ally_wright - Animals at Wal-Mart

For some families it is tradition to go out shopping on Black Friday to get the best deals possible. Yet, for my family, it is the exact opposite. We don’t go near the malls. For me, it’s the fact that there are so many people crammed into a space, rushing around with no concern for other people that makes me stay as far away as possible.

This year’s Black Friday in particular seemed to be one of the worst to go shopping. My guess is because people are so eager to get as much of a discount on Christmas gifts as possible due to the troubled economy. The bruises from pushing and shoving each year is one thing, but this year a man was trampled to death at a Wal-Mart in Long Island, New York. This man was not even a crazed shopper, he was a greater. After opening the doors to the store at 5am, an ungodly hour to work, he was met with a stampede of people and pummeled to the ground. My heart breaks for this man because he was just trying to do his job when a ruthless mass of people overtook him.

This is one of the most disgusting and animalistic tragedies I have ever heard. It was not as if people were running from a burning building; they were shopping. These people were so eager and selfish to get into the store that a person died because of it. I cannot imagine stepping over someone for 50% marked down prices, it’s absolutely absurd. There is no reason that a day of shopping should be a day marked with tragedy. Being a Wal-Mart greeter, a job I’m sure that does not pay an adequate among, should not be one of danger. I hope that all the merchandise that those monstrous shoppers purchased breaks on Christmas Day.