Now wait a minute, it’s not just Walmart.
Yesterday, the following stores (these are just the ones in my area that I know of) had Black Friday sales, with doors opening at 5:00 am:
Best Buy, Circuit City, LL Gregg, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Bass Pro Shops, Sears, J.C. Penney, Kohls, Dillards, Kmart, Toys R Us, Office Depot, Target, etc, etc.
Add to the list if you know of any others. I’m sure there are more.
In any case, it isn’t the store it’s the “shoppers”.
In other news, 1400 Walmarts across the country opened up at 5:00 am yesterday to crowds looking for Black Friday bargains.
One of them had a riot that killed a guy.
While I agree that as a whole, Wal-mart isn't solely responsible. THIS particular store is, however, partly responsible, as are the shoppers. They should have anticipated the crowds, they should have provided an orderly entry method and they should NOT have used employees to try and slow the crowd. This poor guy was a "temporary maintenance worker". Why was he doing crowd control?! I see a justifiable lawsuit against the store...and I hope they win big!