Seventies A Go-Go
The location of our kiosk being in a mall, we see all sorts of kids and teenagers every day. Sometimes we see more of them than we'd like, courtesy of those half-days for high school. But then again, there are occasions where their presence makes life a little more interesting on days when I'm almost discovering that it is in fact possible to die from boredom.
A day or two ago, a 13 year-old boy was walking by our kiosk, his close group of friends with him, when suddenly he spotted one of our suede hats. With all the excitement of a rabbit discovering how delicious the taste of human flesh is for the first time (thanks again, Baboo, you carnivorous little bugger!), the 13 year-old had to stop and try the hat on. He then turned around to his friends and showed off how he looked with the hat, all the while exclaiming how cool it was.
I had not the heart to tell him it was a ladies hat he had on.
In other news, just when I think the people at our Head Office responsible for buying new styles of luggage couldn't be on any more crack, what to my disbelieving eyes should appear? Is it a tie-dye shirt? Is it a lava lamp? Is it a paisley shirt that's become radioactive? No, it's the latest piece of luggage, direct from the makers of "I Can't Believe It's Not Pastel-Coloured!"
If you can picture a carry-on suitcase that looks like all three of these aforementioned things horribly spliced together, and then electrified to a brighteness of ridiculously-neon proportions, then you will no doubt nod your heads and agree with me that those wacky buyers at Head Office have found a new kind of crack to enjoy at the water cooler.
There are times where I wonder if having a fashion sense means you've lost any sense of taste. Or decency...
Today's Paranoia Propaganda: if zombie movies have taught us one thing, it's that no good comes of resurrecting dead things. When will people learn that bringing back the 70's may spell disaster for us all?
posted by Phillip at 5:55 PM
