IANAL, but I’m pretty sure it’s only vandalism if you actually break stuff. So as long as you’re not breaking their merchandise trying to balance Californian wine bottles upside down, it should be fine.
You can, of course, be asked to stop and get thrown out if you don‘t comply. It’s their store, their rules, after all. But I don‘t think most of the staff would care enough to even talk to you. I’d recommend just being subtle and not spending hours going from shelf to shelf, flipping stuff over.
It’s easy enough once you’ve tracked one down. Just don’t track someone down to inform them that you’ve turned articles upside down and you should be good.
I’m pretty sure it’s only vandalism if you actually break stuff.
I’m not so sure, grafitti on a wall is legally vandalism, even if it’s pretty, and it doesn’t really break anything. But it can be argued to not look “right”, and the same is true for tuning things upside down.
I’d recommend just being subtle and not spending hours going from shelf to shelf, flipping stuff over.
Yes that would probably annoy them, and they might ask people that do that to not show up again.
I don’t want to piss them off so I can’t shop there.
Graffiti is only legally vandalism in Germany if it’s not temporary, though. The relevant German law should be Sachbeschädigung (§303 StGB). In this case, specifically section 2:
Ebenso wird bestraft, wer unbefugt das Erscheinungsbild einer fremden Sache nicht nur unerheblich und nicht nur vorübergehend verändert.
which translates to
Anyone who changes the appearance of another person’s property without authorisation, not only insignificantly and not only temporarily, is also punished.
If there aren’t any other special laws or something (again, IANAL), this should also make flipping merchandise over legal as well, as long as you’re not breaking anything.
Well I was just to my local supermarket, and I turned a couple Heinz ketchup, and a few bags of American peanuts.
Didn’t see anything else turned, but maybe I can help start the trend here?
IANAL, but I’m pretty sure it’s only vandalism if you actually break stuff. So as long as you’re not breaking their merchandise trying to balance Californian wine bottles upside down, it should be fine.
You can, of course, be asked to stop and get thrown out if you don‘t comply. It’s their store, their rules, after all. But I don‘t think most of the staff would care enough to even talk to you. I’d recommend just being subtle and not spending hours going from shelf to shelf, flipping stuff over.
Getting German staff to talk to you? It’s hard enough getting the attention of waiters.
It’s easy enough once you’ve tracked one down. Just don’t track someone down to inform them that you’ve turned articles upside down and you should be good.
I’m not so sure, grafitti on a wall is legally vandalism, even if it’s pretty, and it doesn’t really break anything. But it can be argued to not look “right”, and the same is true for tuning things upside down.
Yes that would probably annoy them, and they might ask people that do that to not show up again.
I don’t want to piss them off so I can’t shop there.
Graffiti is only legally vandalism in Germany if it’s not temporary, though. The relevant German law should be Sachbeschädigung (§303 StGB). In this case, specifically section 2:
which translates to
If there aren’t any other special laws or something (again, IANAL), this should also make flipping merchandise over legal as well, as long as you’re not breaking anything.
Well I was just to my local supermarket, and I turned a couple Heinz ketchup, and a few bags of American peanuts.
Didn’t see anything else turned, but maybe I can help start the trend here?