Man leaps to his death at shopping mall after his girlfriend refuses to stop shopping

[Cali_Democrat]

A holiday shopping date in Xuzhou, China turned ugly for one couple Dec. 7, according to Chinese news site Hexun.com.

Reports say that Tao Hsiao, 38, was shopping with his girlfriend for five hours at the crowded Golden Eagle International Shopping Center when he decided he'd had enough. But when he tried to get her to leave, Tao's girlfriend demanded they stop in one more shoe store, resulting in a heated argument.

"He told her she already had enough shoes, more shoes than she could wear in a lifetime and it was pointless buying any more," an eyewitness was quoted as saying. "She started shouting at him accusing him of being a cheapskate and of spoiling Christmas; it was a really heated argument."

After reviewing the mall's security footage, Chinese authorities reported that Tao, who appeared angry, threw the shopping bags before jumping over the almost 5-foot-high railing. He landed on a cosmetics display seven floors below and died upon impact.

http://long-island.newsday.com/shopping/shop-talk-1.811931/man-commits-suicide-at-xuzhou-china-mall-when-girlfriend-won-t-stop-shopping-report-says-1.6572038#

[CatWoman]

1. gives a whole new meaning to

shop till you drop

[dhill926]

9. Haha.....that was freakin' funny....

[mindwalker_i]

11. I guess this will be one relationship

she'll be walking away from. Hence, shoes.

[Cali_Democrat]

13. LMAO!

[ChisolmTrailDem]

17. DUzy nom! But oh so bad, CatWoman, lol. n/t

[liberal N proud]

2. Classical stereotype - Woman drives man over the edge.

I say stereotype bacause, I don't believe that is possible.

[Blue_Roses]

3. one of the comments ...

"Maybe I'll show this to my wife. On second thought, maybe I won't! She might just say, "Let me hold your wallet dear, there's the ledge".

Okay, not trying to make light of this, but sometime a
and is all that comes out.

[Brother Buzz]

4. Did his shoes and belt match the color of her purse?

[Electric Monk]

16. I see what you did there...

[BainsBane]

5. I see a new Amazon ad in the making

Save a life. Shop online.

You're always safe with Amazon.com

[Blue_Roses]

6. I just can't help it...

Sorry.

[Kaleva]

7. Christmas Eve is the biggest shopping day of the year in China

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2012/12/24/seven-fascinating-facts-about-christmas-in-china/

[Cerridwen]

8. "Man" leaps to his death unable to deal with the "rigors" of shopping.

His girlfriend is to blame.

News a 10:42pm local time.

[Historic NY]

10. Well he won, and he won't be doing it again.

[Lex]

12. Well, I guess he showed her. nt

[titaniumsalute]

14. I tried to do that once

Honest to Pete...but the railing I jumped over was just the Santa Claus photo line and I landed in fluffy, sparkly faux snow. FAIL!

[Recursion]

15. I'll admit to thinking of gnawing off my leg at times (nt)

[ChisolmTrailDem]

18. Knawing off your s/o's legs would put a stop to that shoe shopping. n/t

[Pretzel_Warrior]

19. Before I even clicked on the link I thought, "China"

Sad that I was right.