wayfarers needed
no help at the sunglass hut
something just ain't right
What a ridiculous experience. So it is a bright sunny day in the fake fakiness of Cracker Park. And I lost my shades the other day. So I walk by Sunglass Hut and figure to stop in to buy a replacement. The lady working there is taking care of another woman who is obviously not interested in buying anything, I try on 3 pairs of shades and narrow it down to two. No "can I help you" or "I'll be right with you".
All I need is to ask if they can be adjusted to sit straight on my face, which the Sunglass Hut in Chicago did without a problem.
Wait.
Wait.
Wait.
---crickets---
Nope. I'm being completely ignored.
so I stand.
I wait.
Enter three young African American youths. This woman swoops in on them like a cat on a mouse and proceeds to tail them with "can I help yous", can I help you find something in particular"... ...Obviously thinking that it MUST be a roving gang of sunglass thieves. It was actually pretty damn uncomfortable at that point, so I threw up my hands in frustration along with a good deal of disgust and walked out.
This was a big helping of stupid, along with a good dose of racial profiling.
Carry on...