"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 Clarisse on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 10:34pm.
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So funny you say that, because we talk about that very same thing after each show. Something about him in that role..yano?
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Submitted by Team Valtrex on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 10:36pm.
My mom had a heart attack at WalMart, and not one person offered help. The rest of the shopping trip was push the cart, drag mom, push the cart, drag mom....
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Well, I hope you told her off on the way to the hospital at least!
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Submitted by vanyvrgs on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 10:28pm.
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Aww, there are NO words for that shit. I just don't get it. I mean this dude comes from a country where you get killed for a bit of milk or enough money to buy some bread, and he comes here, where you can get that shit for free if you don't mind filling out a paper..but dayum, for saving a few bucks on a NON necessity???!! Beyond redonkulous.
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Submitted by vanyvrgs on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 10:28pm.
Yeah, people are jerks and all, but I expect that from the masses. Check out these couple of stories from places that are SUPPOSED take care of you. Siiiigh.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/01/waiting.room.death/index.html
http://cbs4denver.com/local/rice.denver.settlement.2.864484.html
or, my mom, who works for the post office, told me that a guy died in a hot tub after seizing for close to 45 minutes. It was caught on the security camera, but nobody came to help the poor guy.
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My mom had a heart attack at WalMart, and not one person offered help. The rest of the shopping trip was push the cart, drag mom, push the cart, drag mom....
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_Hey Nit and Dee Dee and all! Long time no see. Hope you had a great thanksgiving all.
People are assholes. I used to work at an indian casino and a man died of a heart attack, people were walking over him when he was having the attack and when I asked them to leave because someone had died all they cared about was the fact that they had money in their slot machines. Hell, someone asked me whether they could reserve the machine of the deceased because she had seen him put a lot of money into it. I quit not long thereafter.
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Submitted by Clarisse on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 10:20pm.
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I'm SO there! Do you watch "The Mentalist" by any chance? I love that show for much of the same reason! Although, he was a former "stage psychic" who completely based his info off of "reading" people. Simon Barker plays the lead, and my teenaged daughter and I have fun trying to beat each other to the real killer before he does.
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@2Drink, eggzackary.
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Nitty!!!
The new series is set to begin Jan 2009.
Tim Roth Knows What You're Thinking in 'Lie to Me'
'Reservoir Dogs' and 'Incredible Hulk' star Tim Roth is taking the leap to the small screen this January in "Lie to Me," a new FOX drama series from Oscar-winning producer Brian Grazer, and ET is on the set with the cast! Tim tells us about the real-life inspiration for his character -- and why his kids may never be able to lie to him anymore!
"The guy I play is based on a man named Paul Ekman, who studied body language and traveled the world, and studied different cultures and came to the conclusion that it's universal; it's not cultural-specific," says Tim. "Your face contradicts what you're saying and it's involuntary, the gestures you make with your face -- and he can read them."
In "Lie to Me," Tim plays Dr. Cal Lightman, a man with the uncanny ability to detect the truth by analyzing a person's face, body, voice and speech. While his unique skill helps criminal investigations, it has its negative side when it comes to his private life.
"I've learned a little bit -- whatever's necessary for the episode … but I don't really want to know [more]," says Tim. "He wrote a book about why kids lie, and that's tempting to get that one."
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Submitted by DeeDee on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 10:13pm.
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Actually, Dee..I stole your Numero Uno button and painted over it. Good thing I don't mind sloppy seconds.
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*pushing my way in line behind Nitty* Yeah, line starts way down there kansascitystar. :P
I went to Walmart on Friday about 9 am to pick up some food and a fight broke out in the toy isle. Seriously people, it's just shit your kids will unwrap, admire for 5 seconds, and then ignore to play with the box it came in.
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In the basement collecting dust with the other has-beens...
All the shit this man died for will be in a landfill in 10 yrs.
Sadness and Gross is right.
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Clarisse! *two pinches and a chichi rub* No! What about the TB series/show?
