Nothing like the smell of mace to inspire those warm fuzzy holiday feelings.
I’ve never heard of “competitive shopping” before. But that’s what the LA Times is saying led to a woman at a Wal Mart to start spraying other women and children on her way to a discounted X-Box.
I just love the last line and it seems like something we would all be wise to listen to:
Twenty people, including children, were injured when a woman at a San Fernando Valley Walmart store used mace against other customers in what authorities referred to as a “competitive shopping” incident.
The Los Angeles Times reports that a scuffle broke out shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday night, just before shopping was to begin, among customers waiting to buy Xbox gaming consoles and Wii video games.
Alejandra Seminario, told the Times she was waiting in line to buy toys about 9:55 p.m. when there was a commotion in the next aisle when shoppers began tearing off plastic encasing gaming consoles.
“People started screaming, pulling and pushing each other, and then the whole area filled up with pepper spray,” she said.
Seminario breathed some in and started coughing. “I did not want to get involved. I was too scared. I just stayed in the toy aisle,” she said.
I just stayed in the toy aisle. Seems like good advice. Stay in the toy aisle. Chillax a bit.
When you read stories like this it’s easy to sour completely on humanity but just remember there are people in the toy aisle who are just as shocked and scared as you. In fact, consider CMR the toy aisle of the blogosphere. We’ll all huddle together horrified and shocked and then we’ll laugh a bit because after all we are in the toy aisle.
And then after security comes and cleans out all those crazies with the Mace we’ll go get the X-boxes those idiots were fighting over.
November 25, 2011 at 3:39 pm
Nice.
November 25, 2011 at 4:58 pm
They used to say not to leave home without your Mastercard, now it seems we shouldn't leave home at all…
I do like the toy aisle here at CMR, I huddle here frequently.
November 25, 2011 at 8:53 pm
Nice, nice
November 26, 2011 at 12:26 am
My shopping was confined to milk and eggs at the local grocery store. Anything else gets to wait until Monday.
November 26, 2011 at 12:44 am
A sad fact of an insane, consumerist society. Another small victory for Satan. May Almighty God have mercy on us.
November 26, 2011 at 1:35 pm
Remember, the one who dies with the most toys wins!
November 26, 2011 at 7:40 pm
Not surprised at "competitive shopping". After all, we now have "competitive cooking" on TV. I'm referring to that crazy German chef who constantly berates and abuses his cooks. I have long thought that these "reality shows" are all about MALICE: the malice of extreme competition, and feeding the malice of the viewers.
November 27, 2011 at 3:18 pm
Matt, I really do consider CMR the toy aisle of the Catholic blogosphere…one trip to the comments section at NCRegister or Culture war etc & I'm back to the toy aisle pronto!