"Black Friday" Indeed
When I first read these two horrific stories yesterday, my first thought was "Only in fucking America" and that's the damn truth. Every year, we hear of bitches getting into knife fights over the last Bratz doll or choking each other for a discounted portable DVD player, but this shit right here is beyond disgusting. Beyond.
At a Wal-Mart (of course) in Long Island, NY yesterday, 34-year-old Jdimytai Damour, a temporary maintenance worker, tried to help to control the crowd of blood-thirsty zombies that stormed into the store at 5am for holiday discounts on dumb shit like X-boxes and flat-screen TVs. The crowd was so hungry to get their fat, greasy hands on stupid shit that they knocked the man over and kept on going. 200 crazies trampled over the man, killing him. He died at a Wal-Mart in Long Island, the day after Thanksgiving. Even when the man was on the ground and lifeless, shoppers continued to run past him like he wasn't even there.
One Wal-Mart employee, who was also knocked down in the stampede, said, "He was bum-rushed by 200 people. They took the doors off the hinges. He was trampled and killed in front of me. They took me down, too ... I didn't know if I was going to live through it. I literally had to fight people off my back."
Damour's family members were told that he died of a heart attack. Four shoppers, including a pregnant women, were also injured. When shoppers were told that they had to leave because an employee had died, they started shouting "I've been on line since Friday morning!!!"
Wal-Mart's spokeswhore, SATAN, issued this statement: "We expected a large crowd this morning and added additional internal security, additional third-party security, additional store associates and we worked closely with the Nassau County police. We also erected barricades. Despite all of our precautions, this unfortunate event occurred."
Unfortunate event?! An unfortunate event was me almost pooping my pants yesterday. This is way, way, way beyond an "unfortunate event." You know, it makes so much sense that this happened at Wal-Mart, the epitome of American grossness. I hope that on Christmas morning, when the Wal-Mart savages' children are opening their stupid presents, they tell them "I hope you like it, because I had to kill a man for it."
And on the other side of the country, two men died at a Toys 'R Us in Palm Desert, CA. According to the L.A. Times, two chicks started arguing inside the store. One witness said it might have been over a toy, but another witness said it was over personal issues between them. Both were with dudes. One of the dudes pulled out a gun, shot it in the air and then shot the other man. It's assumed that the man who was shot also had a gun and used it to shoot the other dude. They both died.
What the fuck is wrong with America? Even wild animals behave better than we do. Stories like this make me want to donate all my shit to charity and go live in the woods for the rest of my life. People suck.
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Submitted by There I said it on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 10:10am.
What a way to die. Disgusting. But MK and all you American dlisters really every country has its own disgusting behaviorisms.
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And it's not just America...I think I get panicky cuz I remember that soccer (football) game in Liverpool or wherever that was...
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What a way to die. Disgusting. But MK and all you American dlisters really every country has its own disgusting behaviorisms. For example people get killed her getting the shit kicked out of them in the middle of the street and people just stare. Afterwards they come on tv and say they were so disgusted by it but I guess not disgusted enough to get their paws dirty. Individualism is a good thing when it comes to creating your own path in life. It becomes a bad thing when people lose their humanity and only care about their own.
I do hope you American dlisters had a great thanksgiving! Or is it not over yet? Ok confusing or just plain stupid on my part.
American greed at its finest. May that trampled man RIP.
Submitted by Jan_In_The_Pan on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 10:00am.
I've never understood people saying "Oh, Timmy HAS to have this for Christmas and there's a limited supply!" Fuck that...great opportunity to teach your kid about delayed gratification or, better yet, that we don't always get what we want and we should appreciate what we do get.
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Hear, hear.
I don't do lineups either, unless it's something I need.
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I have to say that stories like this make me glad I don't celebrate Christmas and such...that poor man and his family...that is fucked up...agreed MK, this shit makes me want to retreat further into rural areas and live off the fucking land...Wal-mart is fucking evil...if anyone took the time to read their many human rights violations across the world and even fucking here they wouldn't be one of the only companies posting record gains during our very real economic collaps...I'm so sickened
shit, I think I've been in that WalMart....
http://www.nypost.com/seven/11282008/news/regionalnews/man_killed__woman...