((Vany)) Long time, lady. Glad to see you, sad to see this post. Although, I saw it yesterday when Mike posted it and have asked my fambily to give my xmas $$ to his family if there is an account set up in his name. We each give $100 in another's name in lieu of gifts. So disheartening, to say the least.
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For fuck's sake! People are fucking insane.
I hate Wal-Mart. Thank you MK, for verbalizing what any decent human being felt after hearing this story. The NY Times has a story about the guy who died, and about Wal-Mart's pathetic attempts at "security."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/nyregion/30walmart.html
Who the fuck cares what is on sale? People care more about stupid electronic shit than they care about people. I don't think that any of this has one iota of anything to do with Christmas.
Unbelievable... and Wlamart is indeed SATAN. Wonder whether they will fight this guy's family for benefits because he was a temporary worker. My guess is a resounding YES.____________________________________________
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Gilligan! That story! Yikes.
I hope someone followed them to get their license plate numbers and called the cops and social services.
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OFF TOPIC (so shoot me) Anyone else heard of the new series that Tim Roth has???
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Submitted by TITS on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 9:55pm.
Submitted by kansascitystar on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 9:48pm.
Michael K., I love you. you completely articulated my disgust and horror upon hearing this sickening story. don't say that you don't have a heart, it is very clear that you do.
hey, if you ever give up on the peen, call me
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whoa, back up bitch. the line starts over THERE.
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Thank you, TITS! *adjusts the #1 pin on her Christmas sweater* We sure ain't havin' a mob scene in heeyah! 'Sides, MK's got plenty to give to the messes..erm, masses.
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Submitted by kansascitystar on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 9:48pm.
Michael K., I love you. you completely articulated my disgust and horror upon hearing this sickening story. don't say that you don't have a heart, it is very clear that you do.
hey, if you ever give up on the peen, call me
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whoa, back up bitch. the line starts over THERE.
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Doesn't Wal-Mart exploit ppl from other countries who make its merchandise & stuff?
Kinda similar shit happened to in front of me at a 99 Cent Store(DUHH). These 2 bitches, 1 of them pregnant(at least 8 months!) & both with little 3-5 year old kids started fighting over personal issues. They knocked down stuff and a woman who was in line b/c she was in the way as the at least 5 ppl involved moved. It was like a cartoon, like when a cat and a dog get into a fight and become this ball thing. & the grown adult women where even with their mothers and they where in it too. At the end one of them lost her wave, & they where both bleeding from scratches. Their little kids they healed while they where fighting where also hurt & crying. Creating a cycle! very sad. The staff couldn't do anything and I had to leave. Its stuff like this that sucks but only in America.
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Hold it? Ha! You'll just pull it away and I'll fall flat on my back and kill myself.
What fucks me up the most is when the store employees said they had to leave cause someone fucking DIED,the mom jeans wearing,Clay Aiken lovin,hamburger helper for dinner and calling it a "meal" bitches complained "We got here a such and such time!
Fat pigs.Go eat a fucking pie.
And a dick.
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Michael K., I love you. you completely articulated my disgust and horror upon hearing this sickening story. don't say that you don't have a heart, it is very clear that you do.
hey, if you ever give up on the peen, call me
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Haha! I got it! By accident!
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That's so barbarian, man. So uncivilized. Running over others just to buy crap is beyond dumb. Mobs are scary things.
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Thanks, Clarisse! I'm plus-sized, & I LIKE IT! ;-)~
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angel_i,
YO! You don't think 36-52-47 is sexy?? RUDE!!
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Hold it? Ha! You'll just pull it away and I'll fall flat on my back and kill myself.
for a long time you couldn't even find a Target or WalMart near the city, just wasn't feasible. I remember going to Fulton St, we had Consumer's LOL, Woolworth's, and Macy's and Gimbel's. And I don't remember any craziness. Now once you had your shit you ran the risk of someone trying to kill you for it back in the day, but at least you could buy your shit without needing a Secret Service escort! And fuckyeah, I'm old and I remember Cabbage Patch too!!
