Ryan
Nov 29th, 2008
Nov 29th, 2008
Black Friday Marred by Trampling
Many of my fellow personal finance bloggers have commented on this already, and I thought I would as well: a WalMart employee was trampled to death in Long Island, New York, amongst a stampede of Black Friday shoppers.
No amount of stuff is worth this kind of tragedy. No discount can be enough for someone to die.
As a former retail manager (at a store about a thousand times smaller than WalMart), it frightens me that crowds could become so uncrontrollable.
While I’m not opposed to capitalism in any way, this is the kind of tragedy that makes me wonder what people have as priorities in their lives. I wish only the best for his family and friends.
