You have to admit: It’s a seriously circular strategy. If you see something offensive at a store, why not buy it?
Huh? But wouldn’t that just make the company responsible all the more eager to churn out more, thanks to increased sales data?
Well.
What if you bought the salacious something-or-other—so no one else had to look at it or had the opportunity to buy it themselves—and then you sat back and waited, say, 30 or 60 or 90 days (depending on the store’s return policy) before respectfully taking it back.
Then just repeat, right?
It’s exactly what a woman in Utah did recently. Here’s our Culture Clip on the subject:
A mother, fed up with shirts she called “indecent” and “pornography” being displayed at a mall in Orem, Utah, recently took matters into her own hands by buying all 19 of the offensive T-shirts in stock so they couldn’t be displayed anymore. The PacSun shirts, which feature pictures of scantily dressed models in provocative poses, sell for about $28 each, which means Judy Cox spent $567 for them (including tax). “These shirts clearly cross a boundary that is continually being pushed on our children in images on the Internet, television and when our families shop in the mall,” she told the Associated Press. She added that she hopes her actions will inspire others to take a more active role in what’s done in their hometowns, saying, “You don’t have to purchase $600 worth of T-shirts, but you can express your concerns to businesses and corporations who promote the display of pornography to children.” (She admits that she plans to return the shirts sometime during the offending store’s 60-day return period.)
Hmmm. Things could start getting kinda interesting at the mall!
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