A funny thing happened at work today. It was Sunday afternoon, which is typically a slow time around the electronics department. We have to keep the TVs on football, regardless of what we want. Few guys are really out during games, but they sometimes get dragged along and want something to divert their attention from how bored they are and how much money they're going to spend. Football seems to work better than nearly anything else.
Anyway, most of the mean around the electronics department are not really there to buy. So, when a customer actually comes in looking to buy electronics, the competition for him can be fierce, well, unless Morgan is the only one working (and I use that term in the loosest possible sense). When a very effeminate man walked in to buy a TV, the green shirts were all over him.
Since the guy was obviously flaming, wearing pink and having wrists liked overcooked spaghetti, they were all trying to appeal to his base personality. Understand, these guys couldn't flirt with a pretty girl if she was literally wearing a come-hither sign. But, somehow, with a guy, they weren't so threatened.
So, three different guys were schmoozing this guy, changing TV stations to chick flicks, flirting him up, and trying to outdo each other. One guy would accidentally brush up against him, another would look his lips suggestively, and a third would be almost posing.
The guy looked at a bunch of different TVs, playing them one off the other, trying to see who would offer him the best deal – though what kind of deal he was seeking was never clear. Most of the time, it seemed like he was interested, but I had nothing to do but watch him. When it seemed nobody was watching, he would shudder and shake his head.
He finally bought a 40-inch plasma, which normally costs twelve hundred bucks. He acted upset that nobody would actually go on a date with him. But the guys had become desperate for a sale. He paid nine-fifty for that TV.
What really cracked me up was seeing a woman waiting for him by the exit. She was wearing the biggest smile and gave him quite a kiss. I have no idea what weird series of events led up to the events of this afternoon, but she obviously thought it was just hilarious.
The only thing I can figure is that they either knew what would happen or they had the weirdest relationship I've ever seen. And I've seen Morgan trying to date, so I've seen a bunch of really weird things that I never would have thought I'd see.
What would make a guy act like that? Why would she ask him to do that? Would I go through such weird contortions to save a couple hundred bucks? Or did he think it was funny, too? I doubt it reads as funny as it was in person, but it was quite hilarious.