Best Buy Ambush

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Apologies in advance if someone already posted about this…tried using the search function on the 'boards and it didn’t work. Anyway…

I just find this to be sheer genius:

http://www.improveverywhere.com/mission_view.php?mission_id=57

Hadn’t heard of this group before, but I like their style. In their latest “mission,” they had eighty of their members dress up in royal blue polos, khakis, and black shoes and belts. Pretty much the uniform of the Best Buy employee, minus the yellow Best Buy logo on the shirt. They then all descended upon a Best Buy store in New York, entering at fifteen second intervals. Anyway, the link explains the rest…wish I’d been there to participate…again, sheer genius.

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I’ve seen this before, but the Best Buy thing is new to me. I can’t remember exactly what they did that I saw…something about astronauts and pirates and other characters having a rock-paper-scissors competition in Central Park. They have some really funny ideas. I’d like to participate sometime.

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Superb.

Thanks, Lockseer.

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I saw these guys on Attack of the Show one day. This stuff all looks fun…

This BB link is now making the rounds at work, though. That’s funny as.

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In the '60s, this sort of gathering was called a “Happening” Most were not as organized, but still fun.

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I love it. Much laughs were had reading that / watching the videos. Gracias.

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I’ve just read the “No pants 2k6” mission briefing (lol)…

I cannot believe that the NYPD wasted the time and energy to try and arrest these people, for just riding around in their underpants. If I voted in NY, I’d be livid!

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I heard about this group on an NPR program. Some of their stuff sounded interesting, some sounded a bit mean. Here are the three missions they discussed on the show:

The Moebius
Best Gig Ever (Response from the band)
Ted’s Birthday

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I’ve been in chain stores like Best Buy once or twice accidentally wearing their store uniform. And I’ve been asked for help by clueless shoppers even when I wasn’t wearing their uniform.

But the funniest thing about the Best Buy event was the store employee yelling out, “Thomas Crown Affair! Thomas Crown Affair!” (And you have to admit that using the demo cameras to film the event was pretty clever.)

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Eh. Disrupting business is genius?

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EXACTLY. DOWN WITH THE CAPITALIST SWINE!!!

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You may want to read their reaction to the NPR show.

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At BestBuy? Yes. :wink:

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Exactly. Especially since business wasn’t “disrupted” until the management freaked out. Hell, sounds like a lot of the Agents, when they couldn’t help, were directing customers to actual employees who could.

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Bull. Having 80 people in a store who have no intention of actually buying anything is certainly disruptive. They’re in the way of legitmate shoppers and consuming staff time that would be better used (from the store owner’s viewpoint, anyway) serving potential buyers.

It also sounds like a lot of them were just talking trash. Telling the actual shoppers untruths about products and services.

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And that differs from what “real” employees do, how?
:wink:

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Hmm…much like a normal employee. I wonder if they can collect wages now…

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Those ‘agents’ are a bunch of smug pricks with too much time on their hands.

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And that differs from “real” employees, how?
:wink:

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I like the people who, as they were leaving, were asking where the nearest Blockbuster was. :smiley: