There needs to be a limit on Silly String sold

[TonyF]

I hate Silly String, it comes in an aerosol can and shoots out some stream of bright colored semi-solid. It gets all over the place, hardens, and is a pain in the butt to clean up.

Every single time we sell some, it ends up on our store property or a car somewhere. I hate it even more because I'm the one who has to clean it up.

But today, man....

Two kids come in, there were probably at most 15 years old, and started wondering around the store. I had just relieved my co-worker for his lunch when these two kids came up with some candy bars, drinks, and TEN cans of Silly String. I ran the transaction just like normal, skeptical about what they plan on doing with that Silly String.

Fast forward to closing time when our crew is leaving for the night. We get outside and notice that all ten cans of that Silly String was all over our parking lot, one of our trash cans, and our propane tank lockcase. Of course, the manager isn't happy. I mean, who would be?

And, guess who gets to clean it up tomorrow morning?

[Kristev]

I feel for you.

[bainsidhe]

Perhaps you can tell the people buying silly string they're on camera and discourage them from vandalizing your property. Especially if it's adults (not 15-year olds) who pay with charge card.

That or just start IDing for silly string.

[CiggyStoreClerk]

Hehe, as young vandals my friends once used silly string to stick a stuffed dolphin (the cheap kind that you win at carnivals) to a neighbours porch Definately a pain in the ass and I'd be annoyed if that happened to me now, but it makes for some good, non-destructive entertainment.

[Merriweather]

I hate Silly String, it comes in an aerosol can and shoots out some stream of bright colored semi-solid. It gets all over the place, hardens, and is a pain in the butt to clean up.

Every single time we sell some, it ends up on our store property or a car somewhere. I hate it even more because I'm the one who has to clean it up.

Way back when I was a computer programmer, one of the women in our office was getting married. One day several of them went out to a bridal shower/lunch (not me, they were all from another project, so I didn't work directly with any of them and barely knew them), came back (having obviously had a few drinks over lunch) and proceeded to spray the bride-to-be's cubicle with silly string - several cans, all over everything, you couldn't even walk into the cubicle. (and remember, we aren't talking silly teens, these are 20 to 30 something supposedly "professional" women).

Then went home and left all of it for the cleaning crew to handle
Cleaning crew went staright to the boss, told him silly string wasn't in their job description, and the women got told off next day and ordered to clean it up themselves

Of course, it also meant the stuff got a total ban, even for those who had used it occasionally as decoration or joke on small areas, and cleaned up themselves. Inconsiderate fools always spoil things for those acting responsibly

[DGoddessChardonnay]

I've had to scrape up Silly String before and it's a royal PITA . . .

Something else just as bad: shaving cream. I've lost count of how many times I've had to scrape it off the shelving with my case cutter because some idiot decided it'd be a good idea to squirt that stuff all over the rest of the cans and the shelves.

A few weeks ago, when cleaning on the opposite side of the aisle, I found a big glob of it hardened to the shelf behind some boxes of saline solution. Took me at least 15 minutes of spraying/letting it sit/scraping and wiping before I could clean that mess up.

Bad part was by scraping it off, I scraped paint off the shelf. Oh well, can't have everything can we?

[Shalom]

One year on Purim, I was at a place where loud music was being played. Now I always had sensitive ears, plus I'd had a little bit to drink (and a little bit is all it takes to get me not thinking straight). And I had no earplugs, but I did have a can of Silly String.

I can report that it makes an excellent earplug, but it took me three days to get it out of my ears.

[Fufu487]

One year on Purim, I was at a place where loud music was being played. Now I always had sensitive ears, plus I'd had a little bit to drink (and a little bit is all it takes to get me not thinking straight). And I had no earplugs, but I did have a can of Silly String.

I can report that it makes an excellent earplug, but it took me three days to get it out of my ears.

wait.....what???

[BookstoreEscapee]

Can you huff Silly String?

[LadyAndreca]

I have an undying hatred for silly string, brought on by an incident that happened when I was 13. My church youth group went on a retreat, and THE ADULTS COATED US IN SILLY STRING WHILE WE WERE SLEEPING. I was under a table and woke up with strands of it wafting into my face like spiderwebs... *shudder*

[jedimaster91]

Something else just as bad: shaving cream. I've lost count of how many times I've had to scrape it off the shelving with my case cutter because some idiot decided it'd be a good idea to squirt that stuff all over the rest of the cans and the shelves.

I remember in grade school we used shaving cream to clean off the art tables at the end of the year. We each got a big squirt to play with and then when we were finished we rubbed it all into the table. Good times.

[CaroPhoenix]

At the special needs pre-school, and the kindergarten, my daughter attended, they used shaving cream as a tactile/sensory "lesson". I always knew when they used the shaving cream because she smelled of the stuff when she'd get home off the bus! During the summer, I always buy a baking sheet and several cans of shaving cream from the dollar store, and she goes to town smooshing the stuff on the sheet & squishing it in her fingers. I've even played with it with her. It's fun. But yeah, when I find it on a chair or on the table later? Pain in the butt!

[AccountingDrone]

At the special needs pre-school, and the kindergarten, my daughter attended, they used shaving cream as a tactile/sensory "lesson". I always knew when they used the shaving cream because she smelled of the stuff when she'd get home off the bus! During the summer, I always buy a baking sheet and several cans of shaving cream from the dollar store, and she goes to town smooshing the stuff on the sheet & squishing it in her fingers. I've even played with it with her. It's fun. But yeah, when I find it on a chair or on the table later? Pain in the butt!

so play with it outside and hose off afterwards, or in the bath tub =)

[Jay 2K Winger]

Ah, Silly String. After reading this, I'm glad we don't sell it at the wholesale club. To the best of my knowledge, we've never had vandalism like that at the store. We don't even usually get people defacing the stalls in the men's restroom. It happened once, and we just re-painted them within the week.

'Course, there was the time one of the employees detonated a stink bomb in the men's restroom, and promptly got fired for it.

[Megg]

When I worked at the Bell of Tacos, there were a lot of teenagers/very young not quite adults working there. One of the girls had an ongoing feud with another employee's sister. Stupid teenage crap, something about some boy who probably wasn't good enough for either of them, but I digress. The employee left her lights on one night while she was closing and killed her battery. Rather than waking her parents up at 2 am for a jump, she decided to leave her car and got a ride with the MOD. The next morning, when I came in, her car was covered in silly string. The most awesome part? I had nothing to do with the fight, had no idea at that time who would do that to Becca, but because I knew the sun would melt that crap to her car and ruin her paint forever, guess who cleaned it off?

She bought me an ice cream later.