so we're shopping for furniture and recliners are synonymous with la-z-boy. my girlfriend abhors the puffy chairs that men (and women) spend laid up in these falling asleep to the PGA tournaments. i love them. i convinced her to let me look, but that's all we could afford to do. i was shocked, shocked i say to find out how expensive these things are, especially when i know they cost a fraction of that to make. what is the furniture store rumor? something like 400% markup?
and my job is somewhat service oriented so i know when someone has to establish rapport before selling me something, which i can appreciate. but our salesguy swooped on us like stink on s**t. a few questions are ok. asking us why we moved here, what brought us here, what school we went to, how long we've been together? we were constantly walking away from him but he just kept asking all these questions. finally i had to say we aren't buying anything because all the stuff was too expensive and then we were able to walk in peace.
i like recliners. but she's right, they remind me of old people and since i work with old people, i don't need a reminder when i come home from work. and the more contemporary models are way beyond our budget....we can get full living room sets for the price of one recliner.