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So, the American consumer is not dead - but a Walmart worker is (pg. 5)
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by rabbitjoker
LOL! What happened to saving money in the bank? |
LOL seriously. Is an iPod or an LCD TV really that necessary if the you're so tight on cash? :rolleyes: |
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| Search&Rescue |
| woah..thats extreme! |
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| misterpink |
| Those first few hundred people just had to go and kill someone, ruining it for everyone that wanted, but didn't get a cheap tv. ******s. |
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| KaiLee |
| quote: | Originally posted by geroin
well it works at the guv on any given night for example
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people hungry for beats and people hungry for tasty savings are two very different things :p |
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| 1dawoman |
| quote: | Originally posted by Abercrombie
I wonder if we'll have a repeat on boxing day up here. |
my thoughts exactly....and although this is unfortunate, we shouldn't act so appalled to this sort of behaviour when we Canadians act almost just as crazy for 'deals' every Dec. 26th. Try going downtown on Boxing day...I'm sure it's pure luck that no one's has been trampled thus far trying to get into a store...not to mention the shooting a few years back in a foot locker...
Hopefully this years Black friday event will give us a wake up call in regards to our own stupidity... |
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| Abercrombie |
| quote: | Originally posted by 1dawoman
my thoughts exactly....and although this is unfortunate, we shouldn't act so appalled to this sort of behaviour when we Canadians act almost just as crazy for 'deals' every Dec. 26th. Try going downtown on Boxing day...I'm sure it's pure luck that no one's has been trampled thus far trying to get into a store...not to mention the shooting a few years back in a foot locker...
Hopefully this years Black friday event will give us a wake up call in regards to our own stupidity... |
I am one of those who show up at 4am for boxing dat at Future Shop or Best Buy. They have gotten smarter however by handing out tickets for specific items in the lineup, so they won't have to rush into the store. Just like handing our bracelets for a party event to avoid a rush. |
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| Skipper |
| quote: | Originally posted by 1dawoman
my thoughts exactly....and although this is unfortunate, we shouldn't act so appalled to this sort of behaviour when we Canadians act almost just as crazy for 'deals' every Dec. 26th. Try going downtown on Boxing day...I'm sure it's pure luck that no one's has been trampled thus far trying to get into a store...not to mention the shooting a few years back in a foot locker...
Hopefully this years Black friday event will give us a wake up call in regards to our own stupidity... |
The scale of boxing day here is quite a bit less than Black Friday in the US. Discounts aren't as deep and our retail stores depend less on boxing day for a portion of annual revenue compared to Black Friday in the US. |
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| Sentinal |
Alright I really have to put my 2 pennies in on this one. The culture of need for products is not exclusive to Americans but also Canadians. I was shopping in New York yesterday and yes it was very busy and tempers were flared but no more so then on Boxing Day in Canada.
To be honest I was at a Best Buy in Mississauga 2 years ago and waited for 6 hours to get and grab a deal and these ******s came 15 minutes before the store opened and pushed through the doors.
My opinion, it is completely the duty of the retailer to control the crowds. Have one or two employees watching to ensure that the line move steadily and that ppl dont get in ahead from pushing and budding.
There will be a few pushers, but quite frankly, if you try and push back, you get trampled. Now with this being said, what happened in NYC yesterday was horrible, but I would not blame the entire crowd because with all things in life, there are always a few bad ppl that ruin things for everybody. |
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| MarkT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jem_hadar
So, like, does anyone get charged?
I guess no one is (can be?) held responsible?
Wow. That REALLY sucks for that man's family and his close friends.
How brutal and disgusting.
Wow. |
I wondered that myself as store typically all have security cameras, particularly at the front doors...so those first people through the door should be quite visible on tape.
an article today says they are reviewing video in an attempt to do so...but ID'ing individual shoppers may be difficult.
another gem from a witness that is nauseating:
"When they were saying they had to leave, that an employee got killed, people were yelling 'I've been on line since yesterday morning,'" she said. "They kept shopping.''
disgusting.
the "me me me" generation at it's finest (worst). |
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| Skipper |
| Walamrt didn't initially disclose why the store was closing - they said it was a "medical emergency." The complaint about being in line since yesterday is still nauseating, but I don't think people were told outright by the store that someone had died. |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by Skipper
The scale of boxing day here is quite a bit less than Black Friday in the US. Discounts aren't as deep and our retail stores depend less on boxing day for a portion of annual revenue compared to Black Friday in the US. |
Boxing Day is a joke here, there usually are hardly any discounts at all (they're "discounted" from the pre-Christmas prices which were inflated by 500%).
Amazing that after all that's happened in the USA, people still haven't learned their lesson. Analysts said that the recession was coming because people were borrowing and consuming too much and not saving enough, and the brass and the journalists laughed at them. Now the industry has caved in on itself and what are people doing... borrowing and consuming. At this rate, we may be looking at the D-word.
Which reminds me, the Wal-mart across the street has a sale on DVDs. Gotta go! |
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| MarkT |
I'm just repeating what an eyewitness is quoted saying. either way...if they said "medical emergency" and were closing the store, obviously it was more serious than a child throwing up in an aisle or something, lol. then again, I put too much faith in people to use their head and figure out that it's serious.
I just can't believe that "me" attitude. emotions and greed are running so high, that in the face of being told there is an emergency/death/whatever, people will reply with something relating to themselves. "but I..."
right. because it's all about YOU. who cares what else happened.
it really is a disturbing reflection of human behaviour in that context. |
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