Unfortunately, I was not able to post the next discussion in the series about employee rights as per my regular schedule this week. I will post a further entry with respect to that series next week.
Today I would like to comment upon an area of shopping behavior which I find frankly appalling – the stampede from shoppers at Wal-Mart store in Long Island yesterday which resulted in the tragic death of Jdimitai Damour, a worker 34 year old casual employee at the Long Island store who was crushed in the mayhem.
This incident was not merely an unfortunate accident resulting from an innocent practice – it was a tragic death resulting from the wreckless behavior of people who have more concern about getting a bargain than for the safety of those around them.
Some may view this type of practice as being a tradition on Black Friday. But, it is a stupid tradition and further accidents, injuries and deaths are bound to happen as long as the practice continues.
Any failure on the part of shoppers to enter a store in an orderly fashion represents a flagrant disregard for the safety of staff and of other patrons. So what if shoppers miss the best bargains? Surely, getting a bargain is hardly worth subjecting others to unnecessary risk of serious injury.
You can hardly expect Wal-Mart to take ethics seriously when this is the example that its customers set.
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