Thoughts On The Wal-Mart Stampede

I think that what happened in the Wal-Mart Stampede is ridiculous and entirely Wal-Mart’s fault. An employee died because they did not have enough security to hold back the mob of shoppers. Wal-Mart should know by now which security measures they need to take, considering the fact that Black Friday has been around for a long time. If this was a first time thing, I would understand, but it’s the most famous day for sales, and Wal-Mart should know this by now. The Wal-Mart in Long Island should definitely be sued by the victim’s family, considering their son/husband/family member died because of Wal-Mart. I agree with people saying that the mob is also to blame for the employee’s death, however I don’t think the police can arrest anyone, considering it was a bunch of people’s doing, and not just one or two. The whole mob ran over the employee, not just a couple of people. To blame some people and not the whole group would be ridiculous, and besides, how would you know who to blame? The people in the back of the line shoved the people in the middle, which in turn, shoved the people in the front, so everyone was getting shoved. The whole group of people should all feel guilty though, even if they aren’t going to get arrested for it. In the back of their minds, they should be realizing that they killed a guy in order to save money on a product sold by Wal-Mart.

I also think that the security measures Wal-Mart took were not enough. They made the employees stand in a human chain to block the oncoming mob, which was stupid on their part considering the two thousand people could easily break the human chain. By making the employees form a human chain, they were putting their employees’ lives in danger. Several employees had to jump on top of vending machines to make sure they were not going to be hurt by the oncoming mob. That’s ridiculous, and Wal-Mart needs to take better precautions next time..