Wal-Mart worker dies in Black Friday stampede

[Virtual Violet]

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.