Best Buy Invaded By Blue Shirt Improv Artists 399
deviantphil writes "About 80 Improv Everywhere agents invaded their local Best Buy store wearing blue shirts and Khakis. Eventually they were asked to leave, but not before capturing some great photos and video." From the article: "Security guards and managers started talking to each other frantically on their walkie-talkies and headsets. 'Thomas Crown Affair! Thomas Crown Affair!,' one employee shouted. They were worried that were using our fake uniforms to stage some type of elaborate heist. 'I want every available employee out on the floor RIGHT NOW!'" Their inspired cellphone symphony from this February is also well worth checking out.
Thrown out? (Score:5, Insightful)
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Re:helpful employees (Score:3, Interesting)
My time at Best Buy ... (Score:3, Interesting)
Most of my time at Best Buy is spent trying to avoid the blue shirts. That is
I estimate that 95% of the people working at Best Buy/Circuit City/CompUSA haven't the foggiest clue of what they're talking about. They are just parroting something some sales rep told them.
What is absoluetly the worst is when someone asks me to go with them to the store and I end up getting into an argument with the sales reps. The stuff that comes out of their mouth is absoluetly amazingly, collosall
Is this isn't News for Nerds ... (Score:4, Funny)
Well done Improv'ers ...
My mother sent me two Geek Squad shirts... (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:My mother sent me two Geek Squad shirts... (Score:3, Funny)
Also, can't this be considered Slashdoting something physically.
Only if the customers starting using so much electricity that the building started to melt :)
Re:My mother sent me two Geek Squad shirts... (Score:2)
Get yours.
Linus would not approve! (Score:3, Funny)
Big public wanking sessions are generally looked down upon.
Re:My mother sent me two Geek Squad shirts... (Score:2)
The Geek Squad employees wear white short sleeve dress shirts, black pants, black shoes, and a black clip on tie. The black shirts with the Geek Squad logo on them were used during the Geek Squad roll out by all employees throughout the stores.
By the way, I still have like 4 blue Best Buy shirts and 3 black ones if anyone is interested. Size Large and X-Large.
Re:My mother sent me two Geek Squad shirts... (Score:2)
In my youth i had an embarassing job requiring a half-assed bow-tie--not the tying kind, the clipping shut kind. I swore after that I would never wear a clip-on tie, and learned to tie a necktie two ways REALLY well, and a third half-assed way, which I don't use.
Now that I know how, I can't believe I ever DIDN'T know. As a matter of pride, if I worked at the Geek Squad (I don't) I'd buy my own regular necktie. Clip-ons are... um... not a good look.
Re:My mother sent me two Geek Squad shirts... (Score:3, Informative)
Wow (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Wow (Score:4, Insightful)
I think the leader of this group isn't very aware of himself emotionally/psychologically. He's too comfortable manipulating people. These kinds of "performances" seem to come from having difficulty in asserting boundaries and allowing other people to assert their boundaries. He's not very empathetic and expects people to have the emotions he imposes on them and he even expects them to like it and is unreceptive if they don't.
This touches on the fascination with Andy Kaufmann. Fans were interested in him for manipulating the emotions of other people with his pranks, but when they show up and he manipulates them by reading from a boring book, all of a sudden they're angry. "It's fine if he doesn't respect other people's boundaries but he better respect mine."
I'm not saying these types of performances are unethical, but at least acknowlege them for what they are.
Pranks that don't take into account the emotions of their targets are about exploiting other people for your own amusement. I don't look up to people who deny this. It just makes them more self-centered in my eyes.
Manager called 911 (Score:5, Funny)
"Is this an emergency?"
"Dear lord YES! there are people wearing Blue Shirt and Khakis! KAHKIS!!!"
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Re:Manager called 911 (Score:4, Interesting)
Of course you have to ask to leave, and they imply that you can't ask.
Re:Manager called 911 (Score:5, Funny)
That's nothing. On Slashdot, you can make claims that lie somewhere between false and ambiguous, and will probably get modded +4 Interesting.
Re:Manager called 911 (Score:3, Informative)
Of course you have to ask to leave, and they imply that you can't ask.
This is not legal advice. You are not a client. I'm not even an attorney. If you want legal advice, contact an attorney admitted to your jurisdiction's bar. What I am saying here is probably 100% wrong and if you do anything in reliance upon it, you are a blithering idiot who deserves whatever bad shit is very likely to befall you.
