Wal-Mart worker dies in Black Friday stampede

[5Knowledge1913]

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!

[abaici]

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.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by 5Knowledge1913

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!

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[Buttonz]

Originally Posted by AGDee

Two kids raised by the same two parents under the same lifelong financial conditions and they have such different attitudes..

Sounds like my sister & me. I'm a lot more like your son, while my sister is like your daughter. My mom is a single mom and gets no help at all from my biological father, never did. We grew up without name brand clothes, video games, etc. Thankfully my grandparents (Mom's side of course) are amazing and helped out a lot and we never went without basic things like clothes and food. My sister never understood why she couldn't have the $100 Nike sneakers, etc. Till this day you can see the difference in us when it comes to stuff like that...and it bothers me. At this point she is spending her husband's money at least and not making my Mom feel guilty, but it used to sicken me how she made my Mom feel for not being able to afford stuff.

Mom used to get up to do the Black Friday sales when we were kids so we would have a good toy or two for Chanukkah. As we got older she stopped doing it. We did it once a few years ago when we all needed clothes, we went to the local mall. The mall is crazy during a normal day, but overall it was pretty good. People were friendly, there was no pushing and shoving, and we got some amazing deals.

This year, I decided to do the bit of shopping I had left to do on-line. Well...the only thing that I needed was a birthday present for my sister, I wound up getting her a DVD from Borders, the rest was for myself. But I needed some new clothes so I took advantage of Lane Bryant's buy 1 get 1 free. That was way to good of a deal to pass up. There was no way I was going out and braving the crazy crowds though! And I shopped with ebates which was offering double cash back!

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by 5Knowledge1913

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!

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.

Originally Posted by abaici

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.

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.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by texas*princess

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.

The employee that was trampled WAS the security personnel - he was trying to tell the crowds they needed to stop. My boyfriend was pretty upset to hear it because he worked his way through college at the same job at Target.

[kddani]

Originally Posted by 5Knowledge1913

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!

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

[KappaKittyCat]

Originally Posted by kddani

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.