Apparently much cheaper than removalists plus they were able to stack the books to new shelves in order. Great way to build community and customer base. Wonder if all helpers got a voucher or some discount plan?
Restored you say? *points to literally everything else in the US* have it destroyed again, you're welcome, now go order a hit on an orange with a toupe.
In Burlingame California we had a fantastic bookstore with great people and kids hung out there and read books. Then locals told me they'd look in the store and then go buy it on Amazon. A year later the store closed down and was replaced by a cosmetic surgery clinic selling facelifts, boob jobs and liposuction.
Nice gesture but it's almost comical how inefficient that is for the number of people involved. Those 400ish people could probably move every book in the store in a couple of trips with some basic management at each end, and it would take 1/10th the time.
That's only if you're trying to maximize transport efficiency and minimize labor. If, instead, you're trying to publicize your new location and maximize outreach, then this is pretty neat. Makes each of those people feel like they have a vested interest in the success of the bookstore because they "helped" set up the new location.
"Hey Alice, thanks for volunteering - please move the 30 or so books on shelf 216 and there's no obligation to do more than that unless you want to" - is how you move 12000 books in short order, rather than ~40 books/minute with the the human chains.
Give out shelf numbers to volunteers in rotation around the store to avoid them getting in each other's way. Maybe it's obvious to me because I manage a team in a problem-solving career so it's second nature.
A lot of the people there would have to stay standing a long time, and that would tire them out, so they could have divided the folks to some who do that line-thing, and some who carry books in boxes etc.
Sure but this is also allows people that couldn't carry a carton of books to help, and because it has a fun social aspect, probably attracted more helpers than just "come carry heavy shit" would.
I bet if we convinced the Maga hats that Trump said only the best people are in the part of the human chain crossing the oceans, then we could really do some cleaning up around here.
My first thoight was damn must be borring to do that for 2 hours straight. I would much more prefer to carry a few heavy boxes for 10 ish minutes and be done with it
Hell, seems like if they all just walked around the corner instead of a conveyor system then you wouldn't have to minimize the number of books being handed each to account for individuals who can't handle many books at once. Little Suzie gets one book to carry and her beefcake dad can carry a dozen.
But then again it was all done in a couple of hours anyways so why try to min/max this? Lol
In 1986 5.5 million people turned up to fight hunger, homelessness and help those in poverty. They raised $15 million ( equivalent to $44 million today ), but organisers had hoped to raise between $50 million and $100 million.
According to an inflation calculator €3 in 1986 is equivalent to €8. To put it another way, it would be like expecting a person today to pay €28 (€10 in 1986 is €28 today).
Something about a Jordan Peele movie, "Us". Couldn't glean any more than that from reverse image search. Could try looking it up and checking out the plot.
marquettegoldeneagles
And you get look at all the books?! Yay!
l0calh0st
DND Peasant Railgun (technically - coil gun) in slo-mo.
AnitaNewusername
Now we're stocking!
wethands
i hate to be "that guy" but i will be, im like 98% sure there is a more efficient way to do this
kinarism
Uhh....did they take 2hrs to load a single bookcase?
james734
I am from that town, don't let all those white folks fool you. It is a hot bed of unsavory people.
sleepisthebestoption
Thats my hometown on the front page
Zuegma197777
Where's my Minorities?
JustAnotherknarF
DocWino
They are all used books now.
KevinStrexcorp
While cool, I do feel like 300 people each carrying 5-10 books could probably have gotten the job done quicker
huffnpuff72
Apparently much cheaper than removalists plus they were able to stack the books to new shelves in order. Great way to build community and customer base. Wonder if all helpers got a voucher or some discount plan?
Righteousdew
Hey, I've been to that store; it's not too far from where I live.
VaultGirl69
What a great memory. Particularly for the children.
pomax
Restored you say? *points to literally everything else in the US* have it destroyed again, you're welcome, now go order a hit on an orange with a toupe.
beardedbastard517
Cool to see a shop in Chelsea, MI on tge front page!
nanowhiskers42
Hey, I know this place! Nice!
MagmaCarta
DarthAndy
mickjl
In Burlingame California we had a fantastic bookstore with great people and kids hung out there and read books. Then locals told me they'd look in the store and then go buy it on Amazon. A year later the store closed down and was replaced by a cosmetic surgery clinic selling facelifts, boob jobs and liposuction.
ASquirrelNamedLloyd
That’s SO COOL.
cdlong
"Hey you! Stop reading them, keep passing!"
Rapturesfall
I would definitely be kicked out of that line real quick, I would want to stop and read the description of any book that looked interesting.
TheSimpleDude
NoIWillNotFixYourComputerWhenIComeOverForDinner
Well, you’ve got to hand it to them
Bagguette
Boom.
mikenco
tampacl
Yup, they made sure each book was handled with care.
nevercompromisenoteven
One could call it the hands on approach.
AyatollahBahloni
ZiiB
Yeah it's important to pass on the knowledge
HandoB4Javert
Many hands make light work...
