[quote]msd0060 wrote:
The 34 year old man had a heart attack.
The type of 34 year olds that have a heart attack… are those the types that get ‘trampled to death’?[/quote]
if you had thousands of feet trampling all over you ,would you not be scared to death.
Myabe the cause of death was heart failure but was it the horror of a stampede that caused the heart attack to begin with?
Me and my ex were both at one time AP Supervisors and this type of thing is a nightmare.
we have large stampedes like this on our large days but thats when we hire out more officers from private security firms,ones that deal with crowd control.
One of them is T.E.A.M security and they deal with concerts,parades, event staff type thing.
I do not think this store did that.
I have wittnessed people ripping carts from other people and pushing and I have warned many people and if they try and argue with me I forcfully remove them.
My life was threatned once because I told a lady to drop her cart and come with me because she was hitting people and acting like it was a free for all.which was a public safety issue in my eyes.and then I get attacked by her husband.
My ex had a box cutter sliced through her arm for stopping an assualt on the floor during a black friday event.
It is sad but all the company cares about is money and the more people means more money.
it is the job of the AP team to care about the safety of the customers and the staff and in this case they failed miserably.
and on the same note its sad how humans can get all primal under some instances.
but these type of things are prevented every year by proper planning something the company did not do and is liable for.
however the company will pin it on the lack of security and some people will be fired and nothing more will happen sadly.
Employees should be allowed to carry cattle prodes on Black Friday.
Or would they call it Black & Blue Friday ?
How sad that people won’t congregate in such numbers and with such passion over political and social ills, but they will if there is a chance to spend X dollars to save Y amount.
The problem with this year is that people don’t want to spend as much as in the past because they just don’t have the money right now.
Also, I bet there is a huge back stock of electronics that were manufactured in the misguided anticipation of a growing economy. That, and the fact that retailers are trying hard to clear stock for next season, plus the fact that they WON’T be able to clear stock because of my first point above, means we will still see deals well into January-February.
The problem with this year is that people don’t want to spend as much as in the past because they just don’t have the money right now.
Also, I bet there is a huge back stock of electronics that were manufactured in the misguided anticipation of a growing economy. That, and the fact that retailers are trying hard to clear stock for next season, plus the fact that they WON’T be able to clear stock because of my first point above, means we will still see deals well into January-February.[/quote]
your correct.
I don’t know much of the retail end but with talking one time with a store manager my understanding is that retail stores run a loss all year,or close to a loss.
and then their entire profits are based around holidays with the day after thanksgiving and days before and after christmas being the biggest ones to make them this profit.
Smaller holidays like halloween,easter and stuff are big but they don’t make enough sales to pull them out of the red.
and Black friday is called such because its the first day of the year that a store gets out of the red (running a loss) and goes into the black (making a profit).
I think it will be easy to find deals later on because this christmas will be a frugal one for the panic stricken public. and when stores lose so much they will liquidate
in my area circut city already shut down and walking into one of those was like walking into a swap meet.
but because the public is panicing about the economy any chance they get to become a mob and loot stores legally they will take that chance I think.
GUYS! GUYS!I hear they’re selling MAG-10 as sexual enhancers in sexstores! Limited offer, only a hundred containers!
(this should make for a interesting news report)
[quote]KBCThird wrote:
Makavali wrote:
Tattoo85 wrote:
Not to mention all sorts of other shit. People tried snatching shit out of my cart the one and only year I went shopping on black friday.
Someone tried to do that to my mums shopping cart some years ago.
I punched the cunt in the face.
Are you serious or am I missing the hyperbole? couldnt you have just grabbed her and just ripped it out of her hands?[/quote]
I’m guessing the snatcher was a guy. Brits (and Dominion folks) use the C-word pretty liberally.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
TheDudeAbides wrote:
And no, stores like Walmart are not the cause of it, but they definitely fuel the fire by offering huge discounts with limited supply.
If you have a decent income and can afford these items already at regular or on sale, then these shopping days are no big deal and even a nuisance. If you are low income and trying to provide the ‘best’ quality of living for your family, I can see how one would do whatever it takes. I don’t agree with it, but I can see how it happens.
Christmas has turned into nothing but a consumer free for all. I understand that isn’t new as it has been that way for a very long time, but it does seem to be getting worse. Christmas isn’t even about religion anymore. It is now strictly about getting presents whether you deserve all of that crap or not simply because some kid’s parents don’t want to be outdone by the family down the street.
They got an 8 foot tall tree? Well, shit, we’d better cut a hole in the roof so the 30 footer won’t get caught in the ceiling fan.
If you are low income, getting your kids tons of shit you can’t afford is really providing them with the “best quality”?
I understand that kids need to feel like they belong, especially when the entire country seems to be going crazy for toys. I just don’t understand the extremes some seem to go to.
If you can barely afford rent, getting your kid 15 different gifts that equal half or more of the rent payment just sounds like a bad idea.[/quote]
The guy was 6’5" and 270#'s, AND it says he was trying to shield a pregnant shopper.
That truly is fucked up. This dude died trying to save a pregnant lady from shoppers?
Anyone involved in that should feel like shit. The sad part is they probably don’t.[/quote]
Yeah, their attitude probably is that she shouldn’t have been there in the first place. It seems to be a popular phrase from a lot of people now. But I guess towels, Tv’s, game systems and other things are more important than a person’s life, even a pregnant womans.
The guy was 6’5" and 270#'s, AND it says he was trying to shield a pregnant shopper.
That truly is fucked up. This dude died trying to save a pregnant lady from shoppers?
Anyone involved in that should feel like shit. The sad part is they probably don’t.
They don’t, because they were probably part of the stampede that was able to get their hands on X product before it was sold out.
I stand by my cattle prod solution. And I’m being serious, actually.[/quote]
Every single person that stepped on his body should be executed on national TV to remind everyone how important life is and how unimportant their bull shit is.
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Every single person that stepped on his body should be executed on national TV to remind everyone how important life is and how unimportant their bull shit is.[/quote]