I don’t normally do a blog entry to totally rip on a story I saw on the news, but I’m going to make an exception this time. This is one of those stories that you can’t help but read and have the overwhelming feeling to just… well, laugh your ass off at.
ORANGE CITY, Fla. – A mob of shoppers rushing for a sale on DVD players trampled the first woman in line and knocked her unconscious as they scrambled for the shelves at a Wal-Mart Supercenter.
Patricia VanLester had her eye on a $29 DVD player, but when the siren blared at 6 a.m. Friday announcing the start to the post-Thanksgiving sale, the 41-year-old was knocked to the ground by the frenzy of shoppers behind her.
“She got pushed down, and they walked over her like a herd of elephants,” said VanLester’s sister, Linda Ellzey. “I told them, `Stop stepping on my sister! She’s on the ground!'”
Ellzey said some shoppers tried to help VanLester, and one employee helped Ellzey reach her sister, but most people just continued their rush for deals. “All they cared about was a stupid DVD player,” she said Saturday.
Paramedics called to the store found VanLester unconscious on top of a DVD player, surrounded by shoppers seemingly oblivious to her, said Mark O’Keefe, a spokesman for EVAC Ambulance.
Ellzey said Wal-Mart officials called later Friday to ask about her sister, and the store apologized and offered to put a DVD player on hold for her.
Wal-Mart Stores spokeswoman Karen Burk said she had never heard of a such a melee during a sale. “We are very disappointed this happened,” Burk said. “We want her to come back as a shopper.”
They found her on top of a DVD player unconscious… so she got one. She might spend the rest of the year in the hospital and in traction, but damn, she got her $30 DVD Player. I don’t know the legalities involved here, but I’m assuming that there will be a lawsuit, and all I can say is good. Wal-Mart isn’t doing too much here to kiss ass. The lady gets trampled and the best they can do is put a fucking DVD player on layaway for her? I would at least give her the player and a few movies to boot just to try and do a little damage control. Actually I’d give her some football gear and invite her back next year. Suck it up and train the year and come back next year and don’t fucking fall.
As long as I’m here I might as well bitch about some other stuff now. Let’s see, what’s pissing me off today? The weather, no… that is actually pretty decent for this time of year. I know, I’ll bitch at Stephanie. I’m sure many of you know of Stephanie, although you ignore her like the fucking plague. In a lack of my own better judgment about four years ago I downloaded Weatherbug for my computer. I deleted it shortly after because I didn’t like it that much. However, much like a jilted woman who just can’t seem to let go, Stephanie keeps emailing me shit from Weatherbug at least once a week. I keep telling Stephanie that I don’t want any of her shit anymore but she doesn’t seem to get the message. It’s getting so bad that I’m almost ready to introduce her to Scott Peterson.