DISCLAIM
Re:Manager called 911 (Score:3, Insightful)
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But a security guy doing any sort of even holding is overstepping the line imo. Had the person being held actually done anything against the law (or visible store po
Re:Manager called 911 (Score:5, Interesting)
They get freaked out when people show up, act oddly, and video tape stuff.
The manager *was* a total douche though: "You're violating my civil rights by filming in my store!".
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Megastore guy: They were all just standing there.
Cop: What were they doing?
Megastore guy: Just standing, and then they all danced.
Cop: Did they say anything?
Megastore guy: No.
Pause
Cop: Why are we here?
Re:Manager called 911 (Score:4, Informative)
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Re:Manager called 911 (Score:5, Interesting)
The most interesting thing about the whole affair is the insight that it provides into people's thoughts. When something sufficiently strange is going on, people get completely confused and frustrated that they don't understand your motives. Because of this misunderstanding, they tend to assume the worst. At one point they were speculating that it was some elaborate heist. "Thomas Crown Affair", funny, but at the same time fitting, given what the employees knew. Although with 80 people I might rip off a better target than Best Buy - maybe a bank or something.
I also got a kick out of the human resources woman going undercover to take snap shots of those involved. Don't they have security cameras? Still, I can understand her feeling the need to do something, so that later she can explain it and not look lazy. There's a reason why the managers freaked out the most - they're used to having control. A regular employee just shrugs his shoulders and laughs. And as usual, the cops freak out the most and try to intimidate the guy with the camera.
I think the part that resonated with me the most was when a manager claimed that filming in Best Buy violated her "civil rights". Perhaps they were at the fringes of the law by partially concealing their cameras, but the right to privacy is not guarenteed in an essentially public place. And while it may be against Best Buy policy, unless you commit an actual crime in the legal sense, all they can do is ask you to leave.
However, I do think that at some point they should have just explained the whole thing rather than leave on such bad terms. They freaked people out and then left in an arrogant huff, that shows a basic lack of curtesy. On the whole, the act and documentation offer interesting insights into society, true performance art.
Re:Manager called 911 (Score:2)
that makes no sense. How will they no a call isn't 911 'worhty' until the arrive?
Re:Manager called 911 (Score:2)
Otherwise this goes into the "fuck them if they can't take a joke" column. Face it - some people just can't. Were they damaging anything? Did they assualt anyone? There's a lot of worse things happening on a daily basis to give a shit about. Seriou
Re:Manager called 911 (Score:2)
regardless of the fact had she done that here she would have been arrested for missuse of 911 and likely given 24 hours of public service and a $2000 fine, 911 is for emergancys only, you use the normal police phone number for stuff like this.
This is where I get confused. I agree 911 should be used for emergencies only... but exactly what qualifies as an emergency? If you actually talk to th
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Anyway, I hope it reaches other cities like mine soon as it seems like a good idea.
Re:Manager called 911 (Score:2)
I live in the UK and the police advice is quite simple: "Always call 999 if a crime is being committed, or a suspect is present or nearby."
It then goes on to say that you should call the normal local police number to report a crime that has been committed (past tense), or you want a police officer to attend for some other reason.
Having said that, the UK still has a problem with
Re:Manager called 911 (Score:2)
I used to work on a crisis line and our number rang a phone at the local 911 dispatch, where they would then page one of us. The real 911 calls had to be answered within a certain number of seconds of the first ring.
Re:Manager called 911 (Score:5, Insightful)
If Best Buy doesn't like it, they can make a "No blue shirts and Khakis" policy. Barring that, they have no recourse.
Re:Manager called 911 (Score:2, Insightful)
Overall, this wasn't funny or clever, just disruptive. Any moron can disrupt people.
Re:Manager called 911 (Score:2)
This is different then, say, hyour home or a private club.
Yes, they can refuse service, they can ask you to leave.
The problem is not calling the police, it is calling 911.
Re:Manager called 911 (Score:2)
I never said it was
They can refuse service to anyone for any reason, barring specially protected classes of discrimination such as race.
Yes, and such a decision falls under "making a policy of 'no blue shirts and khakis'" read what I wrote next time.
