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From: dwl10@amdahl.UUCP (Dave Lowrey)
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Subject: Re: bell-ringing in malls .. an unusual phenomenon in Hoosier-land...
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Date: Wed, 12-Dec-84 08:59:52 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 12 08:59:52 1984
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> 	A few days ago I was shopping at a local mall (Tippecanoe Mall,
> right across from Tyler Too Plaza ) and noticed
> that the Salvation Army volunteer was shaking two sticks with paper
> bells on the end of each stick.
> 
> 	As it turns out, it's supposedly illegal for these volunteers to 
> ring bells in malls...  Is this true, and has it happened in other places?
> 
> 	And, *why* would this be illegal?
> -- 

We have that in our mall in Columbia, MD. The Salvation Army
person has two wooden cutouts that look like bells. On one
side it says "DING" and on the other it says "DONG". The person
stands there and raises each one up and down as if "ringing"
them.

I suspect that it isn't "illegal" to ring bells in malls. I think
that the mall owners don't want to bother the shoppers and the
shop owners with all of that ringing. So the Salvation Army
(or whoever) uses the fake bells. After all, there are a heck of
alot of people that shop there, so not being able to ring their
bells is a small sacrafice for all of the potential "donations"
that are there!
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