UDT89
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Originally posted by: lokiju
They need to do like when I bought my 3G iPhone the day of.
I got to the AT&T store super early and was about 15th in line. Then the employees came out before the store opened, took your information down and then let people in one at a time (or a couple that was together).
This allowed for controlling the crowd and craziness very well.
how many people waiting for the iPhone?
i think walmart had a lot more at the time of the incident. Bottom line, especially in NY (bc i live not to far from where it happened), you need presence.
The people that rushed the door are animals. I worked retail in college and witnessed it first hand. Normal people can become crazy over a 40% coupon or pre 7am sale to save a couple hundred bucks.
We would open one door and only one at each entrance, and by one door i mean half, just enough to let people in single file. If they started fighting, the door was locked again and we stood there waiting for them to calm down. We had 7 entrances since we were a free standing building, so the longer they argued the more people came in from other doors. Thing is, we had the whole security staff working, that was about 30 people. The perk to work that day? Free lunch.
Will the sales stop? Of course not. But if you put a combined police/security presence at the doors when they open people wont act this way.