Stampeding Shoppers Kill Wal-mart Worker

Worker dies in stampede at Long Island Wal-mart

A Wal-Mart worker died after being trampled when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island store Friday morning, police and witnesses said.

The 34-year-old employee, a temporary maintenance worker, tried to hold back the unruly crowds just after the Valley Stream store opened at 5 a.m.
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Source: New York Daily News

Note: It will be interesting to see whether Wal-Mart will be held responsible for this tragedy. On the one hand, retailers are so blinded by profit potential, they can't resist expanding their hours into the dark of night, and dropping their prices to the "killer-bargain" level to attract the crowds. On the other hand, consumers are so blinded by greed that they literally turn into a crazed herd of inhuman monsters...trampling everything in sight, in shameless pursuit of those "killer-bargains."

I suspect Wal-Mart will be not only villified, but held financially responsible, while the shoppers go their merry way. It has indeed been a "Black Friday."