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Vandals Glue Store Locks on 'Black Friday'
2 hours, 12 minutes ago Strange News - AP
LAFAYETTE, La. - The busiest shopping day of the year turned out to be a sticky affair. Vandals apparently glued the locks on dozens of Lafayette's biggest retailers, preventing managers from opening up promptly on lucrative "Black Friday." Hundreds of shoppers, some of whom arrived before dawn, were forced to wait outside Barnes & Noble, Old Navy and other stores while managers summoned locksmiths.
At least 200 locks on dozens of businesses were glued, including main entrances, rear doors and employee entrances, locksmith Garan Wilson said. Wilson's first job at about 5 a.m. Friday was to make his way to the front door lock at Old Navy — by p...
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2 hours, 12 minutes ago Strange News - AP
LAFAYETTE, La. - The busiest shopping day of the year turned out to be a sticky affair. Vandals apparently glued the locks on dozens of Lafayette's biggest retailers, preventing managers from opening up promptly on lucrative "Black Friday." Hundreds of shoppers, some of whom arrived before dawn, were forced to wait outside Barnes & Noble, Old Navy and other stores while managers summoned locksmiths.
At least 200 locks on dozens of businesses were glued, including main entrances, rear doors and employee entrances, locksmith Garan Wilson said. Wilson's first job at about 5 a.m. Friday was to make his way to the front door lock at Old Navy — by p...
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I LIVE in Lafayette - they hit Best Buy too. I was much amused. Good thing I work on the other side of town.
Good for whoever took the initiative to do this. I hate Black Friday with a passion.
Good for whoever took the initiative to do this. I hate Black Friday with a passion.
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what all stores did they get?? and why the hell didn't i think of it?? 🤣
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tequilasundae said:
what all stores did they get?? and why the hell didn't i think of it?? 🤣
Best Buy, S&K Menswear, Barnes & Noble, Subway, about 30 stores in all, including a bunch inside a locked Mall of Acadiana. I have no idea how they pulled THAT off. Between 250-300 locks were hit, and they didn't hit any locally-owned businesses, just national retailers. Didn't hit a Verizon store in the same shopping center, I have no idea why.
This had to take a concerted effort to do that many locks. Plus, they didn't just gum up the front door - they got employee entrances, loading doors, the whole works.
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seems strange they hit s&k...as for the mall...had to be an inside job! wonder if it was security guards or something...
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