Walmart on Black Friday

I don’t know if I would try to go to a black friday event so early. I didn’t go at all this year. That Walmart experience last year was crazy.

I wasn’t even buying anything. I was just helping my sister go Christmas shopping for my nieces. We got there at 4am thinking we were going to be one of the first people. Yeah aiight!! The Line was already close to the end of the whole plaza ( I don’t know if all Walmarts are part of a set of stores but our’s is.) Doors were not even going to open until about 530 or 6am so that was crazy to us. It was our first time. The cops were all getting dramatic. Their cop lights were on and they were all yelling at people. Despite their close watch on the line some people managed to cut through. Unfortunately….or fortunately we did not get to cut to the start of the line because what we saw when those doors opened!! Boy!! I wish I had a camera….that worked. Mine ran out of memory right after i pressed record. We were part of the group that decided to watch the people get in through the windows of the vestibule instead of getting on line.

The Doors open.  People just busting in. You had people elbowing eachother. The force of the bunch (because it was not a line) launched a tall teenage boy across to the empty side of vestibule as more people were rushing to get in.  And then…there was the elderly lady with the  shopping cart. The sea of people coming in was so strong that it literally formed a wave, a zig zag none of those people could control. Right there that force flips the lady’s shopping cart over and she goes with it. NO LIE!! Thankfully the man next to her manages to quickly pick her up and they safely walk in together. He managed to only get his right leg injured and he hobbled his way in. What turned out as this hilarious spectacle became serious right away. “oh man.” , “That is not even right.” “Animals!”  “just wrong!” The vestibule spectators break out.

We go in, after 20 minutes. The most miserable experience ever. It smelled like butt. Walmart set up lines for each department so it seemed as though all of those lines connected in the middle. You couldn’t tell where to go. People were fighting. I mean fighting. I didn’t get to see the two girls but I heard those punches and they were an aisle away from me. They were knocking all kinds of things over. Security took them out.

Each line was 1 to 2 hours long. It took us 5 hours to get about ten items. OMG!!

Don’t ever rush to go to Walmart. It’s not worth it not just because of the experience but they had enough items to give everyone. It’s not limited. Better yet…Just don’t go.

Hmmm….I wonder if they put Walmart videos on youtube. A woman was recording when I was there. I wonder if it’s out there.

I couldn’t find footage from my Walmart but I feel like putting it anyway.

November 27, 2009 | Categories: Random Thoughts | Tags: Black Friday, personal stories, Random | Leave A Comment »