The Wake Up Wal-Mart Holiday Campaign: Ad #2

Does this ad get it right? (0.00 / 0)

What are the other hidden costs of shopping at Wal-Mart?

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by: Wake Up Walmart @ Tue Dec 09, 2008 at 20:39:01 PM UTC

I hadn't realized (0.00 / 0)

until reading this, that the man trampled to death on Black Friday was 6'5" and 270 pounds. And that Wal*Mart had placed him at the front of the store because of his size. Wal*Mart has a lot more explaining to do.

Jdimytai Damour, 34, had been hired by an employment agency as a temporary worker at the Wal-Mart store in Valley Stream and had been on the job about a week when he died, said his family's lawyer, Jordan Hecht.

The 6-foot-5, 270-pound man died of asphyxiation after being crushed early Friday morning by the crowd, which broke down the electronic doors in frantic pursuit of bargains. At least four other people were treated at hospitals, including a woman who was eight months pregnant.

Authorities suspect that because he was as big as an NFL lineman, Damour was placed at the entrance of the store to assist with crowd control. [Emphasis added.]

Hiring a "big" guy from a temp agency as "security" on a day that Wal*Mart creates a shopping frenzy that results in the death of this man is obviously criminal negligence.

The something that's been missed on the list above is that Wal*Mart is not only killing our economy, but it's also willing to kill its employees as evidenced by the death of Mr. Damour.

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by: Elsbeth @ Wed Dec 10, 2008 at 03:46:35 AM UTC