The Corner

Re: Home Depot

“There was a customer death a couple of years ago when something fell off a

high shelf as it was being retrieved.”

I am reminded of the response of a NY subway supervisor in the 1970s

thriller novel (& movie) The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3. Told that a subway

train had been hijacked, and that the hijackers had threatened to start

killing passengers, the supervisor replied angrily, referring to the

passengers: “Whaddya they expect for their 75 cents — to live for ever?”

John Derbyshire — Mr. Derbyshire is a former contributing editor of National Review.
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