"big fish" > wrote

> made an attempt to rearrange my hair. The Gestapo door greeter stopped me
> and told me I had to check my hat. My reaction was WHAT!!!! The answer was
> that I was returning the hat and had to check it. I had to argue with this
> person for five minutes to convince her that the hat was mine. Just
> because I am female, that doesn't mean I never wear a hat in bad weather.
> I had the same thing happen the next time I went for cat litter but this
> time it was my purse that had to be checked because they thought I was
> returning it.

I guess it's easy for me to say, but I would have walked out. Maybe if
they were the only store around selling litter and I was desperate. I
have an aversion to being bossed around by store employees. Heh.

Does remind me a little of looking for a wallet once. This was in a nice
store and these wallets were expensive. Unacceptably so, to me, but I
really needed a wallet. But I needed to see if it fit into my purse.
That's
all I need, a shoplifting charge. I told a nearby clerk what I was doing
and
she thought I was some kind of nut, obviously. (laugh) Guess I would have
fit in at WalMart.

nancy