To begin with, I am not trying to pretend to be the best-dressed, most sophisticated person in the world. Heck, I'm probably not even the best-dressed person in my extended family! (I tend to wear yoga pants and Red Wing t-shirts the vast majority of the time.) So, I'm really trying not to be mean with this post.
The other day I had to go shopping. There was a snow-storm predicted--which we didn't get once again--and my pantry resembled Mother Hubbard's cupboard, only with less food in it, so I HAD to shop. Usually when I go shopping, I begin my evening at a general merchandise store, such as Walmart--and this is where this story takes place.
I'm sure most, if not all, of us have visited the site People of Walmart. I find much of what I see there frightening and disturbing--but I think it affects me so much because I'm very, very afraid I'll see my own picture there some day. {shudder} Anyway, when I was in the store the other night, I found a perfect candidate for the site. I DIDN'T get a picture because I'm sure the woman would have beat me severely for doing so and would have taken much, much pleasure in my pain. BUT, I think I can paint a pretty good picture with words, so here goes:
First, the woman was anywhere from the age of 35 to 85. And however old she is, her face would STILL not look good for her age. Her hair was straw-colored bleach blond and the 'straw' reference didn't end there--it looked as if she had never heard of conditioner. She looked like she had visited every bar in three counties in the last two months AND smoked a carton of cigarettes in each. She was wearing low-cut jeans. On top, she was wearing a vest that hit her mid-thigh. The vest was leather and, other than possibly a bra, she was not wearing anything else. The vest only had a closure at breast-level and it was completely open the rest of the way. Her stomach was exposed so that I got a very good look at her bread-doughy, bumpy belly/muffin top. While she wasn't more than 10-15 pounds overweight, she was nowhere near an age that could pull off this clothing. About the only place a woman in this age group could possible fit in would be at the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally--but nowhere else. And the best part of all of this? She was a Walmart employee! No, she wasn't wearing her Walmart tunic, but she DID have her name tag on and she was organizing shelves when I saw her. And all I can say is: REALLY??????
Really...REALLY???
