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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    11/12/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
    So they're staying open for all of Thanksgiving? That's a nice holiday F-U to their employees, isn't it? #blackfriday2009
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
    I always thought that guy had a heart attack or something because of being knocked down. I didn't think he literally got trampled TO DEATH. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
    They are still calling the loss leaders "doorbusters"... kinda signifies the intention. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling

    Let us not forget Jdimytai!
    [consumerist.com] #blackfriday2009
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
    I'll be borrowing a certain iron bar from Jesus for all of my Black Friday shopping. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    11/11/09

    @Nathan Obbards: No need. Just take my advice. When you go into the door, body check the old lady next to you into one of the end displays...

    "Why the old lady?" you may ask. Let me explain. A teenager or young adult will take at least 3 or 4 hits to take down, and they will likely get up within a few seconds. The old woman on the other hand will likely only take one hit and stay down. Eliminating the weaker members of the herd will increase the likelihood that you will get the deal you were looking for, as well as cull the weak from the gene pool.
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    Edited by Bigbadbikernerd at 11/11/09 10:53 PM Bigbadbikernerd was starred Bigbadbikernerd was unstarred
    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
    Part of the plan: Every associate working when the sales go into effect had to watch an 1 3/4 hour video on crowd management. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/11/09

    @ceilingFANBOY: Please, for the love of crap, tell me you're kidding.

    Used to work at Wal-Mart. I'm convinced you're telling the sad, sad truth. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    11/12/09

    @OCEntertainment: Telling the absolute truth. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of luciusad2004 luciusad2004
    11/12/09

    @ceilingFANBOY: I'm supposedly working 4 am - 4pm and I have heard no such thing about a 1 3/4 hour movie. i totally regret aggreeing to this because Im a spineless bitch of a human being and will proably cry when people start yelling at me because im out of whatever hot ticket item it was they wanted. #blackfriday2009
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    ceilingFANBOY promoted this comment luciusad2004 was starred luciusad2004 was unstarred
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    11/19/09

    @luciusad2004: I'm working 2am-10am. My cheap ass store won't let us have overtime, even this time of year. Instead they cut our hours so we barely get 34 if we are full time while expecting us electronics associates to watch sporting goods, photo, hardware, and clean up the mess in domestics and hardware every couple of hours while only having 2 people in our department. Fuck this stupid "zone" shit.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
    dammit elparto beat me to it.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    @nutbastard: Wow, I definitely italicized the wrong part of that headline in my mind for the supposed pun. I'm a terrible person. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/11/09

    @Nathan Obbards:

    eh? tell me you didn't italicize the word "black". #blackfriday2009
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    @nutbastard: ... ...well, you can't blame me, I was trying to find the pun and when I saw the word pun and I remembered the pictures and... yeah, there's no getting out of this hole. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/11/09

    @Nathan Obbards:

    indeed. your hole is deep, and gaping. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of ELPARTO ELPARTO
    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
    Is there anyone else that just read the title and laughed?

    Walmart taking STEPS to prevent another...trampling?

    [www.instantrimshot.com] #blackfriday2009
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    nutbastard promoted this comment ELPARTO was starred ELPARTO was unstarred
    Image of phor11 phor11
    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
    If you make people form lines for products, you're just going to have people show up early to get in line with no intention of buying so that they can sell their spot for cash. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/11/09

    @phor11: That's not a bad situation. If you are willing to pay someone who stood in line then both of you win. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of ceilingFANBOY ceilingFANBOY
    11/11/09

    @phor11: The plan developed uses the aisles of the store to create the lines and the lines will have associates at the beginning of the lines and at several points along the line. This will make it rather difficult to sell a spot in line. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
    This is that time of year that I lose another bit of my faith in humanity.

    Fuck decency, it's all about the BARGAINS! #blackfriday2009
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
    Spread the word to those mindless buffoons that push their way into stores to get shit they don't need. Happy Holidays, you credit-guzzling jackholes. #blackfriday2009
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    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of Toastie Toastie
    11/11/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: And can't afford. Can't forget the fact that most of them are buying crap with welfare checks. #blackfriday2009
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    nutbastard promoted this comment Toastie was starred Toastie was unstarred
    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/11/09

    @Toastie:

    on that note - you know how you can't buy beer with food stamps?

    well, why the fuck CAN you buy an HDTV with motherfucking welfare checks? or unemployment checks?

    it came to me the other day how obvious of a loophole that is. as a Libertarian i'm fundamentally opposed to social programs like welfare, but given that it already exists, i'd at least like to see some sort of regulation on the spending of that money. the fact that somewhere, someone on the dole is playing CoD MW2 on a bigger TV than i have while I'm at work rather sickens me. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of ITLawMan ITLawMan
    11/11/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Well, last year, wife made me go get a Dyson Vacuum.

    Sometimes you can find deals on stuff you DO need. Or your wife says you need it.

    Is there a difference? #blackfriday2009
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment ITLawMan was starred ITLawMan was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/11/09

    @ITLawMan: The difference lies in whether or not you stomped over someone else to get something you intended to buy.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 11/11/09 8:00 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of raffleking raffleking
    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
    Interesting. This article seems to imply that Walmart is considering some form of organizational skills, which leads me to believe that this will only cause a paradox the likes of which will destroy our timeline. Cause seriously, all the Walmarts I've been to look like Santa Claus and Hanna Montana did a joint suicide bombing in a warehouse. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
    New Headline: Wal-Mart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling By Not Offering Sales Worth Trampling Anybody For #blackfriday2009
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/11/09

    @met2art: lol, unfortunately people don't read the fliers before trampling, only afterwards.

    Damn, my bad! Shit hot pockets were 3 for 10? Who cares? #blackfriday2009
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Did someone say hot pockets?!?!?! #blackfriday2009
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    Image of Scratic Scratic
    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
    They are also going to have crappier deals this year:
    Ramen noodles-$14
    Pringles-4/$139
    16TB of cloud storage-$4096
    Bananas-$87/lb
    It's a shame too, there's not much there for the kids. =( #blackfriday2009
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/11/09

    In reply to Walmart Taking Steps To Prevent Another Black Friday Trampling
    Full-height turnstiles. That should take care of em. #blackfriday2009
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    Image of sonicsurge sonicsurge
    11/11/09

    @ripfire: Imagine how many people would be crushed between the poles separating each section.

    Heck, that happens to me whenever I follow somebody too closely. <_< #blackfriday2009
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    ripfire promoted this comment sonicsurge was starred sonicsurge was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/11/09

    @sonicsurge: Like I said, "That should take care of em." #blackfriday2009
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/11/09

    @ripfire: You're assuming they (and their Rascal scooters) could fit through that. You have to remember, this is WalMart we're talking about. #blackfriday2009
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