Posted On: December 5, 2008, 1:53 pm CST

Posted By: nobody important

I have been at a lot of sales where very little promotion has taken place and seen uncontrollable crowds. Crowds are not individual people, they take on a life of their own. I recall one, like this one, where a few people came at the last minute and cut in front of people who had been in line for a while in the cold. They were lucky not to be knocked down. It's the people that are the problem, not the stores. Now, when you have some stores that trump up a great sale and only have a couple items advertised, you are going to have some angry people, but nobody should do what this group did. The people in the group should bear the brunt of the blame. You shouldn't have to call out the riot police for a sale. I thought that with more retailers being open on Thanksgiving these sales would not be as meaningful. Wrong.