On the one hand, I view these people as idiots. On the other, I understand the hype with Pokémon.
Wild videos show people fighting it out in a Costco in order to grab a piece of the new Pokémon card collection, with one guy apparently getting popped in the face with an elbow while scrappin’ it out with a fellow customer. Employees tried to break things up and get it back at a peaceful level, according to a company representative, but the shoppers weren’t going for it. (RELATED: Steelers Fans Appear To Beat The Hell Out Of Each Other After Pittsburgh’s Disastrous Playoff Loss Against Ravens)
The incident happened at Atwater Village in Los Angeles.
A representative of Costco who works at the location told TMZ that employees responded to consumers fighting in the rush for profit (we’ll get to that here in a moment). Luckily, no one was seriously hurt. Police weren’t…