The Black Friday Stampede

We went to Toys R Us and bought some diapers today... it was pretty crazy!

The lady behind us said she went to Wal-Mart's 5:00 sale for the $199 X-Box + Guitar Hero III. She got there early, but was out of luck because at 4:00AM people had broken into the boxes and taken them all. She had a five-year-old girl with her, and she said the atmosphere was rather frightening. She went to a second Wal-Mart which was much more controlled thanks to the presence of the local police.

I thought this was a fantastic commentary on the American Black Friday hysteria...