Stop Reshelving Books Just to Get a Laugh

[rug]

September 1, 2014
by Hemant Mehta

You’ve all seen an image like this before, of a Bible moved to a more entertaining section of the bookstore:



I’ll admit: I laughed the first time I saw that (a long, long time ago…). But as I wrote several years ago on this site, it’s an asshole move:

Most bookstore workers have nothing to do with where books are filed. They do need to know where the books are shelved, though, if customers ask. And if atheists (or others) reshelve them, it would just frustrate staff members that have nothing to do with the placements in the first place.

Yesterday, Nancy French, an evangelical blogger on this site, posted that her daughter did something similar in response to seeing a Fifty Shades of Grey display. You can see the picture here, but basically, she put Bibles in the section marked “After Fifty Shades/What We Recommend.”



Hilarious.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2014/09/01/stop-reshelving-books-just-to-get-a-laugh/

[Dawson Leery]

1. kick

[Kalidurga]

2. Nah that's funny

I don't particularly like the bible, but if all evangilists had a sense of humor like that they would be better people.

[longship]

3. There are some exceptions.

In fact, I must disagree entirely with this article. I think such outreach is not only appropriate, but manditory.

Maybe it helps some people to think. ( one can only hope.)

[customerserviceguy]

7. Too funny! n/t

[MFM008]

9. the douche

appears to be properly shelved......

[tazkcmo]

4. I see it

as a service to the employees of the store. They're going to get paid to put it back. If we all did this every day those workers would be getting OT. Come on folks! Lets support labor!


Added: Jus saw the Hannity pic. Perfect!

[SwankyXomb]

5. Spoken like someone who's never worked in retail

Corporations have already slashed payrolls to where most employees are already doing the work of 2 or 3, and you want to make it harder for them? Can we come over to your house and mess things up, just for fun?

[tazkcmo]

6. Sure

As soon as you start paying me to clean my house. Well, you or anyone else. It's their job to put stuff back where it belongs. Reminds of my dish washing partner complaining about dirty dishes.

[AtheistCrusader]

8. SOMETIMES people move one copy of the book, take the piicture, and then put it back.

[cbayer]

10. Funny and it seems relatively harmless.

Books are put back in the wrong places frequently. Reshelving doesn't seem like such a big deal.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

11. That's not what Bertrand Russell is for??

Was I just misguided???