So I went shopping for my birthday and had the random idea of sharing the weirdest experiences that I had while I was out. I went with a relative, so that's why I address me and her as 'we'.
- EXPERIENCE ONE -
We're in line at a store to check out and this one girl and her friend are in line before us. One of the girls is talking, let's call her Bethany, and she's saying something but all I can hear is her cussing every other word. The dude behind the counter plays along, scanning the couple of items she has, and when he asks her to pay, she pulls out a 100 dollar bill and smirks. The other girl, we'll call her Charity, goes "oooooh".
I felt like Charity was going to take a picture of Bethany right then and there, captioning it "#sooooedgy".
I had to hold in my laughter because honestly, I found the situation hilarious. Wow, Bethany, a $100 bill. We get it, it's money.
- EXPERIENCE TWO -
We went to a shoe store looking for a specific pair of shoes, and in that store you had to tell the people working there your size so that they could get the box for you. The only person working there was a middle-aged man, and I didn't find that weird until I asked for the box.
He grabbed it, then watched me as I put the shoe on and walked in it. I told my aunt that I liked said shoe and wanted to get them, then the man was like, "With those, we recommend our no-show socks, which I wear pretty much every day."
He then took it upon himself to take his shoe off and show me, spitting facts out as he did so. Once he put his shoe back on, I went over to their sock display and started to look, but he was basically breathing down my neck the whole time. After a moment of me looking for my size, he said, "Your size would be over there," And pointed to the other side of the rack.
I was almost like, "Excuse me, that information could've been more useful five minutes ago."
I went over to the other side of the rack, where the man explained that there was a sale on the pairs with an orange tag. I nodded, trying to look for socks in peace, but he kept breathing down my neck.
I don't know how other people are, but I personally don't like people watching me shop unless it's someone I know. This man was just making it terribly awkward and I honestly wanted to get out of that store as fast as I could, so I picked a plain pair of no-show socks and proceeded to check out.
The man then told me that the socks weren't on sale and basically tried to convince me to buy the ones that were on sale, which one of them I liked. I just said no thanks, and we checked out almost hassle-free, if it wasn't for the fact that the man was trying to get us to buy one of the more expensive bags.
I already had one, and he seemed to think that was a lie, but he checked us out and we got on with our day.
I give that man a 5/5 for excessive help, but 0/5 for being weird about it. He was being creepy, really, and I was just very uncomfortable.
- EXPERIENCE THREE -
I'd like to call this one 'The Lady And The Door" because I was walking into Target and this lady was walking in the out, but she apparently didn't see the door opening because it hit her in the face.
I know you're not supposed to laugh until you walk away out of politeness, but it was hilarious and she was laughing too.
It was just really funny.
- EXPERIENCE FOUR -
This isn't really an experience, but this one art shop we went into smelled like crap. I'm sorry, but if a store gives people headaches, someone needs to find the source of the smell.
Welp, that's all.