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I smacked a bitch and I liked it.
Don't they have cameras in Hellmart? I really hope they prosecute the people who stampeded that guy for murder.
I won't even go within 100 yards of ANY store (except 7-11 or the liquor store) on Black Friday. Why would anyone risk life or limb just to save an extra $50 bucks is beyond me! Fuckin' stupid, consumerism madness gone amock! It's just not worth it, people. Sadness, total and utter sadness :(
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It's funny how the celebration of Jesus' birthday has turned into a crazy consummerism orgy.
"I've been on line since Friday morning!!!" - shit, talk about being sensitive. I hope they all die a slow, miserable death.
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This story makes me sick!! Not that I need more, but this is yet again, another reason why I REFUSE to shop at Wal-Mart. How the 'eff are you going to knock some doors down and trample over people to save a few bucks????? Sadness........
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I,myself, am sickened by this. What the hell could be so important at Wal Mart that they had to shove the doors open? I'll be joining you in the woods MK. This shit makes me sick and embarrassed to live in a society where no one is ever happy unless they have excess.
people are fucking savages. this year all of my shopping has been on amazon and I am much happier (and evidently safer). what absolutely floored me was the man died and people wanted to keep on shopping like ain't shit happened. fucking beasts!
this world is hell.
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This is why, with very rare exception, I do all my holiday shopping online. I hate being around other people in general but it's magnified greatly when people are doing their holiday shopping and behaving like beasts.
I told my husband yesterday that I could only see myself camping out to get a bargain if it was something I needed that I couldn't get any other way. You need a tool to get a job or accomplish a necessary task and you can't afford the tool unless you get it at the discounted price? Okay, reasonable to wait on line.
I've never understood people saying "Oh, Timmy HAS to have this for Christmas and there's a limited supply!" Fuck that...great opportunity to teach your kid about delayed gratification or, better yet, that we don't always get what we want and we should appreciate what we do get.
I know marketing has taken an ugly turn in the last thirty years and they shrewdly started marketing "limited supply" items to whet the appetite of the rabid folks keen to keep up with the Joneses...but this is ridiculous and each and every parent does have the power to countermand this bullshit.
You want your kid to have something that's in limited supply for Christmas? How about telling him straight out that you'd like to get it for him but he'll have to wait until they restock in January. Or how about this...chances are, when the excitement has died down in January, he probably won't even want the damn thing anymore.
And if your child is young enough to believe in Santa and they're just hell bent on having one particular item they've seen advertised ad nauseum, you're letting your kid watch too much TV, dammit.
End of rant. For now.
Scary I read about the Wal-Mart guy yesterday. I know people get crazy about it but I never thought they took it that far. I'm pretty sure I'll never shop on a Black Friday.
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actullay, MK, when i first read about the walmart fuckup my very first reaction was: oh, and i thought only people in MY country can be major aholes like this
rest assured, it's not just the states
it's everywhere
ok, i know this doesn't sound like it's a good thing at all, but:
the fact that stuff like that is reason for disgust and outrage proves that that's NOT the norm, people overall are rather nice than not nice, erm... or as your mother would say, unnice :)
I read that these beasts actually forced the sliding doors off the hinges and the poor guy didn't have a chance to get out of their way.
I don't remotely get these freaking Walmart morons.
MK, you could be the uniblogger in your little shack in the woods.
this is why i avoid people in general. people have too much of a sense of entitlement. they'll stop at nothing to get what they want and justify it with some bullshit excuse about standing in line for 12 hours? i hope those losers burn in wal-mart hell. how many more times is this crap going to happen before things change?
Submitted by Hekki on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 9:44am.
Leona: I agree with you! It's gotten WAY out of hand.
Vent: Mr. Hekki's family is absolutely disgusting with the amount of money they spend on Christmas presents.
