Poll: "Gallon Smashing" -- What do you think?

[Lilani]

I talked about this in another thread, but now I'm so angry I've just got to give it it's own thread. So there's a new trend in pranks going on, seeming to follow the tradition of "coning" but brought up to a new level of asshole. It's called "gallon smashing." Basically, you go into a supermarket, grab a gallon of milk or juice in each hand, and while nobody is looking (but still close enough to hear you and see the aftermath), slam yourself and the jugs on the ground, smashing them open. Then when the store workers come over to help you up, you pretend you're having a terrible time standing up and slip all over the place.

Apparently, it's supposed to be funny.


As you can see I'm not so impressed with it. I've worked in the service industry before, so all I see when I'm watching this is some poor people who are being paid way too little to have to deal with this shit, and possibly having their jobs put on the line because if their boss sees the store being put at risk of being sued then the first ones who are getting thrown under the bus are the workers who were the closest to the accident. Whether it's the guy who might have mopped there recently, or the one who had the scaffolding nearby it's them who are going to suffer their boss's questioning. All because some stupid brat who has clearly never had to work a day in their life thought it was funny.

But what do you all think? Am I just being an old person in a 21 year old's body? Is this actually funny enough to excuse the mess and risk involved[footnote]And by "risk" I mean the risk of workers losing their job. I couldn't give a rat's ass for the "risk" those brats are taking.[/footnote]?

 

[Esotera]

That looks completely stupid, I can't see why anyone would want to do anything like that, as it's not original & is just basically a dick move.

If you're going to make life difficult for someone, you should at least have a philosophy behind it and do it in as awesome a way as possible (like below):

 

[Basement Cat]

I work in a major retail outlet. Fortunately we have security cameras that would automatically be checked to determine the circumstances that lead up to such an event as SOP to safeguard against petty lawsuits.

If some ASSHOLES pulled something like this where I work they'd land themselves in trouble and possibly in court.

 

[Ryotknife]

I work in a major retail outlet. Fortunately we have security cameras that would automatically be checked to determine the circumstances that lead up to such an event as SOP to safeguard against petty lawsuits.

If some ASSHOLES pulled something like this where I work they'd land themselves in trouble and possibly in court.

nice to know there are someretail outlets that dont take this crap lying down. Kmart rolled over the moment anyone put up any kind of fight.

 

[Wadders]

It's really not that funny.

I mean, I'm 21 too, and I'd count myself as pretty immature, I enjoy very basic humour, but this just isn't that funny. I chuckled a bit the first time I saw it as his groans were pretty authentic, but after that, nothing.

 

[Amethyst Wind]

Pah! There's no style to this at all. Just a bunch of idiots who think they can be the next internet meme.

It takes more than what they have to pull off something like this.

 

[bananafishtoday]

Not funny. I don't even mean in a "Wtf there could be consequences" sort of way (though there's that too.) I mean... if this were a slapstick routine, it would be the lamest one ever. Falling down and meekly pretending to be injured? It's not even an amusing routine.

But yeah, it's an eye-roller at best if they're doing it in some kinda chain supermarket or something. If some kid pulled that shit in a local business, I'd curse them out.

 

[adamsaccount]

I remember the good old days when kids were happy to sniff glue and play on traintracks

I admit i smirked a bit at the first one but then i just thought "yknow, someones gonna have to mop that up"
I must be getting old

 

[Private Custard]

That looks completely stupid, I can't see why anyone would want to do anything like that, as it's not original & is just basically a dick move.

If you're going to make life difficult for someone, you should at least have a philosophy behind it and do it in as awesome a way as possible (like below):

That's not awesome, that's vandalism on a massive scale. The entire place is fucked.

At least there's a simple solution though. Set off the sprinkler system, leave, lock the doors behind you, call the police. That way you can get all your stock replaced, get these cunts arrested and bill them for every single item in the store that isn't in as-new condition.....which is basically eveything!

Anything that fucks someones day up isn't funny.....unless they deserve it (politicians and the like).

 

[Chemical Alia]

These are the kids my mom gets to deal with at juvenile probation all the time. Not funny at all, just a bunch of immature little shits. All that wasted milk and the huge mess is really sad, too. I'd be super pissed if I was a shopper standing there and got sprayed with milk, jeez.

 

[DaKiller]

I love the poll in this thread. 100% agree that it's stupid and that's just fantastic.

 

[HardkorSB]

I would watch this just out of curiosity but I don't want to give them ad revenue so fuck that.

 

[Darken12]

What a waste of perfectly good food. People are still starving, you know. It's not a thing that stopped happening at some point.

 

[Cpu46]

If I see anyone doing this as obviously as those assholes I will personally go over, yank them to their feet, and them smash them back down into their mess. I will then prevent them from leaving until someone with enough authority to force them to pay for everything damaged arrives and offer my help in cleaning it up. I have worked grocery before and the fact that I have heard people call it "the next harlem shake" makes me infuriated to no end.

Honestly, there is no reason to do this.

 

[Little Woodsman]

I totally have to empathize with the OP's rage on this...
not funny, waste of good food/drink, what about the genuinely concerned people around them, since when is it ok
to destroy something that doesn't belong to you, what if that elderly lady trying to help the kid up had fallen
or gotten hurt.....the list goes on and on...
And of course, when one of these little (deep breath LW, don't call people things like that...)actually slips
and gets hurt in *his* *own* mess he/his parents will *sue* the store driving up prices for everyone!!

 

[souper soup guy]

Its not that this is unnecessarily cruel to the people working there
Its not that it wastes perfectly drinkable drinks
Its the fact that someone actually went into a store and thought "Oh hey you know what would be hilarious, tossing a gallon of milk on the ground and laugh at reasonable people trying to show basic human decency by trying to help my stupidass self up"

Seriously I can't justify this in any way shape or form, and odds are some idiot is going to screw it up and break their neck doing it.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

That's a thing now? Seriously?

I remember working in the service industry in college and I used to get super pissed if someone left a giant mess just because. If I ever had to deal with that BS in the video it would make me loose my shit.

While watching it I was secretly hoping that the jackasses in the video would hurt themselves while in their acts of douchery.

 

[soren7550]

That looks completely stupid, I can't see why anyone would want to do anything like that, as it's not original & is just basically a dick move.

If you're going to make life difficult for someone, you should at least have a philosophy behind it and do it in as awesome a way as possible (like below):

While that is amusing (partying in a party store all dressed up in costumes), they did make a huge mess of the place. A lot of their inventory is probably no good now.

OT: This is a thing now? This is just being a massive dick.

 

[Dimitriov]

I voted "stupid" but really it should have been "other." As in any little prick that thinks wasting food and giving other people work is funny - should probably just be dumped in a pit somewhere in the desert.

 

[Yopaz]

Yeah, this is not funny. Vandalism, the possibility of employees getting in hot water and concerned bystanders. I don't see where it starts getting funny.