Posted on 11/26/2011 11:42:33 AM PST by Pinkbell
Edited on 11/26/2011 12:14:27 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
So anyway, I decided to visit the DUmp to see what they were talking about, and I saw this thread on the front page:
Approximately 75 people met up this morning at a transit center with the knowledge of flash mob that will happen and nothing else. I was a little apprehensive being that I didn't know how we could incoroprate dancing into the 99% movement, nor having much ability to dance. Their idea on the flash mob was that we'd all enter Walmart inconspicuously and shop for 30 minutes, filling up our carts as much as possible. Then we'd meet at the front to check out and the first person to get up to a checker calls asks the cashier to page their child (Michael Check) to the checkstand cause they're ready to leave, and then right after the page:
MIC CHECK! Citizens of Walmart!! Greetings and welcome back from the food coma!! In the spirit of holiday giving, we believe a discussion is in order about the meaning of value and low cost. For every low-priced product purchased at Walmart, your communities pay the difference. Every price drop represents mistreated workers who STILL cannot feed their families, STILL cannot afford their homes, and STILL cannot payoff their tuitions. Every sweet deal can be attributed to our jobs being outsourced from American communities. Each item on sale helps bankrupt small businesses. YOU, YOUR COMMUNITIES, AND YOUR WORKERS ARE BEING ABUSED!! Walmart intentionally underemploys, forgoing REAL benefits for social services, costing California taxpayers $86 million annually. Walmart employees are overworked, underpaid, and left under-insured in poor and unsafe conditions. Walmart could fire its employees for the mere mention of forming a workers union; which is the best tool American workers have to protect their rights. Corporate beasts such as this one bleed our communities dry by putting the local business owners, who actually have personal stake in your communities, at a disadvantage against these gluttonous juggernauts. Yet they have the nerve to tell you it's for your benefit. WE DO NOT HAVE TO BUY THE SCAM!! WE DO NOT HAVE TO BUY DOLLAR-COLLARS FOR OUR FAMILIES!! WE DO NOT HAVE TO BUY ANY OF THIS!! SELF-MADE GIFTS HAVE MORE POWER ANYWAY!! So this holiday season, give yourselves, your families, and your communities the gift of empowerment!! ACT LOCALLY!! SHOP SMALL BUSINESS!! BUY AMERICAN!! Thank you, Exit Safely, and remember to smile...
After that there was applause as we all 75 left our carts and exited the disgusting, big box store. We received thumbs ups from employess, smiles from most, claps at the end, and when walking out the three cops there smiled at us as we walked past shouting, "We are the 99%, YOU are the 99%!" We did the same to a second Walmart and then had to call it a day since other activities were planned.
Sorry for the length, I didn't know how else to post the mic-check. It was entirely envigorating.
There was one a**hat that charged past us and screamed "You f*****g socialists!" Yes, a good laugh; as what a prime example he was setting for his 7 or 8 year old daughter he was dragging along while huffing and puffing. BTW, did Occupy ever say they were for socialism? LOL... Well, heaven forbid they ever need Social Security or Medicare...
Age range from was from 2-80; quite the mix of races present; very much a good example of the 99%.
I am proud to stand in solidarity with Occupy San Diego.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2380870
It's one thing to go in there and chant (which is still annoying), but to holler that the Walmart workers are oppressed, overworked, and unfairly treated and leave 75 carts full of merchandise for them to put away is outrageous. A couple posters actually pointed this out, and have a look at this delusional reply:
I bet they appreciated being defended and respected by the flash mob much more The work? Who gives a s***. But having a bunch of people doing a mic check on how abusive your bosses are and how hard your life is made by your bosses? Priceless.
Check out the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgafr1uO_EY&feature=share
They've gone unanswered for too long. Real Americans are getting tired of their nonsense. The rejection of the freeloaders will escalate as well.
You would be surprised what people put on resumes. Professional bloggers- File 13
Political activist- File 13
Human rights protestor- File 13
You Tube video producer- File 13
PJ, this is PRIME DUFUable material, the DU thread plus the accompanying Youtube video. I don’t know if I’ll have time to get to it today—maybe—so if you beat me to it, oh well. Otherwise, I may have to wait till tomorrow.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2380870
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgafr1uO_EY
There is a time to cuss... and even children should know it. But I think this still likely is an exaggerated account, embellished with lies meant to make the stupid OWS goons... well, fool themselves I guess. They’re not fooling John Q. Public.
Unless it was something you could visit and vet out... you wouldn’t necessarily want to send something like Jim Rob’s experience to a circular file.
There is video of it at the Youtube link. I don’t think they got the public response they are claiming, though. The camera focuses mainly on them.
Oh, I’m glad you saw this. I was thinking this would make a perfect DUFU.
ThIs is a common syndrome in liberal internet folklore. Supposedly receive accolades in all sorts of places. Dementia.
Overworked?
(Someone has to put that stuff back out, after they check it over and make sure it is still OK)
Unfairly treated?
(...by 75 bungholes who left carts full of stuff which will need to be sorted out.)
Yep.
But it wasn't WalMart that did that to them, it was their 'saviors' in the OWS movement.
Somehow, they make friends wherever they go.
Thanks for editing the profanity. I’m sorry I forgot to asterisk that out.
at least some of the RATS thought it was a bad idea...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2380870
The Boston Herald, the more conservative paper in town, had a story today about a woman from Occupy Boston who is accused of a couple of assaults and has been banned from returning to it...and the reporter described Occupy Boston as “an anti-capitalist shanty town”. Perfect: just what they are.
Indeed. They are only serving to make themselves look bad. Fine by me.
Yes, that was the one silver lining in the thread.
Where’s the criticism?
Don’t a lot of them look homeless to you, hanging out for free food?
It’s fairly evident that the OWs crowd has no ideas left (not that they had any ideas to begin with) when they are reduced to pulling fraternity pranks.
sounds bouncy to me
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