Collectable Chaos

Want to cause a stampede in Wan Chai?

Give away anything collectable. Organisers of a beer company underestimated the frenzy they'd cause by giving away limited edition sets of crystal mah jong tiles.

Click to view comic People waited in the rain for hours, building into a crowd of 5,000. Chaos erupted when queue jumpers tried to get ahead. Fights broke out; tables and chairs were knocked over; kids became separated from their parents; several became ill or were injured; and elderly people were trampled.

Police arrived to sort out the mess, saying:

It was obvious the organisers couldn't handle the amount of people there so we had to help out.

Typical. A few impatient pinheads created a ruckus when it was unnecessary.

The organisers had 22,000 sets on hand.

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