4 AM Shoppers: What the f*ck is wrong with you?!?
“When they were saying they had to leave, that an employee got killed, people were yelling ‘I’ve been in line since yesterday morning,’ she said. They kept shopping.”
I’ve never been a fan of Black Friday. (Sarcasm sign) I’ve got an idea! Let’s wait in front of a trashy Walmart for 6 hours so we can be the first in line to buy the crap products that Walmart couldn’t sell without pricing them below cost. Sure, we’re completely oblivious to the fact that it’s a piece of junk and will break in a year, but who cares, we need to be first in line to buy it! (putting down the sarcasm sign).
I’ve worked the other side before. I remember a $20 piece of junk Kodak digital camera that Circuit City had on black Friday. It was a VGA camera – 0.2 megapixels – being offered when 2 megapixel cameras could be had for a very reasonable $100. Still, the allure of a $20 turd turned shoppers rabid – blind to the fact that for a mere $20 more, they could quadruple their value with a more quality unit.
Worse, they tried to haggle the price of the $20 turd! (sarcasm sign) You can be damn sure I woke up today looking forward to being shoved and sworn at just so I could provide you with a $20 turd that after you unsuccessfully haggled for, you’ll return in less than a week because you’ll realize that $20 doesn’t buy you a very nice turd. Ahh, but you were so busy with your 4 AM black friday shopping frenzy that you failed to notice the “non-returnable, no refunds” sign.
Sadly, things only get worse every year:
NEW YORK – A Wal-Mart worker was killed Friday when “out-of-control” shoppers desperate for bargains broke down the doors at a 5 a.m. sale. Other workers were trampled as they tried to rescue the man, and customers shouted angrily and kept shopping when store officials said they were closing because of the death, police and witnesses said.
At least four other people, including a woman who was eight months pregnant, were taken to hospitals for observation or minor injuries, and the store in Valley Stream on Long Island closed for several hours before reopening.
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.
Nassau police said about 2,000 people were gathered outside the store doors at the mall about 20 miles east of Manhattan. The impatient crowd knocked the man, identified by police as Jdimytai Damour of Queens, to the ground as he opened the doors, leaving a metal portion of the frame crumpled like an accordion.
“This crowd was out of control,” said Nassau police spokesman Lt. Michael Fleming. He described the scene as “utter chaos.”
Dozens of store employees trying to fight their way out to help Damour were also getting trampled by the crowd, Fleming said.
Items on sale at the store included a Samsung 50-inch Plasma HDTV for $798, a Bissel Compact Upright Vacuum for $28, a Samsung 10.2 megapixel digital camera for $69 and DVDs such as “The Incredible Hulk” for $9.
Damour, 34, was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead about 6 a.m., police said. The exact cause of death has not been determined.
A 28-year-old pregnant woman was taken to a hospital, where she and the baby were reported to be OK, said police Sgt. Anthony Repalone.
Police said criminal charges were possible in the case, but Fleming said it would be difficult to identify individual shoppers. Authorities were reviewing surveillance video.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., based 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.
“The safety and security of our customers and associates is our top priority,” said Dan Fogleman, a company spokesman. “At this point, facts are still being assembled and we are working closely with the Nassau County Police as they investigate what occurred.”
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.”
Shoppers around the country line up early outside stores on the day after Thanksgiving in the annual bargain-hunting ritual known as Black Friday. It got that name because it has historically been the day when stores broke into profitability for the full year.
Knocking down doors, trampling a person to death, throwing a pregnant lady to the ground. For what? A $400 TV so you can sit on your fat asses eating cheetos while watching the news showing you ending a person’s life? What the fuck is wrong with you people?
And don’t think you’re off the hook Wal-Mart. You’re just as responsible as your trashy customers.
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