What men needs in department stores.

[Broomer]

I was thinking about this while parked with a couple of other blokes shopping with their missues today.

I think it must be mandatory for department stores to have, on every floor, a little respite area set up with chairs/lounges from airplane with the TVs attached. With clear line of sight to our partner. With distance so that we're close enough to know if they're going to do major damage with the credit card, but far away to give us time while we switch from the Playboy channel back to Cartoon networks.

It should also serve a drinks and some snacks too. I don't think we could get away with the flight attendents.

What do you guys think?

Ka.

[kimpossible]

Some do serve drinks and have televisions for guys. Don't you wander off into the tech area? Wait a couple of years. If you're wife doesn't hate shopping by then I'll be surprised.

[Craig]

You mean your wife actually goes shopping with you, and not as a social activity with her girlfriends ? If you know her well enough, you can think of reasons to change her mind on potentially damaging purchases ...

[SunWuKong]

i actually browse the men's clothing sections when we go shopping and the girlfriend is looking at clothes. not that i'm fashionable or anything, but you never know if there might be a sale going on. i bought a $10 gray t-shirt just this past weekend. the front of the t-shirt says, "Shrute Farms Beets".

Bears. Beets. Battlestar Gallactica.

[kimpossible]

haha. Or sour the milk. Critique every last thing she picks out then start selecting things for her to try on. Make little gasps and grimaces as she grabs something off the rack, following it up with a silent head shake or "ehhh.... I wouldn't."

It usually washes out in the end. I don't dislike Best Buy but how many times do we have to window shop for a friggin router? Goddam. It's cheaper online anyhow.

[applehead]

haha. Or sour the milk. Critique every last thing she picks out then start selecting things for her to try on. Make little gasps and grimaces as she grabs something off the rack, following it up with a silent head shake or "ehhh.... I wouldn't."

It usually washes out in the end. I don't dislike Best Buy but how many times do we have to window shop for a friggin router? Goddam. It's cheaper online anyhow.

or constantly say, "do you really need another pair of shoes?"
"don't you already have bags?"

that really pops my bubble. the fun just goes away after
hearing that.

[Napoleon Chynamite]

^ Really? B/c in my experience that just encourages them to buy more. Or the worst is when they look for hours and come away with like a single item (usually the 1st out of 50 outfits they try on).

[Broomer]

Some do serve drinks and have televisions for guys. Don't you wander off into the tech area? Wait a couple of years. If you're wife doesn't hate shopping by then I'll be surprised.

Not in this country they don't. You'd be lucky to have a seat.
It's mind numbing!

BTW, my wife never gets sick of shopping, since I'm the one who does the groceries.

Ka.

^ Really? B/c in my experience that just encourages them to buy more. Or the worst is when they look for hours and come away with like a single item (usually the 1st out of 50 outfits they try on).

Brother, you read my mind. I luv my babe like anything (could never stay angry at her) but sometimes...
She told me to save money the other day, and by the end of the day, she went home with two teddy bears, two pairs of panty hose and something else that I can't remember that I paid for.

Ka.

haha. Or sour the milk. Critique every last thing she picks out then start selecting things for her to try on. Make little gasps and grimaces as she grabs something off the rack, following it up with a silent head shake or "ehhh.... I wouldn't."

It usually washes out in the end. I don't dislike Best Buy but how many times do we have to window shop for a friggin router? Goddam. It's cheaper online anyhow.

Ummm... I've got about less then a month to my paper anniversary - I would like to survive till then.

Anyway, to add to the point. It's very funny. I'll normally see a bunch of (equally) pathetic blokes in the ladies/shoes/toys/underwear department - arms chock full of stuff, none of which is theirs.

WHY DO WE PUT UP WITH IT?

Ka.

You mean your wife actually goes shopping with you, and not as a social activity with her girlfriends ? If you know her well enough, you can think of reasons to change her mind on potentially damaging purchases ...

I think my official role in the whole affair is: Handbag.

I'm just an unpaid porter in the whole affair.

Ka.

