Just plain sick.
This absolutely disgusts me:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/ny-limart1129,0,4523298.story
Jdimytai Damour of Jamaica, Queens, was pushed to the ground by the 2,000-plus crowd just before 5 a.m. as management was preparing to open the store, which is located across from the main Green Acres Mall building. Hundreds stepped over, around and on the 34-year-old worker as they rushed into the store.
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Amid the chaos in Valley Stream, shoppers were asked to leave by other store workers, some of them crying, said Cribbs. Others ignored the pleas that they stop shopping, move to the front of the store and exit, she said. "They kept shopping. It's not right," Cribbs said.
Okay, first of all, it just proves that people are insensitive, selfish assholes, which I've pretty much thought all along.
And second, how much more of this kind of stupid shit has to happen before stores just go "no, we won't do this anymore"? And yes, I know a lot of you are big fans of Black Friday. But really, why? Why get up at godawful-o'clock in the morning, take days off work, push and shove and fight, just to save a few bucks? And really, most folks aren't "saving" anything because they're buying things they wouldn't otherwise be buying, just because it's cheap and they want a good deal. These people tore the doors off of their hinges and killed someone to get their hands on such bargains as a DVD of Rush Hour 2 for $2.
It's just sick.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/ny-limart1129,0,4523298.story
Jdimytai Damour of Jamaica, Queens, was pushed to the ground by the 2,000-plus crowd just before 5 a.m. as management was preparing to open the store, which is located across from the main Green Acres Mall building. Hundreds stepped over, around and on the 34-year-old worker as they rushed into the store.
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Amid the chaos in Valley Stream, shoppers were asked to leave by other store workers, some of them crying, said Cribbs. Others ignored the pleas that they stop shopping, move to the front of the store and exit, she said. "They kept shopping. It's not right," Cribbs said.
Okay, first of all, it just proves that people are insensitive, selfish assholes, which I've pretty much thought all along.
And second, how much more of this kind of stupid shit has to happen before stores just go "no, we won't do this anymore"? And yes, I know a lot of you are big fans of Black Friday. But really, why? Why get up at godawful-o'clock in the morning, take days off work, push and shove and fight, just to save a few bucks? And really, most folks aren't "saving" anything because they're buying things they wouldn't otherwise be buying, just because it's cheap and they want a good deal. These people tore the doors off of their hinges and killed someone to get their hands on such bargains as a DVD of Rush Hour 2 for $2.
It's just sick.