Their recourse is to call the cops and have the people removed, which is what they did.
No crime was being committed. In a place of public accommodation it's not trespassing until someone's asked to leave and refuses. Hence, that i
Re:Manager called 911-Unlimited laws (Score:2)
Nobody asked them to leave first
Re:Manager called 911-Unlimited laws (Score:3, Insightful)
If I follow you correctly, you're saying that anybody who goes into a Best Buy is a criminal the instant Best Buy decides they don't like that person. The only difference between a law-abiding citizen and a "criminal trespasser" is Best Buy's opinion of that person.
Do I have that right? Because that seems very strange.
Re:Manager called 911-Unlimited laws (Score:4, Informative)
For a store to kick people out during business hours, the people have to be formally notified that they're no longer welcome, whether this be by verbal or written notice is up to the owner or his representative(the manager or employees).
If you withdraw your permission, the person you're kicking out is still allowed to collect his or her possessions and leave in an orderly fashion (IE not running, but not lingering).
Re:Manager called 911 (Score:4, Insightful)
No one claimed to be an employee.
"Best Buy didn't have enough real staff to throw out 80 people and keep the store running at the same time"
Still not a 911 emergency.
" it was confusing the customers "
And this is an emergency, how?
"and it's her responsibility to prevent that from happening"
Still not an emergency.
She should have called the desk sargent and asked for a patrol.
My beef was calling '911', not having the police there.
Your not one of those people that think 911 is just a convient way to help you for any ol' thing, are you? I hope not, I hate those people.
Finally:
Get a sense of humor.
Re:Manager called 911 (Score:2)
But it is valid to use it to report criminal trespass. If they were asked to leave and did not it was perfectly for them to call the police.
And really, the whole point of the exercise (and what made it funny) was to cause confusion and panic on the part of the employees. They suceeded in doing this so why get indignant upon hearing that these confused and/or panicked people called the police with a legitimate complaint?
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Re:Manager called 911 (Score:3, Informative)
Don't hesitate to call 911. The 911 system was created to make it easy to request police, fire or medical response.
http://www.ci.bloomington.mn.us/cityhall/dept/poli ce/emerman/911.htm [bloomington.mn.us]
If the public safety situation seems urgent and has the potential of escalating by not making the telephone call, call 9-1-1. The 9-1-1 professional will determine whether the call should be processed via 9-1-1, or whether the caller shoul
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Ask them to leave... (Score:2)
This was eventually done, at which point the people left.
Re:Ask them to leave... (Score:2)
Employees began asking our agents to leave the store if they weren't shopping. Most stuck to their "I'm waiting for my girlfriend" story and refused to leave.
Re:Ask them to leave... (Score:5, Insightful)
"Excuse me Sir, you have to leave now" would have worked. Still, any of the 'performers' who refused could have been hauled into court for trespassing.
Re:Manager called 911 (Score:2)
Why exactly are mildly confused customers a matter for the police anyway?
Re:Manager called 911 (Score:4, Insightful)
1. Call the police - store managers in a large retail chain should have the proper orientation/training to know the procedure that is best in their jurisdiction. In Vancouver here, I believe the procedure is to call 911 and someone will triage the call and dispatch the appropriate response. Calling the police is the appropriate response because you really don't know the intentions of the "invaders". Employee and/or customer saftey or company property could be at risk.
2. Make some sort of an announcement using the store PA system advising customers and staff not to approach anyone dressed as a BB employee unless they have a Best Buy ID badge or what ever ID is used by BB. This is a judgement call - as it draws attention to the issue, but if I believed customer safety was an issue, it would be important to advise customers not to assume that people dressed in blue/khaki are not necessarily BB employees. If you didn't do this, and someone got hurt, I could be liable.
3. Assemble a security team + any available assistant managers. Give them explicit instructions that there role is to diffuse, not inflame the situation. They are to politely but firmly inform the "invaders" that the store is private property, their presence there is a privalege not a right and is now confusing customers and disrupting business and they have to leave immediately. There is no need to get personal, angry or physical, I would just ask them to leave. If they don't, have them arrested for trespassing.
