August 31, 2003

ALL MOBBED UP

Could it be that the flash mob idea has served its purpose and is now destined to join The Pet Rock, CB radios and the Rubik's Cube in the dustbin of history?

Perhaps we are just that lucky, if the Tampa mob's experience is any indication.

Apparently by the time they got to University Square Mall on Saturday afternoon, the security guards outnumbered the participants.

As one mob member wrote:

The damn security was out at university like we was going to rob the place. I counted at least 10 rent a cops, and another 7 sheriff office roaming around the food court. I don't know what they could do leagally, but they sure was ready to stop us in our tracks. You know we would not want to offend some of the on lookers with our bad voices, and cause a panic!!!!! It's sad to see the cops waste so much man power on a "marching HI - Ho" group :(. Props to the small 7 or 8 that completed the mission, I over heard some of this from one of the rent a cops "It might be getting ready to happen down stairs", and on the way out a HSCD said this to another "It looks like was able to stop them"...

Stop what???? Eww we are not aloud to walk and sing Hi - Ho , Hi HO
(sic)."

Hmmm. I wonder who could have alerted them to the group's plans? I wonder...

It couldn't be the inanity of the idea that killed it. I'm sure it had everything to do with security. That's it.

It gets worse: apparently Yahoo kicked the group's message board off the service. They're all huddled over at MSN now, awaiting instructions for their next "big" event.

I've got an idea: How about doing something creative in a place where there is no security or air conditioning????

Nah. That wouldn't work. Not enough publicity for them. Or at least, not enough for their fearless - and clueless - leader.

Posted by Jeff at August 31, 2003 11:07 AM | TrackBack
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