Patricia VanLester had her eye on a $29 DVD player, but when the siren blared at 6 a.m. Friday announcing the start to the post-Thanksgiving sale, the 41-year-old was knocked to the ground by the frenzy of shoppers behind her.
She was flown to Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach, where doctors told the family VanLester had a seizure after she was knocked down and would likely remain hospitalized through the weekend
Ellzey said Wal-Mart officials called later Friday to ask about her sister, and the store apologized and offered to put a DVD player on hold for her.
Wal-Mart Stores spokeswoman Karen Burk said
"We are very disappointed this happened," "We want her to come back as a shopper."
gee you'd think they would have the savy to jsut comp the $29.00... I smell lawsuit
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This insanity brought to you by Bajah:
You could leave out the parts where WalMart employees tried to help and even fight the mob to get to her, I suppose.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=9&u=/ap/20031129/ap _on_re_us/trampled_shopper_2
But that wouldn't be anti-capitolist!
Damn commies!
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Bajah wrote this stupid crap:
You could leave out the parts where WalMart employees tried to help and even fight the mob to get to her, I suppose.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=9&u=/ap/20031129/ap _on_re_us/trampled_shopper_2
what employees? Ellzey said some shoppers tried to help VanLester, and one employee helped Ellzey reach her sister, but most people just continued their rush for deals.
one person? after the mob trampled her?
how about wal mart is responsible becuse A) it happened in their store B) they created the atmospher that led to the incident with the 6 am siren and lack of additional personel on hand to deal with any problems C) they were dumping the DvD players on the market below cost.
the orginal story was edited for space reasons and to get the point across.
Wal-mart is evil im not anti caplist im jsut anti wal-mart
I was in the Wal Mart Thanksgiving day (My grandpa needed me to buy him a few things). I heard the guy say that the 43 dollar player they had was being discounted to 29 dollars
I'm sorry, but there alot of morons around nowadays, sadly. 
I mean, Wal Mart did what they could to help, but there wasn't anything they could do. It wasn't their fault, it was the moronic customers who think saving 14 dollars is worth all this.
People took off work for this crap, to save maybe 100-200 dollars in a day, when maybe half of those people could have made that in working a full 8 hour day.
Just like people taking 4 hours off of work to wait at a gas station to save 40 cents a gallon on gas.
People hear the world sale, and they go fucking nuts.
It's not Wal-mart's fault at all though. Those people are pretty sick. I hope everybody who was there sees this article and feels ashamed of themselves. [ 11-29-2003: Message edited by: Suddar ]
Next time, move faster.
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Jajahotep had this to say about Captain Planet:
Hey.. if you're going to be a dumbass and take part in Black Friday sales, you have to know there are risks involved.Next time, move faster.
Or be smart, stay at home, and laugh at the dumbasses they show on tv that sit there fighting to get in first.
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Falaanla Marr had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
Or be smart, stay at home, and laugh at the dumbasses they show on tv that sit there fighting to get in first.
That's what I did. 
But because of that, I'm a dumbass. Yeah. 
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
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Lyinar Ka`Bael's fortune cookie read:
So I'm a dumbass now, Fal? I go to Black Friday sales. I went last year, and went this year. Fun thing for my Mom and I to do, and nice to get some bargains on things we want to get for the family.But because of that, I'm a dumbass. Yeah.
The dumbasses are the ones that fight, punch, claw, kick, scrape, bite, and trample for these sales.
I'd go to black friday sales if only because it's an experience. Especially if people do stuff like that. Imagine all of the memories.
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The logic train ran off the tracks when Lyinar Ka`Bael said:
So I'm a dumbass now, Fal? I go to Black Friday sales. I went last year, and went this year. Fun thing for my Mom and I to do, and nice to get some bargains on things we want to get for the family.But because of that, I'm a dumbass. Yeah.
No.. not a dumbass. You know the risks going into it. It's the people who want to go and they don't move when the crowd moves.
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Lyinar Ka`Bael stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
So I'm a dumbass now, Fal? I go to Black Friday sales. I went last year, and went this year. Fun thing for my Mom and I to do, and nice to get some bargains on things we want to get for the family.But because of that, I'm a dumbass. Yeah.
Yikes. Didn't have a very good time yesterday or something?
It is NOT, however, the store's fault that people are willing to trample other human beings for a $30 DVD player. Dunno about there, but at the Wal-Mart here they were going out of their way to reduce the stress you feel getting in lines (express layaway for people who've done layaway with Wal-Mart before, express checkout away from the main checkout lines for people using credit cards, hordes of staff on hand). There were sheriffs in the store keeping an eye on the crowd, etc. At some point, there's nothing more that a store can do.
But calling people morons for going out and shopping on the media-touted "Biggest shopping day of the year" is equally stupid. Oho, you're so superior for sitting on your ass all day vegetating after having stuffed yourself the day before. Got all your Christmas shopping done? If so, then your point about Christmas shopping is well-made, so shut the fuck up already. If not, then you're even lazier than originally expected. Did *I* enjoy going out shopping yesterday? Not as much as Lyinar and her Mom, but then I have the common sense to realize that some peoples' interests aren't the same as my own.
