Monday, December 13, 2010

Holiday Cheer

I had my first big shopping trip of the season. While browsing a particular store (can't say which one) I found lots of things that I wanted. Momentarily, I forgot whose gift I was looking for. An overly helpful clerk, no doubt working on commission, hovered about.

"Can I help you find something?"

"No thank-you. I'm just browsing."

"Looking for something in particular or for that special someone?"

"Well, yes, sort of. The problem is, I keep finding things that I want."

"Buy yourself something. It will make you happy. It will put you in the Christmas Spirit. What size do you wear?"

She really did say that.

And I promptly told her what size I wore.

It did not produce Christmas Spirit, but I felt a tiny bit happy. (But only briefly.)

1 comment:

cmhaws said...

Oh wow! You should have hired that person on that spot, what a seller!