DAY TWO
The next day was Tuesday, which is Customer Appreciation Day at Unique Thrift Store, which means 25% off all purchases. So, same wrinkly 3 bucks in my purse, I went over to see if anything appealed.
Wow, Unique is packed on Tuesdays! The nearest parking spaces were in Outer Guam and once inside, everyone was butts-to-nuts. But I didn't have a kid or cart, so I could weave in between all the gawking hard-core fly catchers blocking all the aisles.
My first mission was to check out furniture. I did see some nice pieces, but nothing I needed. Then I checked out the curtains, because hot weather + naked windows = sweaty house conditions. I came upon some home-made-from-70's-era-sheets curtains that would have fit my sitting room quite nicely: blue and green stripes, three panels, okay condition, cotton. I decided to think about them while I checked out housewares.
But housewares was full of Christian Rock CD's and grody candle holders and twisting between the mouth-breathers was a pain, so I went back to the curtains to give them one last look. They were $3.45, which meant that I'd slide under my 3 Buck Rule quite nicely.
But then A Gross Thing Happened.
While I was looking at the curtains, a trio of three females came by, a mom and her two daughters. The one daughter was protesting "It wasn't me! I didn't do it!" and the other daughter was covering her nose. The mom was saying, "Jeezus, what have you been eating?" and "That's bad enough to gag a maggot."
Clearly the protestor was lying, as her approach wafted a huge cloud of stanky-ass fart. Combined with my humble mission AND a complete stranger's fart cloud, I got the hell out, buying nothing. I realize none of this is Unique's fault. But occasionally thrift shopping's lack of ambiance gets to me.
To be continued...
the shopping experience at Unique is dismal, often bordering on offensive.
Posted by: Kristin | 05 July 2007 at 10:53 PM
the shopping experience at Unique is dismal, often bordering on offensive.
Posted by: Kristin | 05 July 2007 at 10:53 PM
Unique is quite yucky, indeed. One time I got out of my car to discover I'd just driven over a poopy diaper. And the customers are usually dreadful to behold as well.
On the upside, the place is well-organized and the employees are nice.
Posted by: Kristin | 07 July 2007 at 10:22 PM