Black Friday was "Whack Friday."

That shopping buzz of my past Black Friday experiences was not in the air at the Palisades mall. We tried to catch the full complement by going to the place that has most of the stores we want to go to. Plus it has a Circuit City that is going out of business. The stores were not having any really unbelievable deals like I have experienced in the past and Circuit City, in particular, was a bust. Best Buy, who is not going out of business actually did have some cool sales. Not enough to make me buy a flat screen tv or the surround sound set I was hoping to find. Even Macy's was a disappoinment, at least in the plus size section. Lord & Taylor did work out well with the 70% off steal deals I was looking for and I was feeling the shoppers high there. Then we checked out "Twilight" and did a little Cheesecake Factory.

After a long day at the mall, I learned that Jdimytai Damour, a Walmart employee, was trampled and killed by shoppers for $798 flat screen televisions and more. I was stunned when my friend texted me. I was looking for a flat screen television, but perhaps the people were seduced by their own hype while waiting for the store to open? I just cannot believe that something so senseless could happen. They actually broke down the doors at 5am. WTF? The same television was available on the Walmart website and was not sold out when I checked that night and its still not (as of this posting).

I wonder how do those people feel now. Was it really worth killing someone? Can Walmart put a positive spin on this? I know I went to thier site to find out what kind of sale did Jdimytai Damour die for, but I certainly did not buy the television. Just seriously turned off by it all.