As far as Walmart goes, they are very much at fault here. I have gone to a Black Friday at Walmart before. I have known plenty who have & the stories are always the same.
The store is horrible with actually maintaining a line outside. The employees tend to hide in the store & hope the cops will keep it orderly outside.
The next mistake they make is not handing out any vouchers for the doorbuster items. In all honesty it does not pay to stand in line there. If you show up just as they are about to open the doors, you will have just as good a shot as the person who camped out from the night before. This is why you see this store have bumrushes across the country while other stores don't.
The next mistake they make is purposely blocking many of the aisles & departments from being used. Many people are usually flocking to the electronics department. This causes 1000+ people to stay in a very compact space trying to get what they want.
They keep the doorbusters behind the counter so people flock around like a mosh pit. I've seen & heard where they will ask who wants for instance this laptop (enter the big doorbuster laptop model) & people are all going me, me. They will then toss it into the crowd & all hell breaks loose even more.
What is disgusting is seeing parents send their kids to do their dirty work. I saw a few parents scold & insult their child(ren) for not getting what they came for. These people act like animals.
So yes, Walmart is very much responsible for these activities. They see the same results every year yet keep engaging in the same practices. As far as the pregnant woman goes, she should not have to think if I go shopping, I might die or lose my child.
I know if I ever participate in Black Friday in person, Walmart will be the one store I will not bother with.
The store is horrible with actually maintaining a line outside. The employees tend to hide in the store & hope the cops will keep it orderly outside.
The next mistake they make is not handing out any vouchers for the doorbuster items. In all honesty it does not pay to stand in line there. If you show up just as they are about to open the doors, you will have just as good a shot as the person who camped out from the night before. This is why you see this store have bumrushes across the country while other stores don't.
The next mistake they make is purposely blocking many of the aisles & departments from being used. Many people are usually flocking to the electronics department. This causes 1000+ people to stay in a very compact space trying to get what they want.
They keep the doorbusters behind the counter so people flock around like a mosh pit. I've seen & heard where they will ask who wants for instance this laptop (enter the big doorbuster laptop model) & people are all going me, me. They will then toss it into the crowd & all hell breaks loose even more.
What is disgusting is seeing parents send their kids to do their dirty work. I saw a few parents scold & insult their child(ren) for not getting what they came for. These people act like animals.
So yes, Walmart is very much responsible for these activities. They see the same results every year yet keep engaging in the same practices. As far as the pregnant woman goes, she should not have to think if I go shopping, I might die or lose my child.
I know if I ever participate in Black Friday in person, Walmart will be the one store I will not bother with.
Bottom line is, whether it is Wal-Mart or Tiffany, the area the store is in makes all the difference. Went X-mas shopping in Chicago once and it was such a pleasant experience. People actually would argue that they were BEHIND you in line and let you go ahead. Not here on LI or in the NYC area, many people here, regardless of race, are uncivilized animals.
I would have to agree with this statement. Every Walmart that I have had the misfortune of going into is a cesspool. Occasionally our kids will receive Walmart gift cards for holidays/birthdays--my wife and I will literally draw straws over who has to walk into this shithole. I can't even stand waiting in the parking lots while the wife goes inside. Nothing like watching a family of 8 walk out with a 36 pack of toilet paper and some Slim Jims.
I spent about 26 of my 41 years in Valley Stream. My family moved there when I was 4 years old. Here is a little quick history of Valley Stream:
[FONT=Verdana,Arial]It's the largest incorporated village in the state of New York. When I was growing up there, in the 70's and 80's, it had the lowest % of non-caucasians in the school districts in New York State. The tide changed when the two major real estate monopolies stopped profiling prospective buyers.
When I was in grammar school, there were 3 black families living within the incorporated village and one night, there were crosses burned on two of the families' lawns.[/FONT]
I worked at the Green Acres Mall all through college and while it was a place known for a high level of car thefts, it was not at all known as a dangerous place to be.
