If you can't find a copy of 1984 in the fiction section of your local bookstore it may be that the books have been reshelved by the Ministry of Reshelving. Try looking in the sections for current events, politics, history, true crime, or current non-fiction.
Photos of the reshelved books are being posted at Flickr.
This idea opens up many possibilities. I'm sure it wouldn't take long for those at the other end of the political spectrum to think of a few titles that could be relocated. I don't think this is going to happen though. Why create more work for the bookstore employees?
The Ministry of Reshelving has asked that people do this only once per bookstore. In a radio interview, one person said that they weren't unsympathetic to bookstore workers but since they already have to reshelve so many books each day, a few more wouldn't matter.
Maybe it won't matter but I think that it isn't my place to create time-wasting, nonproductive work for someone else.
Posted by marybeth at August 21, 2005 11:38 AM Box of RocksSome people have way too much free time.
Posted by Allan at August 23, 2005 11:02 AMAnd they can spend that free time however they see fit (my opinion that this is pointless and silly doesn't matter). That doesn't mean they should decide how others (bookstore clerks) spend some of their time.
If anyone creates extra unproductive work, it should be the store manager. :-) (To all my past bosses, I was not thinking of you when I wrote this. It was someone a friend worked for...yeah, that's it.)
Posted by marybeth at August 23, 2005 02:03 PM