Comments on Why does everything suck?: Walmart’s Black Friday Negligent Homicide

wow

2009-11-26T23:21:34.512-05:00

wow

You single out Walmart but almost all retailers do...

2009-04-15T13:42:00.000-04:00

You single out Walmart but almost all retailers do this and it could have happened anywhere. I blame the people who actually committed the crime. There is no excuse for acting like animals.

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2008-12-08T12:25:00.000-05:00

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It's mob mentality. People do things in a crowd t...

2008-12-08T09:27:00.000-05:00

It's mob mentality. People do things in a crowd they would never do otherwise. Although you can say Walmart set the stage for the incident, you can't really blame them. Maybe now retailers will take mob mentality into account when they set up these loss-leader ads.

I understand many people do not like Walmart, and ...

2008-12-04T23:38:00.000-05:00

I understand many people do not like Walmart, and I respect that; however, let's not forget that it was the public that did this. Sure Walmart chummed the water with a few tempting fish, but the sharks are the one doing the biting. Perhaps we need to examine the greediness that turns good people into selfish SOBs that value things over people. I know that sounds sanctimonious, but truth it truth.

Hi Hank, I guess the recession is also affecting y...

2008-12-04T09:58:00.000-05:00

Hi Hank,

I guess the recession is also affecting your posting frequency.

Thanks for everything thought. I check your blog daily.

Laurence Brothers said... December 1, 2008 10:50 A...

2008-12-02T01:42:00.000-05:00

Laurence Brothers said...
December 1, 2008 10:50 AM
I hope that every last SOB caught on camera is prosecuted for manslaughter...

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I absolutely agree with you...It's what I've been saying.

I live very near to the Walmart that this happened at. I actually frequent the store about twice a month.

Everytime I think about this story, I just shake my head in disbelief and can only say, "Damn Animals!"

Well said. It seems predatory to mislead so many p...

2008-12-01T15:08:00.000-05:00

Well said. It seems predatory to mislead so many people into thinking they'll be able to win the Black Friday lottery by losing sleep and putting their lives at risk.

I don't know if your proposed sale solution is ver...

2008-12-01T10:50:00.000-05:00

I don't know if your proposed sale solution is very realistic, because as you said the idea is after all not to lose money on "loss leaders", but to fake people into buying things that do have profit associated with them.

The ethical thing to do is not to manipulate and deceive the public, and not to treat your own workers like scum, but if they did those things, they wouldn't be Walmart.

But I certainly agree that this was a horrific incident. IMO it shows all that is wrong with both America at large and with corporate retail in particular. I hope that a) every last SOB caught on camera is prosecuted for manslaughter, and b) Walmart is sued for big damages for not having proper security. They should have known better, and they should have paid all their local towns and city governments for a police detail at every store.