it was inevitable that something like this was bound to happen...a mob of shoppers rushing to buy DVD players on sale at a Walmart in Orange City, Florida trampled the first woman in line and knocked her unconscious as they scrambled for the shelves...the woman's sister said "She got pushed down, and they walked over her like a herd of elephants"...paramedics called to the store found the woman unconscious laying on top of a DVD player, surrounded by shoppers seemingly oblivious to her.
what a sorry, sorry story this is...i never realised that a bargain, no matter how good of a bargain was worth being seriously injured over...ok, it isn't, and never will be in my book....where did these people grow up anyway...my parents tought me not to do things like that....why didn't a single one of these shoopers rend the poor woman asistance...worse yet, why when the paramedics showed up didn't they at least act aware of what happened...i guess a bargain is more important than morals in Florida these days...wonder if she got to keep the DVD player she risked life and limb for...do you suppose Walmart just gave it to her as compensation...where were the store employess during all this...though i can't imagine any sane person would have tried to stop the stampede...at least not for minimum wage...one thing for sure, is that i now have a new way i fear death....fire, drowning, and now being trampled by a herd of shoppers.
Posted by Angstman at December 1, 2003 07:54 PM | TrackBackIt's been since found out that she's filed like a dozen claims against Wal-Mart (or something like that).
Posted by: G-Fry at December 5, 2003 11:38 PMso it seems...though this doesn't make it certain that she was faking it this time...guess we will have to wait and see what shakes loose.
Posted by: Angstman at December 6, 2003 11:08 PM