[contra_diction]

Usually, and especially if it's raining, I'll drop her off at the entrance, so that I can "find parking"....for at least a half hour or so. Then, I'll walk around aimlessly for a bit until the text messaging has subsided and she resorts to calling.
One time, I was sitting on a bench in the middle of the mall with a jamba juice or orange julius something. Another gentleman sat down next to me. After a bit, he looked at me and said simply, Shopping? I replied with, Shoe shopping. And he made a face and let out a low whistle. We went outside to have a smoke before our cell phones blew up and we had to reenter the belly of the beast haha

[tommyhtown]

I have no problem shopping with my girl friends or someone I casually date. When that person enters SO territory, something kicks in and makes me loathe going shopping with her.

What I do to cope with that? Check out other women who are there. It's ok to look, right?

[eos]

or constantly say, "do you really need another pair of shoes?"
"don't you already have bags?"

that really pops my bubble. the fun just goes away after
hearing that.

LOL that happens to me too. "don't you already have a pair of black shoes?" "why do you need so many <insert item of clothing here>?"

[Broomer]

Usually, and especially if it's raining, I'll drop her off at the entrance, so that I can "find parking"....for at least a half hour or so. Then, I'll walk around aimlessly for a bit until the text messaging has subsided and she resorts to calling.
One time, I was sitting on a bench in the middle of the mall with a jamba juice or orange julius something. Another gentleman sat down next to me. After a bit, he looked at me and said simply, Shopping? I replied with, Shoe shopping. And he made a face and let out a low whistle. We went outside to have a smoke before our cell phones blew up and we had to reenter the belly of the beast haha

I'll sometimes do this but not often. Don't know whether anyone else experiences this but I'll drop her off, and five minutes later I'll get a txt asking why I haven't found a park space yet. Bear in mind that this would be on a Saturday.

Ka.:smile:

[eos]

guess i'm lucky then cuz my bf never drops me off so he can "find a parking space". we always park and go in together. however, when we are in the stores, it's a different matter. i'm not a fan of idle shopping, just walking from store to store, so i like to maximize my time. sometimes i suggest that i go in this department while he does something else. the poor dear just can't leave my side. it's lovely, actually.

[Broomer]

guess i'm lucky then cuz my bf never drops me off so he can "find a parking space". we always park and go in together. however, when we are in the stores, it's a different matter. i'm not a fan of idle shopping, just walking from store to store, so i like to maximize my time. sometimes i suggest that i go in this department while he does something else. the poor dear just can't leave my side. it's lovely, actually.

Don't mind tagging a long like a puppy, I just switch my mind off.

Sometimes though, it would be nice to have a place to site back and relax.

Ka.

[Zombie Dave]

More toilets.

And snacks on the counters.





What do you guys think?

Ka.

[Adaon]

haha. Or sour the milk. Critique every last thing she picks out then start selecting things for her to try on. Make little gasps and grimaces as she grabs something off the rack, following it up with a silent head shake or "ehhh.... I wouldn't."

It usually washes out in the end. I don't dislike Best Buy but how many times do we have to window shop for a friggin router? Goddam. It's cheaper online anyhow.

Hahaha. I learned to do that with female friends, muchless the girls I've dated, especially around holidays/discount shopping days.

It's gotten to the point where there are no female who would go shopping with ME when I want a female opinion. Oh well, the price of freedom. =)

[kimpossible]

I remember the fist time my father in law went with us to Costco. He immediately grabbed the cart before I did, and I thought "Wow, Dad's pushing the cart. He usually loathes shopping." Then I realized later it was so he could maintain control of where we went to speed everything up. :rolleyes:

[Sunflare]

I remember the fist time my father in law went with us to Costco. He immediately grabbed the cart before I did, and I thought "Wow, Dad's pushing the cart. He usually loathes shopping." Then I realized later it was so he could maintain control of where we went to speed everything up. :rolleyes:

Your dad is a smart man. I used similar strategies myself.:biggrin:

[Broomer]

I remember the fist time my father in law went with us to Costco. He immediately grabbed the cart before I did, and I thought "Wow, Dad's pushing the cart. He usually loathes shopping." Then I realized later it was so he could maintain control of where we went to speed everything up. :rolleyes:

And this is the reason why I started this thread.
Shame it ain't going to work with me. :rolleyes:

Ka.

