Serious Question to anyone who works in retail

[SolidSnake84]

Well at least we are "civilized". There was a guy killed at black friday this year, he was 6 foot 5 and like 250, he was a walmart worker and he was trying to protect a pregnant lady from a violent crowd...they killed him for it...seriously look it up

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake84

Well at least we are "civilized". There was a guy killed at black friday this year, he was 6 foot 5 and like 250, he was a walmart worker and he was trying to protect a pregnant lady from a violent crowd...they killed him for it...seriously look it up

He was actually trampled at the initial surge of workers rushing the doors at a Long Island location. Several other injuries occurred including that of a pregnant lady, but he wasn't killed because he was protecting somebody.

People are crazy.. they were pushing the doors in and broke them to get in.. workers had actually formed a barricade and that's how several of them got trampled. I never did hear if they were ordered to form the barricade but that seems like a likely scenario.

[SolidSnake84]

Originally Posted by tryfuhl

He was actually trampled at the initial surge of workers rushing the doors at a Long Island location. Several other injuries occurred including that of a pregnant lady, but he wasn't killed because he was protecting somebody.

People are crazy.. they were pushing the doors in and broke them to get in.. workers had actually formed a barricade and that's how several of them got trampled. I never did hear if they were ordered to form the barricade but that seems like a likely scenario.

I read other reports that the mob became angry when the man tried to shield the lady, but anyway, having workers to try and form a barricade without any protective equipment or training was crazy.

In 2005, i was still in the military and a few guys from my guard unit was brought in to help the local police provide crowd control/security for a large retail store near Crepastown MD, that was cleverly opening on black friday for the first time. They were very professional....water filled barricades, Police in protective clothing, etc. They were prepared for a crowd riot/unruly situation.

The point is that is different than trying to have a couple untrained workers trying to hold back a violent mob of 300+ people could only end in disaster. Stores need to be more prepared. The water barricades easily installed, could be taken down quickly, and the police made sure that if the mob got violent, they were easily dispersed...

Still though, nobody seems to mind that we as a society, have no problem killing one another on black friday in order to get that last "sale item"...