Yesterday, I was shopping for a French-Cuffed shirt. Those are the ones that take cuff links (I’ll tell you my take on these in another post). For the number of stores that you find that sell cuff links, there are none that sell the shirts that actually use them. In fact, I remember going into a Sears a few months ago, standing by their cuff links, and asking where the shirts were. The sales woman thought for a minute, and then realized that Sears did not sell them, and was baffled by this fact. Anyway, these shirts are hard to find.
Now, have you ever walked into a store and realized that the pricing was WAY above what you would pay? That happens to me on occasion. Like yesterday. I walked into Brooks Brothers, and about halfway into the store, I see a sign that says “3 shirts for $199″.
I wanted to run out of the store.
There was no way in hell that I was going to pay $66+ for a shirt. However, I was deep in the store at this time, and so it’s a bit too far to quickly walk out without feeling stupid. So, I do what any paranoid person does: I look at something with no intention of buying. However, I’m sure that my ruse was easily detected when one of the salespeople came over to talk to me:
Them: Can I help you find anything?
Me: No. I’m just browsing.
And that’s how you know it’s a lie. Men don’t “just browse” in a store when there isn’t some major gift-giving holiday approaching. Any male entrance into a store is for a specific item, or a specific type of item. Mine was a shirt. My lie is so I can leave the store with some dignity, instead of at a full run, while screaming, and clutching my wallet in fear that the money will be sucked out.
Black 6, out
