Man commits suicide at mall after girlfriend insists on buying more shoes

[Evil Eye]

An aggravated man leapt from an upper-level mall balcony to his death because his girlfriend refused to stop shopping, witnesses said.

Tao Hsiao, 38, was at the Golden Eagle International Shopping Center in Xuzhou, China, for five hours on Dec. 7 when his lady insisted that they check out another shoe store, reported Chinese news site Hexun.com.

"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 said, according to Gawker. "She started shouting at him accusing him of being a skinflint and of spoiling Christmas, it was a really heated argument."

Tao apparently could not handle any more name-calling — or shopping for that matter.

Security footage shows Tao — in an apparent burst of anger — throw the shopping bags to the ground before jumping over the seventh floor railing.

Tao reportedly crashed into holiday decorations on the ground floor and died upon impact.

Other shoppers gaped as paramedics rushed the man away on a gurney.

A mall spokesperson said that no one else was injured as a result of the suicide and that his body was removed from the premises quickly, according to the Inquisitor news site.

"This is a tragic incident, but this time of year can be very stressful for many people," the spokesperson added.

Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/man-commits-suicide-girlfriend-refuses-stop-shopping-report-article-1.1542366


Well... that's one way.

 

[McConnaughay]

Derp.

That's not funny. :tired:

Instead of killing myself, I would have just told my girlfriend to shoe like a fly and shoe herself the door.

 

[Evil Eye]

It's a bit over the top, isn't it?

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I bet he regretted it as soon as he jumped.

 

[Jazzy]

Luckily no one else was injured.

 

[Flurry]

What a huge idiot. Guy shoulda just walked away.

 

[DrLeftover]

So I guess nobody else here has been dragged from store to store in a mall against their will looking for "just the right..." whateverinthehellitis.

Fortunately for me, my wife has never done that to me, too badly.

We won't discuss the times I took either or my daughters shopping. But fortunately, there came a point when I could hand them cash and car keys and tell them to have a good time.

 

[McConnaughay]

It's a bit over the top, isn't it?

of the rail.... to the floor ... and to his death ... like an idiot.

I'm an asshole, this isn't news.

 

[Beasty]

Something else was clearly going on here, people don't just off themselves over something like that. I just don't buy it.

 

[Jamie]

Things couldve been handled better.

 

[chanel]

He obviously had bigger problems than his girlfriend buying shoes.