- Kids running around with suckers or lollipops make me uncomfortable. As a child, I was imbued with a fear of eating food on a stick while in motion. It is a fear that has suck with me into adulthood, especially when I see an unsupervised and unwieldy tot dashing around with a Tootsie Pop in his face. I have never yet seen a kid fall and get a sucker suck in their throat, but I do find sticky sticks on shelves. Gross and annoying.
- Yesterday I saw a young woman remove and sniff her knit cap. Then she doused it with the tester of a room spray we sell. While I have definitely done similar masking, I would never dream of doing it in a enclosed, public space. When she came into the store she seemed chic and confident; after I witnessed the spraying, I could only think of how that hat must smell.
- Sometimes customers will pick an area and nestle in for an extended conversation. They are not there to shop or try out sofas. The store is a substitute for a coffee shop. I greet these people with my friendly "hello" the same way I greet all customers as that is my job and how should I know they don't want to be disturbed until I disturb them and get cold looks. Often they will give me a dirty look when I just walk past them on my way to somewhere else, a preemptive move in case I am going to try to sell them something. I don't care so much that people camp out to discuss their upcoming divorce, crappy bridesmaid duties, elderly parents, and other problems of the world. I just wish they wouldn't be so weird and mean about it.
- Fabrics and many other materials fade in the sun.
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