Re: Walmart shoppers about as considerate as the company

BlackWater wrote:
> "Bill Bonde wrote:

> > "I screamed, 'Stop, don't step on her, my sister is on the ground,' and
> > nobody would listen," the woman's sister, Linda Ellzey said. "I've never
> > seen so many people in a store at one time -- in one area. If there was
> > a fire, nobody could've gotten out of there." 

> > When paramedics arrived at the scene, they found the woman lying on top
> > of the DVD player among shoppers who seemed to not even notice the
> > unconscious woman on the floor, according to a witness. 

> > Van Lester was airlifted to Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach.
> > Ellzey said her sister will likely remain hospitalized for days.

>    Mobs ... their behavior is almost stereotypical. 

I have a vague memory of something by Nathaniel West along those
lines; some story from maybe the 1930s?  <googles> The Day of the
Locust.  That's the one.


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