poor baby

Remember when you were little and you were told to use the phrase “I know someone who” instead of the person’s name when telling a potentially incriminating story? We had to do this during D.A.R.E. anti-drug training. Well I know someone who spent his or her day yesterday being treated to lunch AND dinner by fancy pants law firms looking to hire him or her. There was no school or work for this person all day, just eating expensive meals and drinking expensive drinks. Sources have told me that the dinner tab, for three people, before tax & tip, was well over $200. Well over.

Granted, this person has had to do a lot of work to have law firms competing over him or her, but how dare he or she come home after this and tell me that he or she is tired. Poor baby. The problems I’d love to have. Eating and schmoozing can take a lot out of you, not like sitting at a desk all day, having nothing to do except be annoyed by coworkers.

As for me, I did try to go buy some shoes yesterday. (I know, Poor Baby me.) It just so happens that Saturday is the one day this week that it’s supposed to rain, and it’s also the one day I’m going to be walking around outside. Even though I have big orange rubber rain boots, and they are awesome, they are not what you would call “comfortable” or “warm.” I use them primarily for going to & from work, then changing my shoes when I arrive at my destination. These new boots are warm AND comfortable, as well as that all-important waterproof thing.

So I go into the store. They have 2 on display, a white one and a pink one. The white one is size 7 and the pink is size 6. Normally I wear a size 8, so I’m surprised that the pink size 6 is the one that fits. On deciding to buy them, I had the following conversation with the sales monkey:

Can I get these white ones in a 6?
The white ones aren’t in a 6.
What? The pink ones are in a 6. They’re the same shoe.
Do you want the pink ones?
No, I don’t want the pink ones. I want the white ones.
The white ones aren’t in a 6.
Do you mean they don’t come in a 6, or you just don’t have a 6?
We don’t have it.
When will you get more?
I don’t know, some just came in, so not for a while.
If some just came in, why don’t you have them?
?
Well how often do get shipments in?
I don’t know. Like two weeks?
Well I need them before then, so thanks.

Feeling annoyed and dejected, I tried a few other shoe stores in the immediate area, but they didn’t even have the shoes at all, in any size. Giving up, I headed back towards the train. Luckily, one of the things I love about NYC is that chain stores are literally on every block. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, try the next street over. So, lo and behold, there was another branch of the same shoe store a block away.

I went in and immediately found the shoes. An over-eager (and apparently new) employee jumped to my assistance, and within minutes I was on my way home with a new pair of white size 6 boots. Now I can go on a cemetery tour in style and comfort.



Poor baby, I know.