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Submitted by dramaqueen365247 on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 9:08pm.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Actually, I thought dramaqueen was a fitting moniker for a former professional actress.
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Angel - here they put the garbage on a big barge, motor out to sea, dump and return.
raw sewage also gets pumped out into the ocean.
the only true recycling happens at the bottle depot - homeless people collect empties and get money for it, and in your backyard if you compost. Everything else is highly suspect. Maybe newsprint gets recycled as there is money in it.
They even came out with little biodegradable totes for apartment dwellers to put their crap in to carry to the big bins. It was hideous.
the grocery clerk said their biodegradable plastic bags had to be rotated in the stock room as some were disintegrating. that's nice. they should seed them with grass seeds or something too. (that idea is copyrighted! hee)
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loric said, "Sam Walton probably spins in his grave daily. This is not what he wanted Walmart to be about. Remember when Walmart first opened? It was all about low prices and having all AMERICAN made products. Now you have to search for an american made product in the store."
WORD. I was just thinking about that. When I was growing up in the 80s, and Walmart wasn't on every street corner, going to WM used to be a much different affair. And I'll even go a step further and say the caliber of customer used to be different. My mom and dad and I always enjoyed people-watching, and my mom and I in particular liked to see how people dressed to go shopping.
And it IS sad seeing what the merchandise has become. You CAN find American-made stuff there (oddly, the "Great Value" and "Sam's Choice" store brands are American-made), but most of the stuff is made in whatever country has the cheapest labor. WM bears no resemblance to the store Sam Walton founded.
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Submitted by angel_i on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 9:04pm.
Submitted by dramaqueen365247 on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 7:25pm.
Sibsi: I think the problem is, as someone quoted earlier, a lot of parents equate "stuff" with "love." (I think these are also the ones that think the TV is a babysitter & the teachers should be raising their kids.) That said, since we lavish our blended family with love, am I allowed to want to get them stuff that will make their faces light up on Christmas morning? Pretty please w/ sugar on top?
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Well, IM(ns)O - yeah. As long as you're not replacing the necessary love and support with "stuff". Gifts are AWESOME. They can show you're paying attention, they are a great way to create blessings (idea being that prayers are answered in the way that they're asked and if you want your child to be "gifted" it's a good idea to pay into that yourself).
But the only really good gifts; the ones that aren't forgotten in a matter of months, come from the heart. And the only way the heart can know a really good gift is if it really knows the recipient. And the only way a heart can know another human being is through time. Good, old-fashioned quality time. Eye contact. Conversations about "nothing". Conversations about "issues". Meal sharing. Play. A helping hand....those little things that can not, in any way, ever be replaced by objects.
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Liquor is good too. the gift that keeps on giving.
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Submitted by TITS on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 8:11pm.
Submitted by angel_i on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 6:41pm.
MEBBE THEY SHOULD CHANGE THE NAME TO PINK FRIDAY! OR GREEEEEEN FRIDAY! YOU GUYS COULD ALL COMPOST ON THAT DAY! =)
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Yeesh! Balance, balance. What's she gonna do when she comes downtown and sees the 5 million offices blowing their airconditioning, people idling their cars for it and throwing their trash out the window. A little recycling is not going to save the world. I tend to think of recycling more like a prayer than anything cuz who the fuck knows where that stuff really goes?
The big tip off for me was when the city started a compost program here ( i use a community compost). SO apparently, you tie your compost up into plastic bags and they dump it all in a big truck like that and take it somewhere and ...what? Someone picks all the plastic bags out? They have a plastic bag picking machine? Yeah, right. They throw that shit in the garbage, I'm sure.
At any rate: reducing and reusing are the way to go.
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RIP Jdimytai Damour. What a shame that this gentleman was Haitian and came to America looking for a better life for he and his family. From a dismal existence and no future, to a possible future that was trampled upon by a bunch of citizens in a country where they feel saving $89.00 on a big screen TV, entitles them to act like savages. I guess everyone must pick their poison or find their anger at some point.
