why i shouldn’t go to the mall
carl took a day off last week and we went to the mall so i could get a battery for the watch that died almost a year ago. we got there a little early and the only store opened was the sporting goods store, so we headed over there. waved hello to the security guard on our way into the store and wandered through camping gear. the watch place was open so we dropped off my watch and then went to old navy to kill the 10 minutes it was going to take to replace the battery. carl needed to go to the bathroom, so after i was done looking at what i wanted to check out at old navy, i went to sit in the food court to wait for him. the security guard walks by and sort of does a double take at me before asking ” no class today?” she thought i was a high school kid!! mind you this is the same security guard we saw when we walked into the sporting goods store and she is the same one i have seen several mornings while mall walking. the only thing i could think to say was um, i’m 33. i haven’t been in high school for 16 years!
the fun doesn’t end there. we go to borders and i leave carl in the magazine section and decide to look at the kid’s books to see if there is anything the girl might like. the sales guy there asks if i am looking for anything so i tell him no, i’m just waiting on my husband. he then proceeds to tell me the wonders of some book about the 40 year friendship of 11 girls blah blah blah, and oh its 30% off, would you like it??? um sorry dude, i read sci fi stuff.
so one person thinks i’m a teenager, and another thinks that just because i’m a woman, i want to read sappy books. silly peoples.