Wal-Mart worker dies in Black Friday stampede

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Look what I found!

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?se...cal&id=6529135

It seems that the baby is fine, and the woman was 28 weeks along. It would have had to take a major blow for someone to miscarry at 28 weeks with no hope for the baby at such an early stage.

Thanks for the link!

I've always felt that you have to be a special kind of stupid to get involved in those "door busting specials", but I think the stores are crazy for holding them, too. Exactly how much more money do they plan to make by opening up five hours earlier than usual? Wouldn't a lot of the profits be eaten up by paying the workers overtime, or hiring extra employees?

ETA: I will admit that I'm not a fan of crowds, period. Put money in their hands and not even "goodies" to go around, and it can quickly become a riot!

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Thanks for the link!

I've always felt that you have to be a special kind of stupid to get involved in those "door busting specials", but I think the stores are crazy for holding them, too. Exactly how much more money do they plan to make by opening up five hours earlier than usual? Wouldn't a lot of the profits be eaten up by paying the workers overtime, or hiring extra employees?

ETA: I will admit that I'm not a fan of crowds, period. Put money in their hands and not even "goodies" to go around, and it can quickly become a riot!

I heard some stores were giving coffee and doughnuts to waiting customers. I assume this calms some people down.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I heard some stores were giving coffee and doughnuts to waiting customers. I assume this calms some people down.

Yeah, nothing like caffeine and a sugar rush to keep people calm.

I now completely and fully understand why we always started our Christmas baking on the Friday after Thanksgiving.