My prayers to his family at this most "wonderful time of year." (If you buy the hype)
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BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Actually, I thought dramaqueen was a fitting moniker for a former professional actress.
I'm sorry, judgmental? Reactive? No, actually, you intolerant fool, I'm PROactive. Not wanting my son to be taught by someone who's color blind & open-minded? If that's what you call "judgmental" & "reactive," then I'm guilty on all charges.
You're a bigot & a joke. Hurl all the insults you want, but at the end of the day, when you look in the mirror, you'll see an asshole. & that will never change.
Edited to add: & you know what? The welfare of the children you teach should be 1st & foremost in your mind, not their skin color. Parents put their trust in you to help to give their kids a foundation by which to live their lives, not a lesson on how bad black people are.
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Submitted by dramaqueen365247 on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 7:25pm.
Sibsi: I think the problem is, as someone quoted earlier, a lot of parents equate "stuff" with "love." (I think these are also the ones that think the TV is a babysitter & the teachers should be raising their kids.) That said, since we lavish our blended family with love, am I allowed to want to get them stuff that will make their faces light up on Christmas morning? Pretty please w/ sugar on top?
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Well, IM(ns)O - yeah. As long as you're not replacing the necessary love and support with "stuff". Gifts are AWESOME. They can show you're paying attention, they are a great way to create blessings (idea being that prayers are answered in the way that they're asked and if you want your child to be "gifted" it's a good idea to pay into that yourself).
But the only really good gifts; the ones that aren't forgotten in a matter of months, come from the heart. And the only way the heart can know a really good gift is if it really knows the recipient. And the only way a heart can know another human being is through time. Good, old-fashioned quality time. Eye contact. Conversations about "nothing". Conversations about "issues". Meal sharing. Play. A helping hand....those little things that can not, in any way, ever be replaced by objects.
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My son already knows that his Christmas present is a big donation, in his name, to the stewards of our favorite hiking trail.
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That's why I went to WaMa at 11am when barely anyone was there and the only reason to rush anywhere in the store was to the bathroom to shit all of that turkey and ham out.
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See, this is why my family doesnt do xmas presents, that and the fact we are all poor. If we want to spend the money to spend xmas together we cant afford presents. The presents I do buy for the kids i go online for.
This makes me sick. What meaning is there in Christmas anymore? It's disgusting. Our culture is so messed up. Theres no value in people anymore.
it's shopping time of the year!!!
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Submitted by Manimal5 on Sat, 11/29/2008 - 8:37pm.
I always said, "I wouldn't be caught dead in a Walmart". I wish that guy had said the same thing.
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Reason 876 NOT to ever go to Walmart: In the off chance you might die of any cause whatsoever it is among the most undignified of deaths...
I hope Walmart takes it up the ass in every way imaginable for this poor guy's death. They won't, mind you, but I can dream...(there are so few of my dreams that include Walmart in any way shape or form. Nightmares? Yes, plenty. Dreams? This is a first...)
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Submitted by Dirk Diggler: "I like to retell the story of how Wall-Mart failed miserably in Germany, where buying stuff is perceived as a chore, not a pastime or a mode of self-expression. Customers there were appalled by the phony cheerfulness of the staff and stayed out in droves..."
Now THAT brought a smile to my face. I LOVE stories like that.
I always think this when I'm shopping and see women for whom shopping is their major pastime and mode of self-expression (stealing that, Dirk): Why are they buying all these clothes? All they're doing is buying "cute outfits" to shop for more "cute outfits" in. They don't do much else.
I always said, "I wouldn't be caught dead in a Walmart". I wish that guy had said the same thing.
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dramaqueen - what a fitting handle.
God help my students? God help your children for having such a judgmental, reactive mother.
Excellent story on the unionization and immediate closure of the Walmart store in Quebec.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_07/b3971115.htm
The beginning is a bit dry, but stick with it!
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Must have beer. Feeling grumpy.