Civilization

Posted on 11/29/2008 at 9:15 am by Bob Cesca

This has happened before, so why does Walmart keep running sales like this?

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  • http://unrelatedcontent.com Travis Disaster

    Risk/benefit analysis. In the eyes of a corporation, one fatality is worth the profit from the fay’s sales.

  • bjritz

    Here are my two ideas to stop this madness.1) Judicially force Walmart to sell whatever these shoppers were after to everyone at the black Friday price. Remove the profit at the point of sale.2)Arrest all the people who pressed into the store and charge them with manslaughter.

  • bibimimi

    testing typeturd

  • bibimimi

    Unlike the Who concert in Cincinnati, there weren’t ads running advertising festival seating, doors open in the dead of night, don’t miss out, pussies stay home, shop till the temp drops, kill, shop, kill, shop…MaulMart is criminally liable!

  • http://hugetinymistake.wordpress.com/ pacino

    It’s not really fair to blame the mighty ‘Walmart’ because we act like wild dogs when we see sale signs. This could’ve (and has) happened at any store in any town. There’s no reason Walmart should stop offering these sales on Black Friday.

  • ceu

    Of course it’s fair to blame Wal-Mart, Pacino. They were aware that this sort of thing could happened – it’s happened before – and they failed to provide for the worker’s safety. Yes, it could happen at other stores. And when it does, we blame those stores for failing to have proper security, too.Just because it could have happened elsewhere doesn’t absolve anyone of responsibility for it happening THERE.

  • http://jennydemilo.blogspot.com JennyDemilo

    i don’t get it,I know times are tough but Jesus H Krist on a crutch its just a fucking sale at Walmart.If Walmart knew that this was possibility then they are responsible to take measure to help ensure it wouldn’t happen. However the rabid sale dogs who trampled the worker are not absolved of their actions and should be held responsible as well.

  • jane

    The poor guy was a temp worker. Even if he’d been a Wal Mart employee, what kind of benefits would his family have received?

  • http://www.osborneink.com Matt Osborne

    @jane: Wal-Mart buys life insurance on ALL its employees, so the store is expecting a profit from this death. And I am not making this up.

  • dc_wilson

    While it’s easy to put all the blame no Wally World since, well, they don’t care if their employees die, we do have to put a big share of the blame on the shoppers who acted like animals with raw meat being dangled in front of them. Apparently, many were upset and refused to leave when they announce that the store was being closed in response to the death.

  • http://obamaproject.windonwater.net QueenTiye

    I don’t understand the mob rush in the first place, so I can’t assess how to end it. I think some studies in human psychology are needed to assess this issue and figure out a method of crowd control that prevents this kind of thing from happening.QT

  • Bob_Cesca

    >>>It’s not really fair to blame the mighty ‘Walmart’ because we act like wild dogs when we see sale signs.Well, they have a responsibility to control the crowd — knowing from history what can happen. Let 10 people in at a time or something. Opening the doors and allowing a stampede is irresponsible.

  • prcleburne

    I don’t see criminal charges being placed against individuals in this tragedy. When the doors opened and the big push came from behind, there was nothing the people in front could do to avoid trampling this unfortunate man.