on a car, and getting insurance. Forget buying a house any time soon.

My parents, bless them, do try to make it fair for us (despite the fact that I'm 27 and she's 34 and I can pretty much buy whatever I want). About a year ago, she needed some tires, and my parents got them for her. Around that same time, though, they bought me a coat that I had my eye on for a while. My sister was upset, and said that it wasn't fair that I got a coat while she got tires.

I think some people are hard-wired to be savers, and others to be spenders, even when they came up with the same financial circumstances. My parents have always been good savers and investors, and I remember some of their financial lessons. Even now, this financial climate didn't prevent my father from retiring next month, as was his plan for a few years now.

I'm not saying that your daughter will foul up like my sister, but I do think it's inborn and takes a lot of early intervention.