There is a judgement call here. If I thought they were going to resist and put staff, customers or property at risk, I might give the instructions but wait until the police arrive. You can test the resolve of the group by simply asking several of them to leave. If they go peacefully - continue until you have the store under control. If anyone resists, assign a security dude to simply shadow them until the police arrive.
At no point is there any need to panic.
Re:Manager called 911 (Score:5, Insightful)
Fraud must be proved by showing that the defendant's actions involved five separate elements: (1) a false statement of a material fact, (2) knowledge on the part of the defendant that the statement is untrue, (3) intent on the part of the defendant to deceive the alleged victim, (4) justifiable reliance by the alleged victim on the statement, and (5) injury to the alleged victim as a result.
They were specifically told NOT to claim they were employees, but rather state they were not, if asked. #1 down. #2 is meaningless without #1. #3, perhaps. #4 - again, no statement. #5 - injury? Give me a break.
So... out of the five required points there is a maybe on 1. Prosecutor, you have wasted the court's time. I find you in contempt.
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"Not knowing their intentions, it would be easy to assume they were attempting something more sinister."
ok, step back from the TV.
More...more. now go outside and get a breath of air. Something more sinister, indeed.
Re:Manager called 911 (Score:3, Interesting)
I just bet you're an assistant principal somewhere. You have that follow-all-the-rules attitude.
For what it's worth, the instructions that were given out:
"If a customer comes up to you and asks you a question, be polite and help them if you know the answer. If anyone asks you if you work there, say no. If an employee asks you what you're doing, respond 'I'm waiting for my girlfriend/boyfriend who is sho
Re:Manager called 911 (Score:2)
NOT via 911, call the desk sargent. The number is in the phone book.
As long as the weren't wearing Best Buy(or simliar) logos, and not telling anyone they were employees it's not impersonation. Espcially since they told anyone who approached they weren't employees.
Re:Manager called 911 (Score:5, Insightful)
So let me get this straight, if 60 people want to go to a store in Manhattan they should call in advance for a reservation? This giant, 2-story Best Buy has never had more than 60 people in the store before?
How did the manager "lose control"? 60 people showed up and hung out at the store for a while. They weren't claiming to be employees, they weren't robbing the place, they weren't trashing the place, they weren't running up and down the aisles naked and screaming, they were just standing around.
If it unnerved her so much, she should have used her managerial authority to walk up to them one at a time with a security guard and say "Sir, I'm the store manager and you need to leave right now, please walk this way." If they refuse, then they're trespassing. The only times they *asked* (note the word ASKED) someone to leave and he sought to clarify, it was made 100% clear that he was NOT being TOLD to leave, only asked.
NYUD.net Karma Whoring Link (Score:5, Informative)
Additional info/video links (Score:5, Informative)
same group... (Score:4, Interesting)
Spike (Score:3, Funny)
The Uniform (Score:5, Interesting)
navy pinstripe suits indicated a bank, doublebreasted suits meant insurance, charcoal gray suits were brokerages.
Today it is trivial for 21-25 year old women; red shirt is a computer superstore, blue shirt is big box retailer, and
white shirts with a yellow smiley face means WalMartians...
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I wear a t-shirt, khaki shorts and sandals. Sometimes with socks.
Give up? I'm a grad student. They don't pay me enough to wear real shoes or full length pants.
I understand the Best Buy response (Score:5, Insightful)
One time when I was working in the UC San Diego college bookstore back in the 1980's, a bunch of activists came in with cameras to film everybody and the inside of the store. They were eventually escorted out by Campus Security, but it really unnerved some people, because we weren't sure who they were or what they were going to do with film they shot. There was talk that the activists were going to identify us and attack us another time away from the store to get back at the "establishment" and those of us who were helping the "establishment".
So I understand why the Best Buy folks might be a bit unnerved by this event. I suspect if I was an employee, I would have been also.
It's funny indeed (Score:5, Insightful)
I hate to generalize (Ok, I love it, but pretend for a second I don't) but our society today needs some humor. We hear "terrorist this" and "gas prices that" and "x troops killed today in Iraq by insurgents..." every day. We seem so drenched in sadness and tragedy sometimes we forget what we are: free!