I like comic books a lot. Not everyone does. If a comic book store offered an old antique comic for an insane price and the customers blitzed the store, trampling and crushing one another, would you blame the comic store? Nope. It's the crazy people.
And it's the crazy people who get TOO hyped up about Black Friday, not people who go out in general.
sigpic courtesy of This Guy, original modified by me
Hey, though: if we're going to have a meaningless fight, I'm here! Can I play, too?
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
*clocks Sage in the nose with a cold slab of ham*
*Quickly fashions a flail from angel-hair and penne pasta*
En guarde!
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
*brandishes a bladed war-fan made of lasagna, and an open pot of sauce*
I accept your challenge!
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And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Bloodsage was all like:
Uh, Fal said the dumbasses were the ones fighting to get in first. Jajah was the one who said they're all dumbasses, if I read correctly.
He's right ya know.
No one can overcome the mystical form Falling Down the Stairs!
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
*lobs holiday cheer-balls at half the thread*
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Xyrra wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
Grumpy-ass bastards!*lobs holiday cheer-balls at half the thread*
*catches a holiday cheer-ball ,paints it black and tosses it into the abyss*
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Bloodsage had this to say about Robocop:
*Balances on the tip of his left pinkie, right elbow, and left buttock, pasta flail held menacingly near his right ankle*No one can overcome the mystical form Falling Down the Stairs!
pfah.. You know not what you speak of..
*makes a wide eyed, swallowing motion while waving the fan about*
So Hot You Swallow Instead of Spitting It Back Out Instead! shall defeat you
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Trent was all like:
*catches a holiday cheer-ball ,paints it black and tosses it into the abyss*
You're just too goth for words.
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From the book of JooJooFlop, chapter 3, verse 16:
You're just too goth for words.
*sniffles* Why thank you.
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ACES! Another post by Somthor:
how about wal mart is responsible becuse A) it happened in their store B) they created the atmospher that led to the incident with the 6 am siren and lack of additional personel on hand to deal with any problems C) they were dumping the DvD players on the market below cost.
None of which make it Wal-Mart's fault.
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the orginal story was edited for space reasons and to get the point across.
If you have to edit out important details to make your point then you had no point to begin with.
Dumping items (the sale of items of below cost) is illegal. since this occurred and Wal mart does this constantly they are partialy at fault here
creating the atmoshpher of the contest with the siren and the apperence of limited time and supply is also wal marts responiblity
did the Evil Wal-mart wisper into the ears of its shopper drones and say trample that lady and anyone else who gets in your way? no they did not
will a jury in a civil court think that wal mart is entrily blameless here? no they wont
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anyway Its all my opion anyhow who really cares if som lady got trampled due to poor company policy
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Somthor enlisted the help of an infinite number of monkeys to write:
yes editing out the non esential parts is somthing that no one respectible news person would do.......Dumping items (the sale of items of below cost) is illegal. since this occurred and Wal mart does this constantly they are partialy at fault here
creating the atmoshpher of the contest with the siren and the apperence of limited time and supply is also wal marts responiblity
did the Evil Wal-mart wisper into the ears of its shopper drones and say trample that lady and anyone else who gets in your way? no they did notwill a jury in a civil court think that wal mart is entrily blameless here? no they wont
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anyway Its all my opion anyhow who really cares if som lady got trampled due to poor company policy
Opinions like those are what is wrong with American society. Oh it isn't the individuals fault, it's the corporations. People acted irresponsible? Wait, no it was the coporations that made them act responsible. There is only one solution to this atrocity, lets sue.
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im not a sue happy person Id agree that the US has gotten sue happy and frivolus law suits choke the legal system.
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wal mart however created the atphospher that led up to this event they have shown contempt to the american people and its laws. hopefully a few good lawsuits will change their policies. [ 11-29-2003: Message edited by: Somthor ]
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What the Somthor??
wal mart however created the atphospher that led up to this event
They had a sale and opened their doors at a specific time?
Oh for shame Wal-Mart!!
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There was much rejoicing when Somthor said this:
yes its a horrible socity we live in when people can openly express thier own thoughts.___________________
im not a sue happy person Id agree that the US has gotten sue happy and frivolus law suits choke the legal system.__________________
wal mart however created the atphospher that led up to this event they have shwon contempt to the american people and its laws. hopefully a few good lawsuits will change their policies.
First I never said that you couldn't express your opinions I just said that those opinions were what are wrong with society.
You say your not sue happy yet your placing blame on a corporation instead of the individuals who commited the blatently illeagle act. People need to realize that we are not just pack animals and should attempt to exibit self control no matter the situation. Mob mentality is not an excuse in my mind.
I hate Walmart, I really do. I avoid going there as much as possible. It's over crowded as hell, and everything is always picked over. But it's not THEIR fault that a bunch of assholes walked over a woman.
[edit] And how do you KNOW that Walmart is taking a loss on the sale of that DVD player? Maybe they got it for $22 from the distributor and jacked the price up that high. Sounds reasonable to me. There's a TON of lines that products go through to reach a shelf. From the factory, to a distributor, to another distributor, to a warehouse, then to the shelf. Maybe Walmart just cuts out a few of those distrubtors. And thusly their price is cheaper because the item wasn't bought 4 times first, with everyone making a profit off of it. [/edit] [ 11-29-2003: Message edited by: BetaTested ]
