Another import from my old blog...

Scenes from a mall...
I'm in the mall tonight trying on shoes when I hear a man arguing with the cashier over his purchase. Arguements are nothing new to reatil, I know, I've been there. This was an odd one though. The man wanted to purchase one cowboy boot. Not one pair, just one single boot. He also wanted to pay half the price since he was buying just one. This wasn't a joke, he was serious. The cashier kindly explained to him he cannot purchase just one he must buy them both. He could not comprehend it. This brings up interesting questions. First, why did the man want just one boot? Here are two possible reasons i've come up with - either he is buying a birthday gift for a one legged cowboy or he is making a western themed centerpiece for his table. Thinking about those reasons I wonder why a one legged cowboy would even need boots. He most likely would not be riding a horse, which the boots are ideally made for, not fashion. If he does plan on riding a horse, how would he get up onto the horse with only one leg? Then there is the other reason, making a western themed center piece. Why just one boot? Couldn't he just give in and make two centerpieces? He could give one as a gift. He could kill two birds with one stone and give the one legged cowboy both a nice boot and a nice centerpiece. In the end he bought them both. I don't know what he expected. What would the store do with only one boot? Luckily we'll never know.