That changed quickly in the early 90's. I believe that the movie theater in that area (Sunrise Cinemas) was one of the first on Long Island to install metal detectors due to the violence that would take place on a regular basis.
My sister and her family, as well as my parents, still live there. The Western part of Valley Stream is all black and hispanic. My nieces are dong fine in the schools, but I haven't been to the Green Acres mall in 10 years and you couldn't pay me to go there now.
Figures it happens at a WalMart. Too bad it was an employee and not a shopper. What is wrong with these people that they feel the need to participate in this madness? This is like the ugliest element of american society. People like this make this out to be a high point of their year... to go out the day after Tgvng and start the Feast of Materialism. Stampeding soccer moms putting in a 12 hour day to save $25?????? At least they will lose about 8 lbs on the average. But I bet half of them end up getting parking tickets or other traffic violations to negate supposed savings -- f'ing dopes!!!!
For the 99th time I hate all things WalMart and unfortunately was forced to go to one a couple of times earlier this year and paid for it in spades, believe me!!! I got what I deserved even though I really had no choice or say in matter. I just now remembered one thing as I type this:
Iwas looking for particular item and was told they were out of stock and suggested I try the next nearest WalMart. I say okay how do I get there. Ten minutes later and after chasing down 7 wm employess I still did not know how to get there!!! It was less than 4 miles away but NOT ONE knew how to get there including shift manager.
A R E Y O U S H I T T I N G M E ??????????!!!!!!!!!!???
hno:
For the 99th time I hate all things WalMart and unfortunately was forced to go to one a couple of times earlier this year and paid for it in spades, believe me!!! I got what I deserved even though I really had no choice or say in matter. I just now remembered one thing as I type this:
Iwas looking for particular item and was told they were out of stock and suggested I try the next nearest WalMart. I say okay how do I get there. Ten minutes later and after chasing down 7 wm employess I still did not know how to get there!!! It was less than 4 miles away but NOT ONE knew how to get there including shift manager.
A R E Y O U S H I T T I N G M E ??????????!!!!!!!!!!???
hno:The funny thing is people have this idiotic stereotype of everyone who shops at Walmart. Look at the Walmart's in good neighborhoods & then watch where the people who shop there live. You would be quite surprised how many well off people actually shop there. They don't see anything wrong with saving money which is makes perfect sense.
People don't know the meaning of Christmas anymore any way. It's one the biggest frauds going anymore and it's pathetic, sad and bullshit.
These stores have Christmas trees, lights, decorations and you name it out for sale before Halloween. I say they should just sell it all year round because they just might as well.
Kmart is open on Thanksgiving and has been for years.
For what to sell cheap Chinese made bullshit.
Walmart has taken over the retail world and unless you can get some super deal somewhere else they have taken the US by the balls and keep squeezing as much as they can.
The price of gas has come down to under $1.90 per gallon, why hasn't food? Because no one has stopped shopping at these places like they did not buying gas.
I would love to see Wal Mart out of business and free enterprise alive and well for mom/pop type places.
BLACK Friday indeed. Fuck you Wal Shit. or Shit Mart your choice.
These stores have Christmas trees, lights, decorations and you name it out for sale before Halloween. I say they should just sell it all year round because they just might as well.
Kmart is open on Thanksgiving and has been for years.
For what to sell cheap Chinese made bullshit.
Walmart has taken over the retail world and unless you can get some super deal somewhere else they have taken the US by the balls and keep squeezing as much as they can.
The price of gas has come down to under $1.90 per gallon, why hasn't food? Because no one has stopped shopping at these places like they did not buying gas.
I would love to see Wal Mart out of business and free enterprise alive and well for mom/pop type places.
BLACK Friday indeed. Fuck you Wal Shit. or Shit Mart your choice.
these idiots are everywhere. here in california these jackasses are shooting each other.
http://www.thestar.com/article/545601
that video from NY is really disturbing, and just goes to show you how pathetic people really are. sad really
http://www.thestar.com/article/545601
that video from NY is really disturbing, and just goes to show you how pathetic people really are. sad really
