Perspective, people. Perspective.

Tue, Dec 2, 2008 (Life)

We all know that people are insane. We also know that they are stupid. But this, this is just pathetic.

A Wal-Mart temporary employee was trampled – TRAMPLED, as in KILLED – by people who BROKE DOWN THE DOORS minutes before the 5am Black Friday opening. He was only 34.

From the International Herald Tribune:

At 4:55 a.m., just five minutes before the doors were set to open, a crowd of 2,000 anxious shoppers started pushing, shoving and piling against the locked sliding glass doors of the Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, New York, Nassau County police said. The shoppers broke the doors off their hinges and surged in, toppling a 34-year-old temporary employee who had been waiting with other workers in the store’s entryway.

I mean I appreciate getting a $100 camera for $89 as much as the next person. But come on folks.

It’s not like there’s a Tickle Me Elmo at stake here.

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One Response to “Perspective, people. Perspective.”

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