I’ve never heard of Rei and I’m not even sure if it exists in Canada, but I admire what they’ve decided to do this year. Instead of opening on Black Friday so that crazy people can have a tug of war over a tent, they’re keeping their stores closed, giving all of their employees a …
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Black Friday Body Count: The Best Of 2014
Circumstances didn’t let me do the proper Black Friday thing last year, but that doesn’t mean that such an important occasion should be allowed to pass without even the tiniest bit of fanfare. So to save me doing the hard work myself, I shall give you Gawker’s collection of the best of the season, complete …
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Black Friday Body Count: The UK Has Black Friday Now. Guess How It Went
Yeah, about as well as it goes stateside. Police were called early Friday morning to help maintain security at some supermarkets and shopping outlets that offered deep discounts starting at midnight. Some of the worst problems were in the Manchester area in northwestern England where police were summoned to seven Tesco supermarkets after disturbances. Greater …
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Black Friday Body Count: Nobody Used A Taser. It Could Have Been Another Brand
The nice people in PR say things weren’t so bad, there was no Taser and no need to be alarmed, but a video and some witnesses make it seem a whole lot like a woman stun gunned another woman during an early morning fight at the Franklin Mills Mall in Philadelphia. “It started out, one …
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Black Friday Body Count: Save Money, Get Trampled
Oh hey, somebody got trampled. Guess where. Reports of an ambulance at Wal-Mart came in during the evening hours and the New Boston Police Department confirmed a report of a female being trampled at the store. Immediate details of the incident were not available, but the dispatcher confirmed a female was being treated for injuries …
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Black Friday Body Count: Missing Dinner With Your Family Is Wrong, Says A Woman Missing Dinner With Her Family
Remember when I said that people kind of suck? Just listen to this woman who lined up on goddamned Wednesday to make sure she didn’t miss anything on Thursday. Anything but Thanksgiving with her family, I should say. For many retailers this year, Black Friday started on Thanksgiving Day. Luck called it “Blue Thursday” because …
Black Friday Body Count: Thanks For Comin’ Out, Lying Spokeslady
Forgot to note this laughable pile of corporate horse nuggets when posting the broken wristed California cop thing. Walmart corporate officials said safety of customers and employees is the greatest importance. “The fight at the Rialto store was an unfortunate and isolated incident to an otherwise very safe event,” corporate spokeswoman Betsy Harden said. “Providing …
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Black Friday Body Count: Brown Friday?
Not only is today a day for rioting, it’s also a day for crapping everywhere. Reddit user Dave_Versus_Volcano posted his story about working at a Best Buy one Brown Friday. When an estimated 1,500 people entered the building at 6:00 a.m., the line for the checkout snaked deep into the store, all the way into …
Black Friday Body Count: Another Officer Injured, And What In The Christ Is Red Thursday
We’ve got another police officer injury, this time out of Rialto, California. The officer’s wrist was broken as he tried to break up a fight between 2 men outside the store. While that was happening, 2 of the classic merch melees on which Black Friday is built were taking place inside. All of this and …
Black Friday Body Count: 2 More Walmart Riot Videos
Time for a couple videos. First up, Black Friday Madness – Fort Worth, TX Watch as people plow over each other and display shelves in pursuit of…something or other. Oh, and be sure to listen for the woman with the heart problem. Next, something amazing but in no way surprising. Black Friday 2013: Walmart Kicked …
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