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This woman was trampled at Walmart the other day trying to get a $29 DVD player.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=9&u=/ap/20031129/ap_on_re_us/trampled_shopper
Woman Knocked Unconscious While Shopping
1 hour, 37 minutes ago Add Top Stories - AP to My Yahoo!
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.
She was flown to Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach, where doctors told the family VanLester had a seizure after she was knocked down and would likely remain hospitalized through the weekend, Ellzey said. Hospital officials said Saturday they did not have any information on her condition.
"She's all black and blue," Ellzey said. "Patty doesn't remember anything. She still can't believe it all happened."
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."
This is madness. I saw people on TV lined up ouside of a walmart the other day in a line that was like 5 people wide and half a kilometre long. Then when the doors opened people swarmed into the staore as fast as they could as if they were handing out million dollar cheques.
My girlfriend used to work at an electronics store and it was the same thing - she's show up at work on boxing day in the dark and already people were lined up outside the store.
I just can't comprehend how stupid, greedy and brainwashed you have to be to NEED these things so badly that you're willing to do this. I mean I like buying cool stuff and i like bargains but is ANYTHING worth dealing with that? Standing in a line in the cold for HOURS to save under $100??
Madness I tell you.
Oh by the way - it's nice of walmart to "put a DVD player on hold" for her. Isn't that generous of them considering she almost DIED in their friggin store!
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=9&u=/ap/20031129/ap_on_re_us/trampled_shopper
Woman Knocked Unconscious While Shopping
1 hour, 37 minutes ago Add Top Stories - AP to My Yahoo!
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.
She was flown to Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach, where doctors told the family VanLester had a seizure after she was knocked down and would likely remain hospitalized through the weekend, Ellzey said. Hospital officials said Saturday they did not have any information on her condition.
"She's all black and blue," Ellzey said. "Patty doesn't remember anything. She still can't believe it all happened."
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."
This is madness. I saw people on TV lined up ouside of a walmart the other day in a line that was like 5 people wide and half a kilometre long. Then when the doors opened people swarmed into the staore as fast as they could as if they were handing out million dollar cheques.
My girlfriend used to work at an electronics store and it was the same thing - she's show up at work on boxing day in the dark and already people were lined up outside the store.
I just can't comprehend how stupid, greedy and brainwashed you have to be to NEED these things so badly that you're willing to do this. I mean I like buying cool stuff and i like bargains but is ANYTHING worth dealing with that? Standing in a line in the cold for HOURS to save under $100??
Madness I tell you.
Oh by the way - it's nice of walmart to "put a DVD player on hold" for her. Isn't that generous of them considering she almost DIED in their friggin store!
The bastards wouldn't even GIVE her the DVD player. They put it on hold. That's the funniest thing I've seen all day.
