Black Friday: Wal-Mart in Upland temporarily closes after 'fighting inside'

News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:29 PM EST

Article Source: The L.A. Times

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Black Friday brought out the rowdy side of Wal-Mart shoppers early this morning when the Upland location shut down for more than two hours after customers caused a ruckus inside.

Store management called Upland police at 2:44 a.m., asking for assistance in dealing with customers who were "fighting inside," said Lt. Jim Etchason.

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B-Rizzle

The world we live in.

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3 votes

#1 - Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:55 PM EST

{"commentId":10921774,"authorDomain":"myriver"}

River-239955

Sigh......

Beating on the doors at Wal-Mart, demanding to get -in-. Bet that can make for some funniest home videos..

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4 votes

#2 - Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:18 PM EST

{"commentId":10922430,"authorDomain":"repoman"}

Repoman-1208817

what a bunch of morons

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4 votes

#3 - Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:25 PM EST

{"commentId":10923079,"authorDomain":"ghall1950"}

G. H.

Morons Indeed! Makes me ill! :-( Real Christmas Spirit there!

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5 votes

#4 - Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:41 PM EST

{"commentId":10924629,"authorDomain":"kperodin"}

Karl_

Hello G. H.,

Your invoking the word 'Morons' in this Wal-Mart context, made me think of a new concept: Walla morons. It is not a fair image. But like a bad song looping in my mind, it persists and stays there. So my next Zen exercise will be not to think of a Walla Moron.

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3 votes

#4.1 - Sat Nov 28, 2009 6:43 AM EST

{"commentId":10929056,"authorDomain":"ghall1950"}

G. H.

Okay then Karl, how about meditating on "Wal-martians"! (new word from Gail's personal dictionary) LOL ♥

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2 votes

#4.2 - Sat Nov 28, 2009 3:53 PM EST

{"commentId":10929073,"authorDomain":"ghall1950"}

G. H.

Not very nice, I know.......................but then apparently, neither are they! :-)

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2 votes

#4.3 - Sat Nov 28, 2009 3:54 PM EST

{"commentId":10930835,"authorDomain":"efucci"}

bitemore

#4.2: "Wal-martians"

Careful that you don't tick off the real Martians....

:-)

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1 vote

#4.4 - Sat Nov 28, 2009 6:45 PM EST

{"commentId":10923196,"authorDomain":"bad4"}

USAF Vet-923294

When my wife went to get donuts this morning, our friends who run the place told us that ambulances had to be called to one of the local Wal-Marts.

Don't these idiots every figure out that this crap is uncalled for.

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5 votes

#5 - Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:57 PM EST

{"commentId":10923266,"authorDomain":"myriver"}

River-239955

Don't these idiots every figure out that this crap is uncalled for.

Gripe, gripe, gripe because there are no jobs, the economy's bad, and life in general sucks, and what do they do? Run out and fight over who gets the -Made in China- piece of plastic or tin first.

Dummies.

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4 votes

#5.1 - Sat Nov 28, 2009 12:06 AM EST

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hotlink

I say @!$%# 'em.

Not much else you can do, really, when so many have lost their way.

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3 votes

#5.2 - Sat Nov 28, 2009 4:49 AM EST

{"commentId":10925883,"authorDomain":"efucci"}

bitemore

Eventually, only the idiots and greedy, selfish numbnuts will shop on Black Friday. Decent people will choose to stay home or shop online. I stopped shopping on Black Friday years ago because crowds acted like 2-year-olds loose in a candy store. There is nothing I want or need badly enough to risk my life for it, and shopping on Black Friday is nothing if not attempted suicide.

Bah, humbug.

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4 votes

#6 - Sat Nov 28, 2009 10:33 AM EST

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mtpromises

Eventually, only the idiots and greedy, selfish numbnuts will shop on Black Friday. Decent people will choose to stay home or shop online. I stopped shopping on Black Friday years ago because crowds acted like 2-year-olds loose in a candy store. There is nothing I want or need badly enough to risk my life for it, and shopping on Black Friday is nothing if not attempted suicide.

Bah, humbug.

you took the words right out of my mouth bitemore!! Couldn't have said it any better myself...thank you!

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1 vote

#6.1 - Sat Nov 28, 2009 2:34 PM EST

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Husker88Fan

and mine too! I am very happy to do my surfing in my recliner and just going to the store once during the season to get the small stuff like holiday and baking groceries, stocking stuffers and stuff I may have not been able to find online.

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2 votes

#6.2 - Sat Nov 28, 2009 2:59 PM EST

{"commentId":10928823,"authorDomain":"efucci"}

bitemore

Mt and Husker: I hope that some day soon the retailers will start thinking in terms of catering to the sane shopper instead of the herds and the herd mentality. Some are already beginning to plan around the anti-Black Friday group by offering better prices and selection a week before Thanksgiving. I was at a mall last weekend, and a jeweler there said he was offering better pricing that day than on Black Friday and he knew a number of other shops at the mall that were doing the same thing.

I am still boycotting Walmart; and rarely shop at the other big-box stores that do the 4 AM Black Friday thing... at some point shoppers have to bite the bullet and decide not to patronize these sensation-seeking, very dangerous tactics of the Big Boxes in favor of the more rational retailers who are just as deserving, if not more so, of making a profit.

I hope y'all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

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2 votes

#6.3 - Sat Nov 28, 2009 3:29 PM EST

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DolceSpiritus

You couldn't pay me to shop on Black Friday at a store. I stayed cozy in my house and ate a turkey sandwich. It's sad that this door storming and violence seems to escalate every year.

I have a friend that works as security at Target in California and he HATES Black Friday. He was telling me during a phone conversation about 2 women screaming and clawing at one another over some stupid toy. He said they were rolling on the floor and pulling each others hair while their CHILDREN WATCHED! I wanted to say I couldn't believe it, but instead I sighed......I do believe it.

I go to Wal Mart frequently, living in a small town in Illinois, it's really all there is. Thankfully the one here is brand new, the people that work there are nice and efficient, and it is open 24 hours. I didn't hear of a single problem happening. Maybe we were lucky.

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2 votes

#7 - Sat Nov 28, 2009 5:10 PM EST

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greatwhitenigerhunterDeleted

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