O RLY?!

I don’t normally shop at the malls.  In fact, I would go so far as to say I hate the malls.  They’re full of over-priced pretentious stores that are severely overstaffed with sales people.  Anything you can find in a mall can be purchased on the internet, the only drawback is that you cannot try any clothes for fitting purposes.  Since I buy new clothes about every two years, that doesn’t really affect me all that much.
Of course, all this is amplified around the holidays, and I always end up with some reason to go the mall for a Christmas gift or two.

Today I found myself visiting the mall to buy a gift for my brother.

Observation 1:  The parking lot in the front is packed, some people are parked practically a quarter of a mile away from the main entrance.  Drive around the back of the mall?  Wide open parking lot.  I parked 3 spots from the rear entrance.  Come on people, you don’t always have to go in the front door.

Observation 2:  There are no longer just aggressive sales people in the stores, there are people offering credit cards, free gifts if you purchase $98070896 worth of merchandise, discount cards for that store, etc.  Can I go into a store and look around without being accosted by 4 different people?

From here on out, if I have to go to a mall store, I’m wearing a sign that says “No I don’t need help.  If I do, I’ll come find you“  (god knows there are 89769876 of them wandering around anyway).

/rant off