Wal-Mart Employee killed by impatient shoppers

Comment #24

time*treat — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:24:26 GMT

The frenzy that jim695 mentioned happens at the big box stores (more visibly) because they will carry more of the 'must have' items at once - that and a great number of people are selfish jerks. BTW, I wasn't meaning to ignite a firestorm in your blog, earlier; my insurance comment was related to the ethics of it rather than its legality. "Mavericky" *tsk* *tsk* :-)

Comment #23

justxploring — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:04:56 GMT

Oops - Typo - should read "when I was a kid" just in case a "kd" is something bad. LOL like Kinky Ditz

Comment #22

justxploring — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:02:07 GMT

Anyway, there was a store called Filene's Basement that had automatic mark downs according to how long they were on the rack. There were no dressing rooms and some women would see something and just strip down and let it all hang out! Once I saw 2 women fighting (hair pulling & all) over a sweater. I agree with you about crowd control. Jarasan also is right about the advertising to get people into this frenzy & voracious hunger.... [ More ]

Comment #21

jim695 — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:32:30 GMT

Anyway, I think it was 1998 when the "Furbie" was the must-have toy of the season. On the day after Thanksgiving we opened the doors at 6:00 am, and the mob outside LITERALLY tore both sets of doors off the hinges trying to get inside. No employees were hurt, but that was only because our manager told us to stay behind the checkout lanes when he and his assistant unlocked the doors. They turned the keys and sidestepped the crowd, who charged into the store like a herd of stampeding ca... [ More ]

Comment #20

justxploring — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:12:37 GMT

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Comment #19

justxploring — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:07:35 GMT

Well, at least you showed that some corporations are even sleazier than we already knew

Comment #18

emilyg — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:59:17 GMT

Why are people acting worse than animals?

Comment #17

justxploring — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:56:35 GMT

Comment #16

time*treat — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:53:34 GMT

Sort of like the bailout that failed (and all the peasants cheered) and then a worse version was passed (under threat) later in the week.

Comment #15

justxploring — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:45:53 GMT

"The controversy helped convince Walt Disney and Wal-Mart, among others, to drop the policies. Winn-Dixie battled the IRS in court, but the supermarket chain recently lost its final round when the Supreme Court refused to review a lower court decision that backed the IRS." I was never involved in corporate insurance, although I understand it can be quite lucrative. It's because of unethical garbage like this. Since insurance is state regulated, I don't know where these policie... [ More ]

Comment #14

justxploring — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:36:46 GMT

Comment #13

justxploring — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:32:58 GMT

I'll read it now. Thanks.

Comment #12

justxploring — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:30:20 GMT

AFAIK Wal-Mart couldn't have Life Insurance on an employee unless he/she is a top executive. One thing I learned when I first took an insurance course is that you can't just insure someone else unless there is what's called Insurable Interest. (Don't pay attention to all those detective who-done-it shows) A business can take out life insurance on a key stockholder. A partnership (like a medical practice) can have insurance on each other. If you run a gas station and someone shoots the... [ More ]

Comment #11

time*treat — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:23:17 GMT

this :-) --> http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Insurance/P64954.asp

Comment #10

justxploring — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:00:33 GMT

What are you talking about, time*treat?

Comment #9

time*treat — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:05:33 GMT

Anyone know how much WMT will collect on the life insurance policy?

Comment #8

justxploring — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:42:12 GMT

...or should I say sentence structure. Please excuse all the lame posts. My cable is out. :-)

Comment #7

justxploring — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:40:52 GMT

I'm glad we're not graded on grammar.

Comment #6

justxploring — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:39:40 GMT

Actually, I'm not really surprised. I know I said I was speechless, but I really think the incident is really more maddening than anything else. We've become so jaded & callous by this stuff because we hear bad news all the time and get used to it. Even when we read about a child being murdered by her mother it's not "shocking" or "surprising" any more. When I heard that Caylee Anthony was missing, the first thing I thought was "the mother probably killed her." Microwaved infants, abused grandparents, tortured animals, bombings - maybe that's why I watched CNN Heroes for 2 hours last night. It's nice to watch some good news once in a while.... [ More ]

Comment #5

time*treat — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:50:04 GMT

Meh. The store will settle with the families of the dead employee and of the woman who miscarried (that's a whole 'nother judgement-call issue) for not providing "adequate security". Strange to me that people are surprised that this eventually happened.

Comment #4

jarasan — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:38:59 GMT

The people that are responsible don't care. The blame should fall square on the hyped adverstisng and media onslaught that promotes this moronic, ignorant, selfish, consumerism of crap.

Comment #3

Gentlespirit — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:21:48 GMT

My Goodness...what is this world coming too!!! :(

Comment #2

Rick G — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:42:01 GMT

Unbelievable. They should have locked the store right back up, arrest every single one of these animals and charge them with mob action and accessory to murder. One can only hope they used their credit cards so they can be identified.

Comment #1

charmed7 — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:29:06 GMT

$1.99 for a 20 piece set. They were fighting over $1.99 containers. I couldn't believe it.

Original Blog Entry: Wal-Mart Employee killed by impatient shoppers

justxploring — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:54:12 GMT

This was on Fox News this morning. I don't think I need to add anything. I'm speechless.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,458744,00.html

Black Friday took a grim turn when a Wal-Mart employee in New York died after bargain hunters broke down the doors to the store.

The 34-year-old male employee was pronounced dead one hour after shoppers broke down the doors to the shopping center in Valley Stream, N.Y., and knocked him down at around 5 a.m. Friday, police said.

He was bum-rushed by 200 people, Jimmy Overby, the man's 43-year-old co-worker told the New York Daily News. They took the doors off the hinges. He was trampled and killed in front of me. They took me down too ... I literally had to fight people off my back.

A 28-year-old pregnant woman was also taken in for observation and three other shoppers suffered minor injuries during the incident, police said.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in Bentonville, Ark., would not confirm the reports of a stampede at the Valley Stream outlet but said a medical emergency had caused them to close the store.

Local authorities are looking into the situation, said Wal-Mart representative Dan Fogleman. Until such time that they've completed their assessment it would be inappropriate for me to share any additional information.

Shoppers around the country lined up early outside stores Friday in the annual bargain hunting ritual known as Black Friday. It got that name because it's historically been the day when stores broke into profitability for the full year.

Many stores open early and stay open late. The Valley Stream Wal-Mart usually opens at 9 a.m.

Nassau County police were at the scene investigating.

(also on Yahoo news)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081128/ap_on_re_us/wal_mart_death

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