Want to know how I have fun at the store?

[Mr.Bill]

At stores like Walmart and Kmart, I go to the book section and wherever I see displayed on a shelf books by idiots like Sarah Palin, Bill O'Rielly, Sean Hannity, etc., I place other books in front of them so anyone passing by doesn't see them.

[jazzimov]

1. I like to dart from aisle to aisle

singing the original theme from Mission:Impossible.

[rhett o rick]

26. I bet you purposefully skip your medication to do that. Right? nm

[GentryDixon]

2. I turn them over in Costco. Billo & Ann Coulter spend a great

deal of time upside down.

[freshwest]

31. Good one.

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[truebluegreen]

39. I do that too! Every time I go!

And more than once I've gone and found that someone else had gotten there before me!


One person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick and
They won't take him. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony,
They may think they're both faggots and they won't take either of them.
And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in
Singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. They may think it's an
Organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day,I said
Fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and
Walking out. And friends they may thinks it's a movement.


Maybe it's a movement.

Edited to ask: I've been doing this in a couple of states since the late 90s? or so...can I ask where you live?

[GentryDixon]

42. Utah.

[truebluegreen]

43. Well, you never know--

but I started at the store in Twin Falls, ID...

[Drew Richards]

3. Im sorry but I feel this is classless tasteless and unworthy of being true to yourself please try

To refrain and if you cant please dont display it in an OP for all to see.

[roody]

10. I think it is jolly fun.

[FLyellowdog]

17. I've proudly done the same thing.

And this is EXACTLY the place to display it for all to see.

Doing these types of things is much less harmful than the effects of the diatribe published in these books. Chill out.

[rhett o rick]

24. I agree. Show some class and kiss the boots of your oppressors. nm

[BlueStreak]

28. Indeed. If a person wants to make an impact. Buy all the Palin books

so they will no longer appear on the shelved. That would teach her a lesson.

[rhett o rick]

29. I dont see how that relates to what I said. nm

[BlueStreak]

32. Like you, I'm trying to understand why anybody would argue we musn't ever rustle any feathers ...

... that it is better that we take the "high road" and just let the lords reign over us.

My comments was a little sarcasm, as to how a "polite person" could deal with the situation. Those people never get anywhere. You can't take on the machine by being polite all the time.

I like the OP's idea of a little harmless disobedience. I might go so far as to print up some glossy stickers that look like they were part of the publisher's presentation. The stickers might read

"America's favorite half-term governor provides simplistic answers to complex problems."

Yes, it would be a crime if some of those stickers were to somehow end up on the books. So, that just means we need to be sneaky.

[rhett o rick]

34. I get it. Forgive my slowness. What a person might do is use avery labels and print out a

bunch and stick them the hell all over those books. Not that I would ever do such a thing. But dont forget the cameras are always watching.

[BlueStreak]

37. Remember that half the "employees" in a Wal*mart

are actually contractors stocking the shelves and not really Wal*Mart employees. Try asking one of them for help and they will give you a blank stare.

So it wouldn't actually be to hard for a person to dress in a way to look like the official book sticker contractor. These guys did it.

Or a person could put a bunch of the books in his shopping cart, and continue shopping in other parts of the store while discreetly applying the stickers, then return the books to the shelf before going through check-out.

But of course that wouldn't be nice.

[kestrel91316]

36. You're not going to be very happy on DU if you disapprove of this sort of thing, lol.

[johnp3907]

4. So you give the employees extra work to do straightening the books out?

Thanks.

[Mr.Bill]

11. They get paid by the hour. n/t

[JI7]

16. it's not that simple, they are forced to work more, there are stories

from people who have worked there.

this has come up when people have talked about filling shopping carts and then just leaving the store without buying anything . they think they are hurting the corporate execs but it's teh workers who get hurt by this more.

[GeorgeGist]

38. what part of getting paid ...

by the hour do you not understand?

[johnp3907]

20. They don't get extra hours for straightning after your childishness.

Ah, skip it. There's a rock outside that would probably be easier to reason with. Welcome to "fool" ignore.

[rrneck]

21. I like your plan but

those employees may get paid by the hour but they have a long list of tasks they have to do in each hour. That list won't get any shorter because of partisan hijinks like yours.

[Posteritatis]

22. And plenty of retail places are pretty creative in finding ways to require unpaid overtime. (nt)

[rhett o rick]

30. Why so series? nm

[lamp_shade]

5. Or this.....

[Nye Bevan]

6. Heh. Juvenile but funny (nt)

[BlueStreak]

33. +1000

[rhett o rick]

35. You one up'ed me. I did it in the toilet paper section. nm

[KentuckyWoman]

41. made me laugh so loud

cat ran off the bed and husband came in to find out what the cackling was about

[Brother Buzz]

7. Ah, so it's you who has been visiting my library

I notice you also toss copies of the crappy books up on top of the shelving, out of sight, out of circulation.

[Oilwellian]

8. I once caught my husband...

pole dancing in the pasta aisle of a grocery store. You know those major poles you sometimes see in the middle of an aisle? Imagine my surprise.

[KittyWampus]

12. that is a great little story. Would make a good scene in a movie/tv show

[rhett o rick]

25. I am guessing you're in for more surprises.

[B Calm]

9. I did that once at Denver's airport

[jwirr]

13. I turn them around or upside down. Like you idea.

[tabbycat31]

14. I have put them in one of two sections

Horror (for more specialized book stores like B&N) or fiction (for Walmart, Target, etc).

[TlalocW]

15. Dollar Tree store

Cashier over PA: Hello, shoppers! Thank you for shopping at your local Dollar Tree. We'd like you take a minute to tell us how we're doing.
Me (Yelling): You're doing great! Keep up the good work!
Friend: TlalocW!!!
Cashier: *pause then continues a little shakily* Actually, uh, what we uh, want you to do is take a small survey when checking out.
Me (Yelling): Sorry! I misunderstood!
Friend moves away from me as quickly as she can.

TlalocW

[RagAss]

18. thanks for the laugh.

[Mira]

19. Great thought! Will do. Today I was in line at Costco

All tall skinny woman with a clenched face had the "Killing Jesus" book by Bill O'Reilly in her purchases. Ordinarilyy I would have made a light hearted remark like: "Please let me know what you think, because I can't bring myself to read it for myself."
But uncharacteristically I refrained.
She scared the hell out of me.

[tjwash]

23. I like to stand in the produce section in a t-shirt that says "LIFE" and hand out lemons

[CaliforniaPeggy]

44. Perfect!

[rhett o rick]

27. I would never do that. I might put them in the toilet paper isle.

I know, classless. I never been very good at that "class" thang.

[Packerowner740]

40. Juvenile prank