November 29, 2003, 13:50
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ORANGE CITY, Florida (AP) -- 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."
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Where else is a $29 dollar DVD player worth more than the safety and well-being of a person?
I love Wal-Mart's reply too. They would really appreciate her money.
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November 29, 2003, 13:54
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There's not much Wal-Mart can do really. I mean, if they were being really generous they could pay her hospital bills and give her DVD player and a TV, etc., but a company cant say "We're sorry" which means someone like TEF is going to say "I love how WalMart passed itself off like a regular corporation."
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November 29, 2003, 13:56
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Think of all the money she could make if you hired the right lawyer. 
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November 29, 2003, 13:57
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I shop at Wal-Mart at least twice a month. Someone like TEF, actually, considering you don't know what TEF is like, will say "I'm glad they apologized." And they did...then they said we hope she comes back as a shopper...that just strikes me as slightly inhuman.
So please, don't tell me what someone like TEF is like, cause you really don't know.
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November 29, 2003, 13:58
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I hate crowded shopping areas, especially with the complete lack of manners people have who just cut in front of you and out of doorways, and show absolutely no respect. After half an hour or so I just feel like letting loose all around me with fists should 'F**K OFF OUT OF MY WAY!'. I really hate it. That is why I try and go shopping on a really boring weekday evening (Tuesday or something at 5, long enough to get what I need, but too late for anyone without a particular purpose to go out). I can go straight in, purchase what I want, and go out. It's bliss...
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November 29, 2003, 13:58
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Yep. Reasonably foreseeable circumstances, and if WalMart didn't have enough employees around to reasonably assure the safety of guests on it's premises, then 
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November 29, 2003, 13:59
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I've been thinking all day
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November 29, 2003, 14:01
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Originally posted by Provost Harrison
I hate crowded shopping areas, especially with the complete lack of manners people have who just cut in front of you and out of doorways, and show absolutely no respect.
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I usually don't have that problem. People who try to cut in front of me often happen to collide with me, and due to the laws of physics, they come out a bit worse for it than I do. 
And if someone (it's happened occasionally) actually tries to push me to get in front of me, they take an impromptu flying lesson. 
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November 29, 2003, 14:28
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If you shop online then there are no crowds nor any lines.
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November 29, 2003, 14:39
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Only in America
Where else is a $29 dollar DVD player worth more than the safety and well-being of a person?
I love Wal-Mart's reply too. They would really appreciate her money
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You are soooo right. Goddamned we're evil! EVIL I TELLS YA!!!
Why the next thing you'll know we'll have riots over soccer games! Then you can say
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Where else is the outcome of a mere game worth more than the safety and well-being of a person?
I love M-U's reply too. They would really appreciate it if they continue being fans.
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November 29, 2003, 15:56
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Well shame on me, John T. Shame on me for pointing out that there's something wrong with people trampling a person with little regard for anyone but themselves.
I'm sooo sorry I bothered you.
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November 29, 2003, 16:03
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That's what she gets for being a consumerist. 
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November 29, 2003, 16:29
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I hate WalMart and refuse to shop there.
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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.
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Is this for real? On TOP of a DVD player. I'm trying to picture this scene...
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November 29, 2003, 17:05
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Wal-Mart rocks! I mean their response is PRICELESS. So they really hold one for her too? Oh, that's so kind of them  That's like saying FU stop faking, you're not hurt! How about, since it was thanksgiving, christmas on it's way, they'd give her a day in Wal-Mart, and she could get anything she wants to get. She came with a van? Too bad.
It's when these ladies gets wild.. when you get a discount of something.. they go all charging and beating each other. We should put oilmats all over the store, it would be a big naked oil wrestling match. You'd win something for free if you bring someone elses panties to the counter.
ANyway, I should go to next event like that, delibarelty be all the way back and when the doors open? CHAAAAAAAARGE!
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November 29, 2003, 17:07
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Never shop at Walmart. Never even been in one.
They probably should've given her the damn DVD. A lot better pr than "we'll hold one until she regains her ability to shop."
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November 29, 2003, 17:10
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Originally posted by Pekka
We should put oilmats all over the store, it would be a big naked oil wrestling match. You'd win something for free if you bring someone elses panties to the counter.
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 Uh... the idea of 200 40 year old overweight moms duking it out with their snot-nosed brats in tow doesn't sound that appealing...
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November 29, 2003, 17:11
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Well shame on me, John T. Shame on me for pointing out that there's something wrong with people trampling a person with little regard for anyone but themselves.
I'm sooo sorry I bothered you.
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Naw, shame on you for being a bigot and spouting inflammatory remarks based upon national origin. 
I'm soooo sorry you missed the point.
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November 29, 2003, 17:12
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Theben, it's not supposed to be appealing  . But it would only really show how some people go crazy over something small. We could sell the video. I bet we'd get some profit out of it.
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November 29, 2003, 17:28
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Oh come on. It is SO a national thing. You're right, we don't have soccer hooligans...we have wal-mart hooligans. It IS only in America.
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November 29, 2003, 17:32
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Originally posted by Pekka
We should put oilmats all over the store, it would be a big naked oil wrestling match. You'd win something for free if you bring someone elses panties to the counter.
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Pekka, you are a man after my own heart.
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November 29, 2003, 17:33
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There is no getting around it, this truly is appalling. I hope this lady gets a good lawyer and make Wal-Mart pay dearly for creating such a dangerous situation.
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November 29, 2003, 17:33
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Oh come on. It is SO a national thing. You're right, we don't have soccer hooligans...we have wal-mart hooligans. It IS only in America.
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I bet things like this occur in Canada or Brazil on occation as well. Maybe in China too.
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November 29, 2003, 17:48
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Maybe these things happen there too...I've never heard of one, but maybe they do.
However, the truely appalling thing is that it seems that the VAST majority of people just continued to step on and around her, and she laid there on her DVD player because her sister couldn't get to her through the throngs of people rushing for deals. I can't imagine what it would take for a person to consider holiday gifts more important than helping a person.
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November 29, 2003, 17:56
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Naw, shame on you for being a bigot and spouting inflammatory remarks based upon national origin.
I'm soooo sorry you missed the point.
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Your becoming a great troll 
And I love that response Though it's strange because I could call up the Wal-Mart here in Logan and ask them to put any electronics on hold I wanted to...
Some compensation for being run over by a bunch of capitalist pigs
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November 29, 2003, 18:14
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Naw, those consumers weren't capitalists. I bet they were run of the mill wage slaves i.e. members of the proletariat.
The repressed masses want their consumer electronics. 
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November 29, 2003, 18:53
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IMO Some people are singleminded...
Some people are self-improtant...
Some people are greedy...
Most folk would be just plain oblivious to anything aroung them.
I wonder if it would be fun to buy some nerve gas and sabotage such events... then we'll see if they value their sales more than their lives... >
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November 29, 2003, 18:55
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We have seen same phenomenon here lately too, with the bigger malls making their ways to our culture as well. People line up in hundreds, maybe even few thousands, just because the mall that is about to be opened promised to give PS2s and some other stuff for half price.. Wait.. did I say half price? Let's make it 10% discount.
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November 29, 2003, 18:59
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Reminds me of "Dawn of the Dead" really...
Fox News just showed video of three women punching each other when one tried to cut in line...to get into Toys R Us
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November 29, 2003, 20:17
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November 29, 2003, 20:19
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Can I sig that? If so, can I correct your spelling?
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