As long as a flash mob/stunt doesn't injure innocent bystanders and cause undue distress to officials I don't see the harm. The way that these people carry out "missions" with their "agents" is harmless. I admit that there is no screening process and no, I wouldn't want to be a manager on duty that day at Best Buy. But these stunts are things that you can look back upon 2 days, 2 weeks, 2 months, or 2 years later and grin. We need humor! I give my props to the people who have the audacity to go out there, do something very strange while surreptitiously documenting it, and post it for the rest of us to enjoy later! Way to go!
In a world filld with bad news, depressing ideas, and bad people, it's enlightening to smile at the deeds of others without having read it on Fark [fark.com] or the Darwin Awards [darwinawards.com].
I know I enjoyed the missions (the pantsless ones are priceless!) and I think that they have a great way of making people laugh. If you don't enjoy, that's fine. I don't get British humor and I hate Monty Python. Some humor isn't for everybody. But lighten up!
Re:It's funny indeed (Score:2)
On one hand, there should be nothing wrong bunch of people getting together in public.
But
>As long as a flash mob/stu
Re:It's funny indeed (Score:2)
No, people do not respond like that everywhere. Thank god.
*considers installing Flash 8 to take a closer look at Agent Reeves*Re:It's funny indeed (Score:2)
Sir, Please run for president because i want to vote you into office.
This is exactly correct. I think its important that we have fun and remember we are free people. This group of 80 "agents" are a reminder th
Re:It's funny indeed (Score:2, Insightful)
What a souless mechanized sanitized society you crave.
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Something yopu might want to remember if you every start a business.
It is taky, and causes people not to listen to your point when you campare this to rape. Or anything to an absurd extreme.
*with the exception of used book stores. Which are just a fancy way for people to show off there libraries.
Unreported (Score:5, Funny)
Works at the supermarket too (Score:5, Funny)
Eventually I stopped trying to tell little old ladies that I didn't work there. I had gotten to know the store well enough that it was easier to just tell them where their item was...
Re:Works at the supermarket too (Score:3, Funny)
Or at a Fry's.
I can one-up you. More than a few times I've been in a thrift store and mistaken for someone who works there simply because of being a guy who doesn't look confused and lost. Never mind that the other employees are clearly wearing identically-colored vests with the thrift store logo on them.
Dice (Score:2)
Please, allow me to quote Dice Clay.
"You fucking geek."
ok, this is a bit of sad commentary: (Score:5, Insightful)
Are people really that scared of single adult males, now? Because it probably wasn't to do with his appearance...
Re:ok, this is a bit of sad commentary: (Score:3, Informative)
If you knew anything about modern feminism, you would know there is a lot about having heaps of sex, and not admonishing men. Sounds like you are talking about the feminists of the 1970s, not the modern ones, where there was some of the attitude you are referring to. But even then, it was only a vocal minority. To think that feminists are running the world is ridiculous. Furthermore, to think that the creators of shows like Family Guy are feminist are utterly absurd. The
Hysterical. (Score:5, Funny)
"Do you work here?" he asks.
"No, I don't."
He starts looking at vacuum cleaners, not knowing where to start.
"What are you looking for?" I ask.
"I need a vacuum cleaner," he says. "I have a Dirt Devil. It works really well, very powerful machine," I say.
"A Dirt Devil. Dirt Devil, OK."
A real employee approaches.
"May I help you sir?" the employee asks.
"Yes, I'd like to buy a Dirt Devil," the man responds."
I sold my first vacuum cleaner. Damn, it feels good.
Re:Hysterical. (Score:3, Funny)
"Huh, where did the other salesman go?".
"That was not a salesman. He was just in to pick up his new Audi A8."
Walmart (Score:3, Funny)
A few times, going into Walmart wearing my "Your Company's Computer Guy" [jinx.com] shirt, I was asked for assistance, because of the way Walmart employees wear those vest-like things. Sure, it's a totally different shade of blue, and a different style, but that didn't stop them.
And yes, I did help them even though they realized mid-question that I don't work there.
Bravo! (Score:3, Funny)
It's too bad they didn't really clown around a bit, act like cockroaches, walk into walls, curl up on the floor and go to sleep, do a little dance; perhaps The Robot etc..
"People in uniform" attitude (Score:3, Insightful)
I once had a temp job at a hospital loading dock. Horrible, crummy job, but it was a job. So all the people on the loading dock wore brown polyester pants, white shirts, and black shoes. So, my second day, I wore brown polyester pants, a white shirt, and black shoes. I was reprimanded for "wearing a dock uniform", paid for a half day, and asked not to return.
