this morning i grabbed the cycle and went for a newspaper. at the kiosk i was welcomed with a mocking, totally unexpected 'real men go barefoot' from the newsdealer, which i know since a real long time. i explained him without looking very friendly that after half of my life spent in boots this is what i think is good for my health and i don't give a crap about his opinion. for my standards this means being peaceful. he didn't reply. he just lost a customer forever, like others before him. i'll let him know this more explicitly in the short term, which is that business owners have to stick strictly to their fucking lousy business and leave customers alone if they want their money. now that i think about that in the haste i completely forgot to NOT buy the newspaper, (i had already picked and paid it) and this was a major error, nothing hurts them fuckhole scumbags more than losing money, even a crappy 1.20 € . it is always the same, you accord a little familiarity to some shithead and he feels entitled to behave at will with you.
with all the harassment you take overseas with NSNSNS , systematic boycotting is the way. idea: why not making a barefoot flash mob in some of your giant commercial stores forbidding bare feet ? imagine the terrible dilemma... kicking out dozens of customers in a row or ignoring the business policy ? i am going to make a post of its own on that.
I had my first negative experience of the year today. I'm having some friends over this weekend so I was stocking up on party supplies. I went to a local liquor store, Total Beverage, barefoot. When I walked in nobody said a word. Realistically, it was mid-day and I was probably the only customer in the store. I found what I wanted, made a few passes up and down the aisles to see if there was anything else I needed, and approached the checkout. The woman at the counter had a strong accent, and I couldn't place where it was from. She placed her hand on the bottle, looked at me, and said, "this bottle, I cannot sell it to you because you have no shoes." I really wasn't much in the mood to argue, so I just said "Okay" and left. I had a few other stops to make as well, so I found another large liquor store, gathered what I needed, same price as Total Beverage, bare feet in plain view, and checked out without question. Anyhow, I got what I wanted and the Total Beverage Store lost a sale when they had no other customers. I'm okay with that, but is Total Beverage's accountant?
If someone said that to me, i would have laughed my head off... I'm glad i live in the UK, no one bothers about bare feet.
I was looking at the receipt when I got home. I actually ended up paying $1.00 less at the second place versus the Total Beverage store that wouldn't sell to me. Maybe I should go back and thank them. :rofl:
Well on that note you need to get a copy of The Further Adventure by Kesey (who btw is standing holding the sword in the pic)
Confrontation, part 2 the seat of my motorcycle was lousy. worn, torn, padding foam rubber oozing from holes and generally looked like crap. exhausted by social pressure i eventually decided to have that fixed so i separated the seat and today brought it to the shop. i was invited to enter the laboratory from the shop to choose the leather (yellow and black) when the owner's wife noticed something. «are you barefoot?» «yes, I am [give me your best guess. are you blind or you just dig asking stupid questions ?], it is hot today» «then we have a problem here, what if you tread on a staple or ...» «i am not suing you over that [, old hag] . » «it is a serious workplace safety issue, this is a laboratory and i cannot permit...» «i am not working here, i am a [fucking] customer [, you bitch].» «but you are standing into my laboratory» «i didn't enter uninvited. I was in the customers space and you asked me to come in [,you retard ] » «i did not notice at first you were shoeless» «[then keep your shit for yourself, you fucking asshole, and besides ] i am not going to get from the shop into your workplace anymore, granted». i cut her crap and left. guess why i always appear to be telling less than i actually think. outside it was a nice sunny day and a decently dressed, pretty young woman was bicycling her way barefoot , no shoes in sight, in the centre of this ass tight country town of mine. one of the rarest barefoot sightings ever for the place. maybe things are slowly changing, i wondered myself.
