Walmart employee trampled..have any of you experienced this today?

It was nothing but madness let me tell you. People are rediculous. People on black Friday are willing to kill each other over a stupid sale. I thought we were humans not animals!

Why did even Walmart allow people to cause a stampede. Why? What is in Walmart that would cause people to stampede that way? Was it because they had a sale? I guess there are really times when people loose their sense on discipline. Why do people always become too desperate of something. I think it was the fault of the store and also the customers. Walmart should have take extra precaution especially if there is a bargain and they should have added more security personnel to ensure proper order. I think Walmart has already anticipated that increase in their customers and they should have added more security measure. I really dont get it why people could sometimes really become so despearate. Was it because of the current economic condition that people would really become desperate to save more? I guess there are really time when we could not predict people. As what other said "SOME PEOPLE ARE REALLY UNPREDICTABLE".

I think the crowd that we were in today was one of the better crowds that we've been in. We went shopping at a Walmart and I didn't get pushed, or shoved and people weren't madly grabbing things like they have in year's past. People were actually pretty civil. People were being nice and actually helping out people out. I did experience one woman that was pretty snobby and didn't care for anyone else except for a woman that I was helping out that had her baby with her. That's not uncommon for some people though so I'm not that surprised that one person had to ruin the whole thing. There was plenty of time to everything that we wanted. They still had just about everything left so it really wasn't a bad time today. Not for us anyway.

This makes me sick, that people could put material things before a life. Even if he had only been injured that would have been bad enough. I found and read the story and the fact that people had the nerve to get mad and yell when asked to leave when they closed the store is so sick! I really hope the ones that did this and the ones that just stepped over him have a great holiday knowing that they killed someone for a few bucks. What are some people thinking?? I feel sorry for the ones that tried so hard to get to him to help him too. They had to feel helpless and will probably have nightmares of this for a long time to come. Where it is the ones that pushed and shoved all for a good deal that Im hoping has the nightmares.

I think that is just horrible! I dont shop on black friday and that is exactly why. people can be animals to save money, it is just not worth it! have a good day.

That's terrible! and very sad. Two years ago I went to Wal-Mart on black friday. I got to the store at 4:45am ( it opened at 5). and people were lined up at the door. over 100 people easy. And when the doors opened it was just a crazy rush, I couldn't believe it. I fell bad for that person, my prayers go out to their family.

I went out at 5 am to our local Wal-MArt and I believe people were ruder than ever this year. I have been shopping for the past three years on Black Friday and never experienced the rudeness that I did today. Just because the economy is bad doesn't give people the right to act so rude.

Never been out on a Black Friday, but then I am not American. But I would not want to go to get a bargain since I happen to know most of the bargains are really not introductory offers but clearing out the old stuff. It sounds all like madness to me. Why can't they wait until closer to Christmas and not limit it to just one day or why not order over the internet? That sounds a whole lot safer.

I shop every year on Black Friday. I was in line at ToysRUs at 4:00am this year. I have never seen anything like this story here where I am from. Only people getting arrested for shoplifting. And many people bring their kids out at that hour to shop which I think is awful. Sad story.

We went out to a mall Thanksgiving night which opened at 12:00 a.m. I figured it wouldn't be as crowded as the early morning specials. I was wrong. Sawgrass Mills is an outlet mall and is one of the larger malls in the South Florida area. To get off the turnpike exit there was a 2 mile line of cars just to get to the exit. We got past that, but inside the mall, it was impossible to walk. There was wall to wall people pushing and shoving, if you did manage to get into a store and want to buy something, there was like 1 clerk and a line which snaked throughout the store. Needless to say, I left. I came home and started ordering presents online. I'll wait for the delivery and most places had free or reduced shipping. I'll never do the Black Friday thing again.

So Black Friday is a day where goods are reduced after Thankgiving? I was just wondering this after I saw the term in another discussion. I think this story just shows how mad society has become. How can shopping become so important to people that it puts others' well being at risk? I think if there was a Black Friday here it's the sort of event I'd be avoiding like the plague! I hate shopping at the best of times & people fighting to get into a shop sounds like my idea of hell.

I shop on Black Firday every year and I have a lot of fun doing it. This is outrageous that people have chosen to conduct themselves this way. Although I enjoy it I think they need to come up with better ways of controlling it or eliminating it. This is crazy that people would do such a thing. The bargains are not that great I just like the fun of it!

I've never heard of black friday before until a few days ago. After reading this stuff I will never be attending. I hope those people are proud of themselves.

I've never been out on black friday or shopping for that matter. I think what happened is horrible and I hope those people feel very ashamed while they go up to the register to get their gift and ask themselves.. was this purchase really worth that poor persons life? Such a shame in what our society has turned into, so despicable and unbelievable. Yet I can say that it doesn't surprise me I guess that people are so self absorb in what they need that they dont' take the time to help anyone up.

I did not go, but have other years and people just are not nice. You would think they are after the last bit of food to feed their families. I go out and try to find things, if I get them fine, if I don't fine.

That poor guys family. I feel awful for them. I believe that something should be done to outlaw these sales that create such a frenzy every year. Just about every year you hear of people getting hurt if not killed. It is not worth it. I refuse to go out into that mob myself. I was still home tucked away in bed.

I have heard stories like this before and it is outrageous that people would just stampede a person. No deal is worth a life. I believe that these types of sales should be outlawed and not permitted. I went one year and the woman behind me grabbed something out of my hand, I looked at her and said well if you want it that bed then take it. I watched people get into a fist fight. The ignorance is unbelievable. Everyone of those shoppers are as guilty as the next. How can people just ignore someone on the floor? Like I said this should be stopped no more black friday events! They would be smart to just send out a regular flyer and suprise the public with the black friday specials.

I tried to tell them this in another discussion I started on The After Thanksgiving Day sale. Some of the responders said they had never heard of this, fighting pushing and shoving. I told them no way was I getting out in that mess of shoppers and I didn't.