A different situation: There was a Greek Festival, where all the food service people were wearing black pants or skirts, white shirts and a black hat. My girlfriend and I happened to both be wearing black pants, white shirts, and we each had a black hat, all coincidentally (we didn't even know about the festival, just chanced upon it), and so we just sort of hung out for a while and all the workers treated us like we were hosts not patrons. We ate and drank for free and hung out while everybody partied after the festival was over.
Anyway, if you wear a blue shirt to Best Buy I'm sure they can throw you out if the laws of your state allow it, "for any reason", but not just because you wore a blue shirt, unless they eject *everyone* wearing a blue shirt (not just you.)
The band of pranksters could test this by being not just a bunch of clowns, but some organization whose uniform is *also* well-established as blue shirts and khakis, go in the store with legitimate business, and get kicked out for no reason other than their attire, they might be able to force the store manager to explain to a judge why he considered a shirt and khakis to be inappropriate attire, or whatever was his bais calling the police was.
But in this case, it is clear that the group was intentionally creating a disturbance, and that it was not terribly difficult to get a police officer to agree. If a reasonable person believes your intent is to disturb the peace (which it clearly was) then I hope it was enough fun to be worth the potential legal hassle.
I fail to see the humor in this (Score:3, Insightful)
Yes, you aren't exactly doing something "illegal", but your intention is obviously to make life harder for other people, which in my book counts as "immoral" (at least as long as these "other people" haven't done anything wrong towards you!)
I find the whole episode comparable to someone who have gotten hold of some disappearing ink [penguinmagic.com], spray it on random peoples shirts, and then write a web-page about it where they talk about how angry some people became because of this, even though it was just an innocent gag.
I'm sorry, but if some random person sprayed my shirt with disappearing ink, I would not find it funny. And if some random crowd of people had agreed to enter my store with clothes similar to the uniform of my employees, I wouldn't find it funny either. Now, had the random person in either case, been someone I knew and trusted, I might have reacted otherwise, but this depends a bit more upon the situation. When doing practical jokes, it's a fine line between what's funny and what's just cruel.
Oh, by the way, I killed your dog just to see how you'd react. But don't worry, here's a new one...
Re:news? (Score:3, Funny)
What a coincidence! (Score:4, Funny)
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Re:news?-Lifeline. (Score:2)
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ALWAY been that way. That is their business. Don't like it? Leave.
Re:Policy and Legislation (Score:3, Interesting)
Persons impersonating store employees will be prosecuted for trespassing.
So, in the future I might have to bring multiple changes of clothes with me if I want to go shopping at multiple stores to make sure I don't get confused with the employees? What about those clothing stores that make their employees wear the clothes they sell in the store? Will there be a sign out front "No customer may wear Old Navy clothing inside the store."?
Anyway, when I worked at Best Buy there was probably a few times I notice
Re:Policy and Legislation (Score:2)
Oddly enough, it seems like older people and the yehaw types are the ones who ask me the most. Maybe it's just the idea a lot of people have that most people don't dress nice anymore, except
Re:Policy and Legislation (Score:3, Interesting)
Actually, I think the shopping attire will eventually be mandated [thinkgeek.com]...
And does this mean whenever someone asks me if I can help them I'd get in trouble?
Although... it does remind me of my retail days... one customer asked someone who was wearing close to the same clothes as the staff where something was... when the person being asked said they didn't know, the one asking started ranting and swearing at them... for five minutes... after he stopped, the person who was asked calmly said, "I don't work here."
Re:Policy and Legislation (Score:2)
No need to go so far. Just wear a loose fitting gray coverall with the words "NOT AN EMPLOYEE" stenciled on the back. That should cut down on requests for help by at least 50%.
Re:Philisophical analogy (Score:2)
And by definition, clowns aren't funny.
To quote Cmdr. Vimes:
"If it was funny, clowns wouldn't be doing it." Cmdr. Vimes, Diskworld by Terry Prachet
Re:Philisophical analogy (Score:2)
But yes, if you want to go to Best Buy in a clown costume, feel free. It will certainly bring a smile to many people's face!
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Re:hostage taking (Score:4, Funny)