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Stampede at Lidl checkout
« on: Friday, 15 May, 2015 @ 13:12:58 »
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Dozens Injured In Stampede After Second Checkout In Lidl Opens

AMBULANCES are still at a Meath branch of Lidl this morning which was the scene of a near-tragic incident that left over thirty people injured, after a newly-opened checkout queue invoked a mass stampede.

Shoppers at the Lidl store in Dunboyne had been lined up at the single open checkout for nearly an hour at the time, as a member of staff manning the till slowly and methodically scanned in items at a glacial speed.

Unrest began to grow amongst the queuing crowd before murmuring that a second till was about to open began to circulate. In the end, all it took was a member of the Lidl staff to sit at the next till over and say “I’ll take you here now” to cause shoppers a rush to the new line, resulting in devastation as men, women and children became caught up in the crush.
http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2015/05/11/dozens-injured-in-stampede-after-second-checkout-in-lidl-opens/

Actually it's a p*ss take but obviously it rings true with many as it's been widely circulated, initially even fooling German 'paper Focus.