FukcTedCruz
Then hand it to them again.
captainfakeypants
Nice gesture but it's almost comical how inefficient that is for the number of people involved. Those 400ish people could probably move every book in the store in a couple of trips with some basic management at each end, and it would take 1/10th the time.
ThisUsernameIsTaken123
They can maintain the book order much more effectively this way rather than boxing up and sorting out at the other end.
sfrinlan
That's only if you're trying to maximize transport efficiency and minimize labor. If, instead, you're trying to publicize your new location and maximize outreach, then this is pretty neat. Makes each of those people feel like they have a vested interest in the success of the bookstore because they "helped" set up the new location.
theobituator
Feel like I would hate your diet...
Eucrow
Try an organize 400 people to sorting books.
captainfakeypants
Number the shelves at both locations.
"Hey Alice, thanks for volunteering - please move the 30 or so books on shelf 216 and there's no obligation to do more than that unless you want to" - is how you move 12000 books in short order, rather than ~40 books/minute with the the human chains.
Give out shelf numbers to volunteers in rotation around the store to avoid them getting in each other's way. Maybe it's obvious to me because I manage a team in a problem-solving career so it's second nature.
MaleProstateMilker88
A lot of the people there would have to stay standing a long time, and that would tire them out, so they could have divided the folks to some who do that line-thing, and some who carry books in boxes etc.
DrMoneybeard
Sure but this is also allows people that couldn't carry a carton of books to help, and because it has a fun social aspect, probably attracted more helpers than just "come carry heavy shit" would.
SerialChickenLover
If every one had a banker’s box of 10 books, it could be done within an hour. The only bottleneck would be getting people through doorways.
Che07
This is amazing!
windsmokefograinunite
We salute 🫡 you all !
Theshnazzyone
Not only are the books moved but now everyone has Herd immunity
KenKorte
Military style, it starts with 2 "volunteers" and 5 min later the entire company is forming the human chain lol
Kotarisu
Then at the end someone realizes the 2LT had the map upside down and all the books should actually be two blocks the *other* direction.
R100GSPD
If the whole human population did this around the world, many of them would drown.
jherazob
Not wrong
ChareAndFlaff
QuantumSpaceTacoGuitarist
Sadly, it would take more than 1% of us to cross the water.
ImAGrower
I bet if we convinced the Maga hats that Trump said only the best people are in the part of the human chain crossing the oceans, then we could really do some cleaning up around here.
SavageDrums
We can start with them, then give up.
obijan
Nobody had a cart or even a wheelbarrow?
Sallavar
I figured this was done to keep the books in order section by section and shelf by shelf so they didn't have to re-organize.
Cillellic
My first thoight was damn must be borring to do that for 2 hours straight. I would much more prefer to carry a few heavy boxes for 10 ish minutes and be done with it
ThatsNotMyDadThatsACellPhone
It was pretty much done for publicity and warm fuzzies, not necessarily for efficiency.
MisterLemons
Shedding light on social influencing, are we? On imgur? That's a paddle'n
schizznatt
My first thought: this seems wildly inefficient.
GreenJayBird
My first thought
Badprenup
Hell, seems like if they all just walked around the corner instead of a conveyor system then you wouldn't have to minimize the number of books being handed each to account for individuals who can't handle many books at once. Little Suzie gets one book to carry and her beefcake dad can carry a dozen.
But then again it was all done in a couple of hours anyways so why try to min/max this? Lol
Eucrow
They also have to put them in order on the shelves, so this way is actually much better.
sfrinlan
It does maximize participation, which is much cooler for a small bookstore than having a couple beefcakes move all the merch in wheelbarrows.
Septcanmat
“Beefcakes with Wheelbarrows” would be a great name for a moving company.
HomosexualThundergod
I've seen "College Hunks Moving Junk" before
hergurh
this method scales up pretty well
spittinfacts
GrandPubabofMoldistan
It also helped both the Solidarity movement and Baltic States breaking away in 1989.
marthafarquar
In 1986 5.5 million people turned up to fight hunger, homelessness and help those in poverty. They raised $15 million ( equivalent to $44 million today ), but organisers had hoped to raise between $50 million and $100 million.
Trustrup
If each of the 5.5 million had given $10 each, they would be on $55 million, they might have shown up, but they gave less than $3 each.
EclipsePhase
According to an inflation calculator €3 in 1986 is equivalent to €8.
To put it another way, it would be like expecting a person today to pay €28 (€10 in 1986 is €28 today).
ELKronos
Technically €3 in 1986 would be worth €0 today because the Euro wasn't a currency in 1986
EclipsePhase
Sorry, wrong currency. The € and the $ are next to each other. I did use USD for the conversion though so the numbers are correct
ELKronos
AranaDiscoteca
Oh thank God I wasn't the only one thinking this
AnAverageBoxEnthusiast
???
NaughtButOne
Something about a Jordan Peele movie, "Us". Couldn't glean any more than that from reverse image search. Could try looking it up and checking out the plot.