tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post4053074094830572288..comments2023-11-03T06:32:28.410-04:00Comments on Staring At Empty Pages: A very black “Black Friday”Barry Leibahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-32380341283066532332008-12-01T15:05:00.000-05:002008-12-01T15:05:00.000-05:00Hear, hear. Incitement to riot is it precisely.A m...Hear, hear. Incitement to riot is it precisely.<BR/><BR/>A mob, once formed, is not controlled. Therefore, stay out of mobs. But you don't go to a sale like this intending to be part of a mob; it's the responsibility of the store to have security in place so that their hype doesn't create a mob.<BR/><BR/>If their position is that it's the crowds fault, that's practically an admission that folks should have anticipated a mob. If the store is expecting a mob, then they're grossly irresponsible in advertising for people to join it.JP Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16796725364997136448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-88394265290941751372008-11-30T23:57:00.000-05:002008-11-30T23:57:00.000-05:00Sure, the businesses are responsible for creating ...Sure, the businesses are responsible for creating this scenario for disaster. But I'll never understand people who camp out overnight just to be at the front of a line for something, just as I'll never understand the need that some seem to have for participating in events involving masses of people clustered together. I even wonder whether their stated aim in saving money is the primary motivating force in their decisions to participate in Black Friday.William M. Irwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15810352494774053280noreply@blogger.com