This is why I avoid Black Friday all these years. It’s just a scam by retailers that put things on loss leader with only 3-5 units. So then greed stokes these deaths.
Maybe I am tired but about half way down I see mention of Rome Walmart and all I can think is ‘the pope allowed that place to build a store?’
There is a part of me that wishes the whole Black Friday thing would be outlawed.
More like people are poor. And desperate. And the thugs in charge of “organizing” these sale events can’t be bothered to take into consideration the easily predictable (and historically documented) outcomes of attracting massive mobs of people who can’t normally afford what they’re selling into such tight spaces, and then make the necessary arrangements to ensure everyone’s safety.
pope has no jurisdiction over rome. he’s in the vatican.
This is why I avoid Black Friday all these years. It’s just a scam by retailers that put things on loss leader with only 3-5 units. So then greed stokes these deaths.
Maybe I am tired but about half way down I see mention of Rome Walmart and all I can think is ‘the pope allowed that place to build a store?’
There is a part of me that wishes the whole Black Friday thing would be outlawed.
More like people are poor. And desperate. And the thugs in charge of “organizing” these sale events can’t be bothered to take into consideration the easily predictable (and historically documented) outcomes of attracting massive mobs of people who can’t normally afford what they’re selling into such tight spaces, and then make the necessary arrangements to ensure everyone’s safety.
pope has no jurisdiction over rome. he’s in the vatican.