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Yeah. Homey don't play dat.
We make an effort to spend time together. We bake (yes! I bake at the holidays!) and make stuff...like, we buy pine and make wreaths and photo albums, ornaments and LOTS of food for everyone's freezer. We exchange gifts ..but not excessively - and something special; knick knacks make me nuts!;p
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There isn't anything WalMart could possibly have that would make me shop there. Hate that fucking store. I hope the family sues the shit out the store and the animals that trampled the poor guy. So much for the spirit of Chrismas.
And this, my friends, is the wonderful world of consumerism we live in, where bjects are more important than a human life. What a sad way to die. I hope those stupid whores who ran over him die a horrible death, crushed under a truckload of DVD players and flat screen TVs and then burn in hell for eternity.
Reason # 34,987 that I refuse to go out early on Black Friday to shop. No "deal" is worth losing your life over. The average American (and yes, I'm from this country) hears there might be a deal, and they go total apeshit-they lose all sense of reality and common sense.
I hope the assholes that trampled and killed this man enjoys their bargains. I hope killing someone was worth the money they saved. The people that walked by him as he was dying is just as bad-and until this whole "It's all about ME" syndrome changes, this country will continue to swirl the drain.
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Leona: I agree with you! It's gotten WAY out of hand.
Vent: Mr. Hekki's family is absolutely disgusting with the amount of money they spend on Christmas presents. I always wind up feeling like shit because they spend so much on us, and there is no way in hell that we can possibly reciprocate. And even during those years when I was making good money, it GALLED me that we would have to spend it on buying expensive wasteful crap for them "to keep up" that I would have spent wisely for us. I have been wearing the same boots for SEVEN years. They were very well-made classically styled Italian boots I got for a steal on sale, and I have re-heeled and re-soled them twice. They still look good. Last year, we had to buy his sister (who is married to a millionaire) a pair of Frye boots. It still pisses me off.
What I really want this year is to be excepted from the gift orgy.
Disgusting.
I also heard that a woman was pushed to the ground and suffered a broken leg at the WalMart in DuBois, PA.
(Jacko's favorite town)
Unbearable - all for the sake of a bargain.
Not so cheap now, is it??
It's beyond sad. And no surprise that wal0caust would try and lie about the manner of his death. Not like they're going to take responsibility for this disaster.
Yes Virginia... People truly do SUCK.
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Holy.
That's incredibly sad.
Not for nuthin - but it's the only time I go off, really, about Americans. We have two huge street festivals each year in the Tdot that attract a LOT of Americans. Last summer I had a real for real panic attack trying to get the girls through a crowd of people. They were trying to move in two directions but instead of looking at each other and working on two pathways they were just pushing, pushing, pushing. We'd start to get into the thick of it and I'd just hyperventilate. Seriously - I started crying. We ended up walking around a couple or three blocks, instead.
I think what bothered me just as much as the danger was that zombie feeling. Like everyone had only one objective - to get what they wanted - regardless of what was going on around them. Too fucking freaky for me, thank you very much. I've experienced this, slightly, at concerts too - particularly where there's a large mid-teen following...
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Couldn't have said it better myself, MK. This is the reason why I don't even leave my house on Black Friday, people are fucking lunatics.
Damn shame. Not to blame the poor man, because he probably didn't know better, but... Why on earth did he try to control the greed stampede? Had I been the employee responsible for opening the doors at that Wal-mart, I would have rigged a device for opening the door remotely and spread the floor with K-Y. Good times.
Every year I laugh my head off in contempt for the stupid idiots who get up at 3 in the morning to storm the early Black Friday sales. Yes, they are STUUUUUUUUUUUPID sheep.
I hope that on Christmas morning, when the Wal-Mart savages' children are opening their stupid presents, they tell them "I hope you like it, because I had to kill a man for it." (MK)
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That is the damn truth. It's time to stop giving gifts on Christmas.
This news item makes me physically ill.
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it really is time for the world to end. That's it, we had good run, but this madness cannot go on! Jesus, please push the button! (MK)