Regardless of employee training, the ‘bargain entitlement’ mentality of the crowd killed the man. Given every ounce of training save for a riot shotgun, it is likely this man would have been trampled. Mob mentality, mob voting, mob ideology are the mindset of this group of sub humans.
Gimme, gimme, GIMMME!
In my town there used to be an easter egg hunt every year in which there were a number of prize eggs containing REALLY GOOD prizes. The event grew to attract over 1,000 kids (and their parents) and the last I heard there were fist fights and adults shoving kids out of the way. This event is no more.
Then there was the yearly toy drive for underpriiveledged kids. Each kid was guaranteed a good toy (usually a bicycle). As you can imagine, that has turned into a grabfest. I also heard that they caught “volunteers” stealing some of the toys days before the big event.
The Salvation Army looks to be using “homeless” people as bell-ringers around here. No way would I put money in the kettle with some of the folks I’ve seen ringing the bell.
I’ve thought of volunteering to be a bell-ringer at my neighborhood grocery store, which is a Yuppie haven.
When Target had limited supplies of the Wii Fit they gave coupons to the first people in line which allowed them to purchase the item. This eliminates the stampede aspect of this type of crowd. They gave you until the end of the business day to use the coupon or you lost your right to purchase the item.
Seems there are better ways to get people to shop in your store than advertising very limited supplies and then trying to open your store to a horde.