[Az-Geocaching] RE: It's THAT season - Corrections!

[Brian Casteel]

You must have read the story about the woman who was knocked unconscious and
trampled on for a $29 DVD player.  She wasn't pushing, but was knocked to
the ground by some jerk(s) who thought $5 was worth more than a person's
safety.  I saw something a few years ago that could have been that exact
situation at a Walmart not far from where I used to work.  Sure, I wanted to
grab some of the deals, but wouldn't charge anyone for that benefit.  The
gaggle of women who gathered just opposite the doors, ignoring the 500
standing in LINE literally charged the store and knocked people down in the
process.  Clearly seeing that injury wasn't worth a few bucks, I waited
patiently with the other people, made my way in the store and casually
meandered through until I found everything I came for, and some things I
didn't.  That was the first and only Black Friday shopping I'll ever do.

Brian
Team A.I.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Sparks" <scottsparks1@mchsi.com>
To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:21 PM
Subject: [Az-Geocaching] RE: It's THAT season - Corrections!


> Just a minute, people.
>
>  I never threatened anybody and had no intentions of doing so. (Perhaps
> the smilies I included in my message didn''t show up on everyone's mail
> reader.) I simply implied that I would never consider killing myself.
> And as for the Christmas blues,  it ain't about the shopping.  I shop
> and buy gifts for my friends and family. What irritates me are the
> people that think it's more important to get that last cabbage patch
> doll for their spoiled kid or to snag that perfect parking spot than it
> is to be courteous to their fellow man with a simple smile and a hello,
> thank-you or please or to give another driver the right-of-way at an
> intersection.  I have nothing against Christmas-- I love Christmas.
> It's the ''dog-eat-dog'' attitude that people adopt during this time
> that really gets under my skin.
>
>  A professor I once had summed it up well with an old adage:
>
> ''It's not the ups and downs in life that get to you. It's the little
> jerks.''
>
> -- Sprocket
>
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