Wal-Mart worker dies, trampled by shoppers

[the_girlfirend]

I am sorry if this has been posted before... I could not find it.

I just can't believe my eyes... are people going crazy?  :


http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/11/28/walmart-death.html

 

[Nfld Sapper]

I never really understood "Black Friday" in the States.

 

[StirlingDyer]

'Tis Boxing Day by another day.... and much much much crazier.  Supposed to mark the beginning of the Christmas Shopping season.

Pulled from wikipedia:

The term "Black Friday" originated in Philadelphia in reference to the heavy traffic on that day. (see Origin of the name "Black Friday" below) More recently, merchants and the media have used it instead to refer to the beginning of the period in which retailers are in the black (i.e., turning a profit).

 

[ARMY_101]

Ironic that it took place on Buy Nothing Day too, isn't it?

 

[Infanteer]

Just goes to show that civilization is but a thin veneer over our more base instincts....