Monday, 28 July 2008
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Think Wal-Mart is Evil? Strip!
This is why I love activism:
BikeForums member ReachHigher stripped down to her sports bra and spandex after Walmart refused to let her enter the store with her $600 bike. A manager explained that since Walmart sold bikes, bringing in an outside bike would obviously be too confusing to handle. ReachHigher asked if they also sold shirts. "She said yes so I took off my jersey and said well then I'd better not bring this in either..."
...She got kind of flustered and said that it was a different situation but couldn't explain why. So I said that if they also sold shorts in the store that I'd better not wear those in either and I took off my shorts. Same goes for the shoes and sunglasses. Now I'm standing there in my spandex and a sports bra and I ask here if I can leave my things behind the customer service counter where they will be safe until I finish making my purchases and she said that I couldn't come into the store without shoes on, to which i responded "but I certainly can't wear shoes into the store because you sell those here and someone might think I've stolen them." She threatened to call security if I didn't leave so I told her that I would never be coming back to that store again and that I was glad I hadn't driven there since the gas to go four miles was probably more expensive than what her underpaid employees make in an hour.
Her expression when the shirt came off was absolutely priceless...I was pretty tempted to take off the spandex too but I wasn't sure what constitutes indecent exposure in Virginia so I figured I'd err on the side of caution. Still I had a decent sized crowd gathered before the end of the discussion.
From The Consumerist
What's the craziest thing you have done in protest?
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Comments (4)
That's awesome.
WOW!! That is true brass. This is what makes great people great. I love the follow through on conviction here, and knowing when to recognize the point has been made and leave it at that. Very cool.
Gosh. What's the craziest thing I've done in protest... I'm not much of an activist. I've sent some harshly worded email replies to obvious stupidities. But I'm sure I can come up with something....
For awhile when I was young, and I was grossed out by the idea of eating God's body (not for any deeply thought out reason, but because I thought it was gross, and also because I didn't like the idea of "loving" God when I thought he was this ugly old bearded guy), I used to take the eucharist out of my mouth when I got back to my place and then stick it under the pew. I eventually confessed, and the priest had to scrape off old hosts (some were more than a year old) and bless them and eat them.
I think technically I am still excommunicated from the church, as I'm not sure I ever got the Bishop's absolution (I could only be forgiven if I didn't understand the gravity of my sins, which obviously I didn't, but the Priest couldn't make that call.)
I guess that wasn't really a protest, that was just me being bratty.
Oh! This one time in pep band, I was pissed that we wouldn't play "Final Countdown." The trumpets complained that it killed their chops, but I had this awesome solo part. So I just started blaring it out in the middle of "Louie Louie," and a couple of the trombones joined me. My teacher was a pushover, he just frowned at us, and I felt bad later. I really liked that guy, and I was sort of taking advantage of him. But then, he shouldn't have caved in to the demands of the trumpeters either!
I'm not good at this game. My goal for the rest of this summer is to take a stand for something, and then post it on my Xanga. Promise you'll keep bothering me until I do!
@Drew85 - Awesome story. If you haven't already, google "crackergate". You were one step ahead of PZ Myers, my man!