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J Diddy · 11-29-2014, 12:50 PM

I was at a Houston Walmart Black Friday a few years ago. I went just to see what it was all about. Certain items went on sale at different times. There were constant PA announcements for people to stay calm but then two seconds later there would be another PA announcement with a COUNT DOWN, firing people up, to when a specific item was going on sale and then a "GO GO GO!!!" by the announcer. Then I would sit there and watch as an Xbox game display would come crashing down with 20 people on top of it...or people playing tug of war over a $20 waffle maker. My niece stole one of those childrens ride in battery powered cars away from two women that were fighting over it all while Walmart employees just watched and did nothing. There were 3 of these cars for sale at $80, regular $300. There were 200 people there just for that item.

So basically the Walmart employees have no idea how to handle this sale or they want mass hysteria.

11-29-2014, 12:50 PM	#46
J Diddy Scoring Winger Join Date: Dec 2010 Exp:	I was at a Houston Walmart Black Friday a few years ago. I went just to see what it was all about. Certain items went on sale at different times. There were constant PA announcements for people to stay calm but then two seconds later there would be another PA announcement with a COUNT DOWN, firing people up, to when a specific item was going on sale and then a "GO GO GO!!!" by the announcer. Then I would sit there and watch as an Xbox game display would come crashing down with 20 people on top of it...or people playing tug of war over a $20 waffle maker. My niece stole one of those childrens ride in battery powered cars away from two women that were fighting over it all while Walmart employees just watched and did nothing. There were 3 of these cars for sale at $80, regular $300. There were 200 people there just for that item. So basically the Walmart employees have no idea how to handle this sale or they want mass hysteria.