http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7102390Oh my.
By the way, Doug from Upland, one of the premier shining lights on freerepublic, is mentioned, and harshly criticized, about halfway through this bonfire.
Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-28-09 07:48 AM
Original message
Walmart Shuts Down For 3 Hours After Shoppers Go Crazy
Black Friday brought out the rowdy side of Wal-Mart shoppers early this morning when the Upland location shut down for more than two hours after customers caused a ruckus inside.
Store management called Upland police at 2:44 a.m., asking for assistance in dealing with customers who were “fighting inside,†said Lt. Jim Etchason.
About 300 people were in the store, which had remained open all night as a security precaution after a Wal-Mart worker on Long Island, N.Y., was trampled to death last year on Black Friday when a surging, impatient crowd rushed the doors after the store opened.
But in Upland, employees said, customers began tearing into merchandise that had been shrink-wrapped and were supposed to be opened at 5 a.m.
“This was without a doubt the worst I’ve ever seen it,†said one employee, who said she has worked a dozen Black Fridays.
“They wouldn’t let people line up,†she added. “They were belligerent. They just bombarded the store.â€
Several officers were sent and stood by as shoppers were kicked out and the store closed down, Etchason said. The bargain hunters were told to line up in the parking lot.
Meanwhile, the carts were emptied and all the items returned to the shelves, employees said. But they said that outside, people began “yelling and screaming,†pounding on the glass doors and trying to sneak into the store through the lawn and garden section.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2009/11/black-...
Nice try except for the merchandise that wasn't supposed to be opened until 5am. Fools!
Mimosa (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-28-09 07:53 AM
Response to Original message
1. Materialism and greed are ugly.
I don't understand people being so obsessed with things.
Must've been a bunch of primitives, because primitives are obsessed with things.
izquierdista (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-28-09 09:12 AM
Response to Reply #1
9. If you saw what they saw in the mirror
You would be so depressed that you would need to go buy some things to cover it over.
Yep, that's why the primitives do it.
The Slavic mole:
Kievan Rus (865 posts) Sat Nov-28-09 01:32 PM
Response to Reply #1
18. It's an addiction
There are a lot of people in this country that are addicted to stuff.
They're no different than gambling addicts or drug addicts. Anything for a fix.
The lying Lorien primitive:
Lorien (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-28-09 02:05 PM
Response to Reply #18
28. I wonder if the same kind of shopaholism exists in other countries?
I have a good friend who is slowly overcoming a severe case of it. I have another buddy who still can't admit that he's got it-even though he's now jobless with 60k in credit card debt and no home. I don't recall shopaholics pre-1980 or so. What does everyone else think?
MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-28-09 02:43 PM
Response to Reply #28
34. I agree with you
It started in the 80's with Reagan. In college I remember the first Credit Cards in our college mail, the CC companies knowing that no one had a job etc. More, More, More was the mandate of the 80's......
Thothmes (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-28-09 08:21 PM
Response to Reply #34
46. You are wrong
In the 70s the basement sale at Filenes in Boston was a riot. thousands of folks waiting to get at the "good deals" at 6 am in the morning.
And on and on it goes, until this speed-bump happens:
stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-28-09 01:38 PM
Response to Original message
19. Could Doug from Upland be involved?
He's a prominent Freeper.
Her Stoutness the silly primitive:
SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-28-09 02:23 PM
Response to Reply #19
30. Isn't he the Upland CA freeper? This happened in Upland NY
at least I think that;s what the article said
stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-28-09 02:25 PM
Response to Reply #30
31. Maybe I got the wrong Upland.
SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-28-09 03:31 PM
Response to Reply #31
42. I was the one who mis-read it.. It was CA..
Upland Doug does not strike me as the type who would get up that early though...unless it was to join Sarah Palin for pancakes at the 24-hr IHOP
The
Die alte Sau, the dysmenopausal Kansas school teacher:
proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-28-09 03:26 PM
Response to Reply #30
40. I thought it was CA
SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-28-09 03:28 PM
Response to Reply #40
41. Oops..My mistake.. I read the Long Island part and did not catch the fact that they were referencing it from the incident where the man died..
Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-28-09 02:36 PM
Response to Reply #19
33. I believe they pipe his crappy music through the muzak system
The SARAHCUDA loop has been playing nonstop since her book was released. It's Guaranteed to agitate even the dimmest wit.
after which an image of one of Doug from Upland's works
The bonfire burns on and on, but it's so big if I were to trying bringing it over, the boat would sink. Well worth seeing the whole thing in its blazing glory.
