On Thursday, two people were injured in an overexcited crowd outside a MediaMarkt store in Leidenschendam. According to police, hundreds of people had gathered outside the store.
The injuries occurred at the entrance to the store, where the large crowd had to funnel in through the narrow gates. According to nu.nl, people pushed and shoved each other while trying to squeeze through the gates.
Dutch people love free things
So why were these people so excited about the new MediaMarkt store? I mean, vacuums and blenders are great, but they’re not exactly exciting- I think we can all agree on that. It turns out that the reason the crowd was so excited to enter the new store was the fact that the first 100 people to enter the store would get free earphones worth 115 euro. Dutch people love free things- love them dangerously, in fact.
A huge mall is being built in our city, we can see it from our balcony, and today a new electronics shop opened. The 1st 100 visitors received free earphones (value $ 125). Several injured….
Humans. ?#BlackThursdayhttps://t.co/fOGPnfZ0c6— Yuki ? (@LabradorYuki) October 10, 2019
Situation quickly brought back under control
The two injured people suffered bruises, which were treated on site by ambulance personnel. By 10:50 police had the situation under control.
Would you get this excited about free earphones? Let us know in the comments below.
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