Sherry Davey
Every year on Black Friday, some store offers crazy discounts (like a laptop for $50) to the first 5 shoppers (or some other number) which always results in angry mobs crushing some poor soul. This year, the Walmart in Valley Stream, NY gets this prestigious honor but every year it's the same story. We can't whine that it's the economy because this has been happening for years. I provided commentary on this very topic for Court TV , check out the link to my clips. Why do people feel the need to get up at 3am for these so-called Door Buster deals?? Don't they know it's just a ruse to get you in the door? That they only have one or two of these items? What happens to people around the holidays that makes them so crazy? Is it the fruitcake? Is it the endless, awkward hours spent with family? Is it the cards? They never stop coming. It's not Sarah Palin anymore. During the election, sometimes I'd feel like stampeding a mall after listening to her speak. What possesses people?
And if you know anything about the story, an eight months pregnant woman was also caught in the stampede. What the heck was she doing there? She's insane. Haven't these people heard of shopping on line? Or Ebay? And don't these people realize that China will never run out of cheap, lead infused goods? There's no need to rush to Walmart today for toxic goods when they will surely be there tomorrow.
This recent tragedy speaks to the fact that we've lost our moral compass as a society. People crushing other people to death for a chance at electronic discounts. Come on sheep, stop this nonsense already. Baaaahhhh.
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