[BeTheReds]

dudes... just refuse to go..

[popculturepooka]

This thread reminds me of:

"What a girl wants, what a girl needs
Whatever makes me happy sets you free
And I'm thanking you for knowing exactly
What a girl wants, what a girl needs
Whatever keeps me in your arms
And I'm thanking you for giving it to me"

Don't ask me why I know the chorus to Christina Aguilera's song.

[Broomer]

dudes... just refuse to go..

Dude, it's worth trying but then again... not worth the reprecussions.

Ka.

[kimpossible]

Hey Broomer, inseminate her quick. She'll be so busy being pregnant and having to buy baby stuff non-stop she'll never get a chance to shop, or enjoy shopping, again.

[inthesky]

eh, its weird. i find my feet endurance goes alot faster when i'm in a shopping mall.

[eos]

look, if y'all don't want to shop with your women, stay home, give her the keys, credit cards, and when she comes home, agree with whatever she bought, even the stuff that's plug ugly...like that light yellow itchy sweater she *will* buy you.

otherwise, go, hold her bags, and STFU.

[Broomer]

Hey Broomer, inseminate her quick. She'll be so busy being pregnant and having to buy baby stuff non-stop she'll never get a chance to shop, or enjoy shopping, again.

Thought about that. Then I thought about an apartment full of baby stuff.

Ka.

look, if y'all don't want to shop with your women, stay home, give her the keys, credit cards, and when she comes home, agree with whatever she bought, even the stuff that's plug ugly...like that light yellow itchy sweater she *will* buy you.

otherwise, go, hold her bags, and STFU.

She already has my credit card... and the ugly yellow jumper.

[Adaon]

Hmm. But that merely changes the shopping target from her/you, to baby, and baby needs stuff as he/she grows and grows into college aged.

[Sunflare]

Just get me a chair , some chips, a newspaper or the latest issue of Time or Penthouse magazine, and a six pack of Coors light (16oz. cans) with a bathroom nearby while I wait for my lady to shop. I'll be content.

[contra_diction]

Just get me a chair , some chips, a newspaper or the latest issue of Time or Penthouse magazine, and a six pack of Coors light (16oz. cans) with a bathroom nearby while I wait for my lady to shop. I'll be content.

Way to point out a bathroom. I have always seem to end up really far away from the nearest bathroom when I get the urge.

[Sunflare]

What are you talking about? I'm not talking about the occasional need to bust a leak or take a good relieving sh-t.

:puts on serious face:

I'm talking being next to the bathroom to hide in the stall and start taking care of the quiver I might get from the hot chicks spreading their flowers in the Penthouse magazine.
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Just kidding! :rolleyes:

[RacerX]

or constantly say, "do you really need another pair of shoes?"
"don't you already have bags?"

that really pops my bubble. the fun just goes away after
hearing that.

haha, those are the exact words i use verbatim.

[Broomer]

What are you talking about? I'm not talking about the occasional need to bust a leak or take a good relieving sh-t.

:puts on serious face:

I'm talking being next to the bathroom to hide in the stall and start taking care of the quiver I might get from the hot chicks spreading their flowers in the Penthouse magazine.
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Just kidding! :rolleyes:

I was thinking about the same thing roughly. Without the raising of the flag pole reference.

More the ability to switch between girls gone wild or sports to say a documentary on the exploits of Genghis Khan

[Adaon]

eh, its weird. i find my feet endurance goes alot faster when i'm in a shopping mall.


yeah, me too. I can run b-ball for about 2-3 hours straight, but mall shopping? Are you nuts?

