Monday, February 2, 2009

STAND STILL FOR ONE HOUR IN A LIVELY PLACE



Time: Saturday 07.02.2009, 12:20
Place: Department store, Helsinki
Duration: 53 minutes
Documentation: Maria Ruostepuro

Seven minutes before I had stood still for one hour, one of the department stores authorities came over to me and asked me to stop:
Authority: You have to stop what you are doing!
Me: Am I not allowed to stand still here?
Authority: No, it is not customary behaviour for this place. You have to ask for permission first.

1 comment:

  1. Wow that is interesting that you have to ask permission to stand still - I guess it is not what you are supposed to do it - you are supposed to look around. I guess they also thought that it was very strange and suspicious that a woman was not looking at the clothes, perfumes...:-)

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