I met the craziest person ever on Friday.
This old Russian guy came into Wilson's with, I assume his daughter because she was talking about her husband and his not being there... but I digress. So his daughter goes off to look at coats for herself and the guy starts talking to me about the high prices at the mall. Being the amazing salesman I am, I switch into complacancy, and begin going along with everything he says.
At one point I respond to a statement with, "Well, that's capitalism for you," and he switches to a bit of a tirade about the government concpiracy, laced with a little Communist talk, but quickly changes the subject to a purse that he considers buying for his afore mentioned daughter, though, again, I'm not sure she was his daughter. We talk about the purse a bit, me subtly pushing him towards buying it.
Eventually, the woman he came in with comes over to show him a jacket she has selected, but not decided to buy yet, though in the end ,does. The man then shows her the purse and she asks him to old her's while she tries the offered one with the jacket. At one point when the man returns her purse, she comments on how heavy her own is. At this point, everyone who's working the store is on this sale, and when the womans purse is passed to Hollie, the on duty manager, she comments on how the purse would be good for defending oneself. The woman jokingly says that she forgot her gun at home and I partcipate in the joke by saying, "Well, there's always a stun gun." The man gives me somewhat of a look and comments about what if an assailant got back up. I say, "Shock him again," and the man says how the only reliable way to defend oneself is an SMG under your coat, but that you can't do that except in a free country.
Then to top it off, he spies a pair of fingerless gloves on a rack and jokes about how they're gloves for people without fingers. Hollie and I laugh politely, Ryan is at the counter closing the sale of the jacket. The man then switches to a more serious turn and says how the're usually for pickpockets, and how he used to be one.
Crazy stuff.
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amused
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