Chambers wrote:
> (For those who don't know, Black Friday refers to the last Friday in
> November in the US, and it is the single busiest shopping day of the
> year.  Traditionally, most retailers either make very poor profits, or
> actually lose money, all year until that day.  That is, all year long
> they're "in the red," until they begin turning a profit on this day,
> when they're "in the black").

Only one day each year when they make a profit?

That sounds pretty absurd to me. Why not just not bother opening any day 
except that one? That'd make 25x the profit that way! :-P

> Yesterday's appellation of "Black Friday" was appropriate in more ways
> than one, as several deaths occurred as a result of the holiday shopping
> madness in the US.
> 
> The first was a worker at a Wal-Mart in New York.  As he opened the
> doors at 5am, a crowd of 2,000 people stampeded into the store -
> breaking down the doors and killing him in the process.  And he was a
> temp worker, so he didn't even have any benefits!
> 
> In the same incident, several other people were taken to the hospital,
> including a pregnant woman who (it has now been confirmed) suffered a
> miscarriage as a result of the trauma.

...da HELL?! o_O

People stampeded over SHOPPING??!

That surely has to be the WTF of the entire month!

(Having said that, people round here do seem to become slightly crazy 
whenever a new Ikea opens. I have no idea why. Still, there are no 
stabbings or crushed bodies. Just lots of people camping outside all 
night so they get to be first in the queue to go on. With is borderline 
insanity as it is...)

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