Just get me a chair , some chips, a newspaper or the latest issue of Time or Penthouse magazine, and a six pack of Coors light (16oz. cans) with a bathroom nearby while I wait for my lady to shop. I'll be content.J

ust show me a clean couch with a cushy pillow, and let me knock out inbetween stores. Crap. I fell asleep in the shoe department of Nordstrom's before, and slept that for an hour and half, and woke up to find my gf and our female friends STILL discussing shoes. One of the other dudes knocked out in the chair next to me, and the last one went on a Starbucks run for us, while catching a cigarette.

Yeah. Shopping. The most rivetting activity in the world.

[Sunflare]

Just show me a clean couch with a cushy pillow, and let me knock out inbetween stores. Crap. I fell asleep in the shoe department of Nordstrom's before, and slept that for an hour and half, and woke up to find my gf and our female friends STILL discussing shoes. One of the other dudes knocked out in the chair next to me, and the last one went on a Starbucks run for us, while catching a cigarette.

Women. The ultimate mystery. We men will never figure them out for the next 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0 years. They are a parodox of astronomical proportions.

[Broomer]

yeah, me too. I can run b-ball for about 2-3 hours straight, but mall shopping? Are you nuts?

Just show me a clean couch with a cushy pillow, and let me knock out inbetween stores. Crap. I fell asleep in the shoe department of Nordstrom's before, and slept that for an hour and half, and woke up to find my gf and our female friends STILL discussing shoes. One of the other dudes knocked out in the chair next to me, and the last one went on a Starbucks run for us, while catching a cigarette.

Yeah. Shopping. The most rivetting activity in the world.

Mate, before getting hitch. Shopping? No problems. Since then I've developed the ability to sleep on my feet.

I was with my wife and her GFs in KL and, no offence to them, I just felt the need to sleep. So I just parked myself in a corner standing and just dozed off.

Ka.

[Adaon]

Mate, before getting hitch. Shopping? No problems. Since then I've developed the ability to sleep on my feet.

I was with my wife and her GFs in KL and, no offence to them, I just felt the need to sleep. So I just parked myself in a corner standing and just dozed off.

Ka.

I've only ever fallen asleep standing up once.

It was during an all nighter at work, putting up christmas crap.

I had worked the closing shift just before the all nighter.

And the co-worker I was noshing at the time happened to be the one waiting for the elevator and found me, sleeping against the wall of the elevator, holding up the display bars and signs for the kiddie section.

There's a pic of it floating around somewhere. I hope to find the original and burn it, someday.

[Broomer]

I've only ever fallen asleep standing up once.

It was during an all nighter at work, putting up christmas crap.

I had worked the closing shift just before the all nighter.

And the co-worker I was noshing at the time happened to be the one waiting for the elevator and found me, sleeping against the wall of the elevator, holding up the display bars and signs for the kiddie section.

There's a pic of it floating around somewhere. I hope to find the original and burn it, someday.

Awwww. c'mon mate, post it.
It's got for a laugh.
My wife used one of me as a toddler asleep standing up as a slide show for our wedding party.

Ka.

[Adaon]

Awwww. c'mon mate, post it.
It's got for a laugh.
My wife used one of me as a toddler asleep standing up as a slide show for our wedding party.

Ka.

I'm sure the last person I know who had a copy of it burned it. (Ex-GF).

So, tough luck on that one. =P

I do have access to a pic where I fell "asleep" with my eyes open. I was totally unconscious, but my eyes were open, for whatever reason, that one time I was asleep. Friends tested it all on me to check that I really was knocked out. from farting in my face to the hand in the bucket of warm water (we were camping in the woods, and I got my own tent for the wkend after that. Granted, I needed to clean my sleeping back pretty well. Assholes.)

I'm just starting to appreciate some of the male members of the shoe department. I went to the mall with some friends this last wkend, and while the girls were away, one of the guys asked the salesman to go and change the station from their DVD ad junk to one of the college games on. Made the time so much easier.

OOOH. Idea. If ever department store had a sports bar for every department. that would be sweet. :rolleyes: Or at least one sports bar per mall/department store would be nice. :biggrin: