First, there was the Evansville, Indiana manager who, after repeated attempts by his staff to coax a stray cat out of a storage trailer at the back of the store, told his two assistant managers to "Get a gun and get rid of the cat." Which they did.
Now, there’s what will be known from this day forward as the infamous the PS3 incident. At least that’s what we’re calling it.
In case you haven’t noticed, people have been pitching tents in retail store parking lots all over the country for over a week now, waiting for the chance to buy the new Sony PlayStation 3, which is scheduled to be released on Friday, November 17.
Well, there were 50 people lined up to buy PS3’s at the Wal-Mart store in West Bend, Wisconsin. The assistant store manager knew they were only going to receive 10 of the game systems, so he came up with a plan: he lined up 10 chairs outside the store and directed the waiting customers to another area.
He told the customers to wait for his signal, then run and try to sit in one of the chairs. The 10 people who got chairs would get to buy a PlayStation3. During the race for a chair, a 19-year old man ran into a pole and struck his head. He was taken to the hospital by ambulance and later released. There’s no word yet on whether he got his PS3.
Now, there’s what will be known from this day forward as the infamous the PS3 incident. At least that’s what we’re calling it.
In case you haven’t noticed, people have been pitching tents in retail store parking lots all over the country for over a week now, waiting for the chance to buy the new Sony PlayStation 3, which is scheduled to be released on Friday, November 17.
Well, there were 50 people lined up to buy PS3’s at the Wal-Mart store in West Bend, Wisconsin. The assistant store manager knew they were only going to receive 10 of the game systems, so he came up with a plan: he lined up 10 chairs outside the store and directed the waiting customers to another area.
He told the customers to wait for his signal, then run and try to sit in one of the chairs. The 10 people who got chairs would get to buy a PlayStation3. During the race for a chair, a 19-year old man ran into a pole and struck his head. He was taken to the hospital by ambulance and later released. There’s no word yet on whether he got his PS3.
