Worker dies at Long Island Wal-Mart after being trampled in Black Friday stampede. This is horrible. This is exactly the kind of mass hysteria that I avoid every year, when I choose to work the day after Thanksgiving instead of shop. The nice thing about working the day after Thanksgiving is that unless one works in retail, nothing ever happens, because everyone else is off work. It’s just a mellow day, in comparison to a day of insanity if one braves the shopping experience.