Upon a Wal-Mart’s 5:00 am opening, desperate shoppers, in competition for a limited supply of cheap goods, tore doors from their hinges. Their rush into the store killed one man, a Wal-Mart worker, and injured several others.
Further, “eager shoppers streamed past emergency crews as they worked furiously to save the worker's life” (AP).
This bloody stampede is metaphoric in so many sad ways.
Added: Apparently, the "experts" have declared "fear and greed may fuel retail stampedes." Gee--you think?
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