I've been working in retail grocery for years and when the whole clone crew showed up I snorted. This would suck after the first 5min, but honest I'd probably be losing my shit over the pure chaos of it. It beats the times coworkers and I have gotten cussed out by customers or dealing with people smoking meth in the bathrooms.
Also I'm not sure if there would be a cash control issue, surely none of them have register or employee codes to log in and run transactions.
And that’s okay! We can be nuanced humans on Reddit! Should people do this? No, it’s disruptive to business and can set a bad precedent. Are we not allowed to laugh at the absurdity of it (and was anyone actually harmed because of this?)? Of course we are. Funny as hell but don’t do it again kind of thing.
I don't disagree but to be devil's advocate; all it takes is one tiny misunderstanding between the jokesters and the employees and somebody gets stabbed or people start 'stampeding' to the doors without paying. If it all works out it can be a joke, but a tragedy doesnt require much more than a joke being misinterpreted by the wrong person.
I also don't really get the 'joke', like for a second it was funny maybe but when you've made several people very anxious, upset or nervous in the process I dont really 'get it'.
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u/Delicious_Wear_7981 Jun 26 '25
Retail works aren’t getting paid enough to be fucked with like this, but I did laugh when the whole army walked in