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Re: Shopoholic stampede
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 30 Nov 2003 14:35:41 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tim Courtney wrote:
> This BBC article angered me:
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3249574.stm
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> Shoppers lined up trample a woman over a sale on DVD players. Only the woman's
> sister and a store employee come to her aid.
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> But, to add insult to injury, after that ordeal, the company offers to put an
> item on hold for her, and a Wal-Mart rep is quoted as saying, "We are very
> disappointed this happened, we want her to come back as a shopper."
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> Forget about her health and safety, they just want her back as a shopper.
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> Pigs.
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> -Tim
Before this type of thing usually happened iduring 'christmas sales' like the
'tickle me elmo' idiocy that happened a few years back...
Now it looks like this sort of thing happens everywhere and at any time--'look
out! It's an 'every person for him or herself!''
The more I read in the newspaper, and see with my own eyes, the more I weep for
humanity, or the lack thereof, in the world today.
Dave K
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