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Georgina Bruce's avatar

This is so funny and sad. I know exactly that depressed, vacant look the shop staff give you. Like they have no idea why you're there, or why they're there, or what's the point of anything, really...

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It’s never too late's avatar

I haven't got a running shoe shopping experience story to tell because a) I haven't run since the year dot and b) I still refer to trainers as daps ! But I know exactly what you mean. Husband and I went fridge freezer shopping. After perusing the aisles of many pretty identical fridges and deciding on a Bosch only because we liked the colour (charcoal grey) we waited for a shop assistant to appear so we could start the whole buying business. None appeared. Maybe it was because nobody could see us hidden in the Bosch, Meile, LG, Logix, Hoover, Samsung alley. So we ventured out. Still no one. We decided to split and seek out. You take the washing machine area, I instructed husband. I'll take cookers. Off we went. I spied a purple polo shirted chap. Success, but it was short lived. He was on his way back to TVs and kitchen appliances wasn't his department. Damn! I looked across the shop and spied my six foot five husband waving frantically in my direction. We were in luck. We then spent the next ten minutes turning down all the add-ons and answering a customer care questionnaire before leaving the shop and deciding that the washing machine could last a bit longer.

The fridge freezer arrived and it was huge. Taller than my husband. It looked smaller in the shop, but it'll have to do!

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