Forget the shooting, man runs into pole in PS3 foot-race.
Ha ha! All the headlines this morning read “Man shot in PS3 waiting line.” But the REAL tragedy here is the poor kid who ran into a pole as he was racing 50 others for a chance to buy a $600 game system.
Short supplies of the PS3 and strong demand led to lines of buyers, some waiting for days, outside stores across the country. … In West Bend, Wis., a 19-year-old man was injured when he ran into a pole racing with 50 others for one of 10 spots outside a Wal-Mart.
My question is, was this an incident where they opened some kind of gate and 50 people ran to be first in line? OR (and I’m secretly hoping this is the case) 50 potential buyers waiting in a line were sensing the futility, and banded together to say “Listen, we’re not all going to get a PS3. Let’s race. First ten to get to that pole get dibs.”
I hope the guy who hit the pole was at least ahead of the pack when he collided.