111 Shirtless Men Invade Abercombie & Fitch Store on 5th Ave

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 2:28pm

Have patience. This blog is being inundated with hits and it's loading very slowly. But it's very funny.

http://www.improveverywhere.com/2007/10/17/no-shirts/

[Liverpool]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 2:49pm

i saw an ad on craigslist for this last week or something.

[DMsquared2]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 2:51pm

That's genius.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 2:53pm

Hysterical! The Best Buy one is pretty good, too. And the redheads.

[tazber]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 2:54pm

I like caption "nabbed in the act of buying"

LOL

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 2:57pm

It cracked me up to hear how the model who worked for the store copped an attitude with the first two guys (who were supposedly more chiseled than he was).

[Roninjoey]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 4:04pm

Fantastic! I wish I had known about this.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 4:11pm

I know! I work 2 blocks away.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 4:16pm

"THIS IS THE BEST. DAY. EVER!"

Hah, that was great. I'm definitely going to visit that site more often.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 4:16pm

It cracked me up to hear how the model who worked for the store copped an attitude with the first two guys (who were supposedly more chiseled than he was).

What? That's just sad...

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 4:23pm

I'll have the buffet! :P

[RENTingFAME]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 4:29pm

Awesome. That just made my day... if only I could have been there!

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 4:46pm

Was this put-on by the same people that did the underwear subway ride ride last year?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/18/07 at 7:47pm

God, it's from too many years running retail stores I know, but crap like this never amuses me. The poor $6.15 an hour store employees have to figure out what's going on an no matter how they react the perpetrators hoot with laughter: "They thought it was funny! CAN YOU F*CKING BELIEVE THAT?" to "They thought we were robbing the place! CAN YOU F*CKING BELIEVE THAT?"

It makes me want to go to their comedy club while they are performing and rant at them for their anti-Italian biases. Or some surreal and not particularly funny thing.

[starlyricist]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 11:42am

Wow. I work down the street! I wish I had known about this.

[Calvin]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 11:50am

I agree, Joe. Obnoxious and not funny at all. And they were complaining that security was being too rough on them? Hello! More than a hundred people are being disruptive in a relatively small store, and security doesn't have any idea what's going on. Why is it funny to harass minimum wage employees?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 12:02pm

Anti-Italian? How so?

[Mythus]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 12:11pm

Yes, DayDreamer.

I haven't checked that site in so long...when I saw the subject I knew it had to be Improv Everywhere.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 12:11pm

I was just grabbing something that a heckler wouldn't normally shout out- I have friends who say that they have plenty of ways to deal with the "usual" heckles but that it really stops them in their tracks when someone throws out something completely off-the-wall. Hence, if you want to disrupt a stand up comic accuse them of being biased against Italians, yell out that they killed your dog, that they take too long at the urinal- anything outside the regular "You're not funny, I slept with your girlfriend, etc."

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 12:17pm

They weren't harrassing - they were shopping. And, it was funny, especially taking in the hypocrisy. They were only shirtless - whats the big deal? And if I was one of the workers, I would have loved it.

[iHeartMyGeek]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 12:19pm

Anyone who effs up A&F is A-OK in my book.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 12:51pm

The same group organized a Best Buy Ambush in May 2006.
Best Buy Ambush

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 1:06pm

Does Best Buy have a bad rep? I go there for almost everything I can get there because I'm always pleased with my service there.

[jakebloke]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 3:46pm

Great video. Has anyone ever tried to get help or what is know as "customer service" in A&F. Terrible. They obviously hire people for their looks...duh, but it would be nice if many of them had a brain to go with them. I'm all for an attractive model, but I can't deal with the attitude. The store on 5th ave is so f'ing annoying.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/19/07 at 4:29pm

Are the clothes that appealing that it's worth dealing with attitudinal salespeople? I'm just curious. I pretty sure I'm too old to be wearing their stuff anyway, and I don't think I've ever actually been in one.