Apparently there's an article in the Wall Street Journal today about how (high-end) men's clothing stores are attempting to increase their business by serving alcohol to their browsing customers, so that they'll linger, which increases sales. Also, drinking lowers people's inhibitions. Or so I've heard. And not, of course, wimpy little glasses of wine, like a chick might get at an expensive hair salon, but, like, actual scotch. I bet you if I went to, say, Burberry (no "s"), they wouldn't be plying me with tumblers of scotch. Which proves that this is, sadly, still a man's world, and you all have all the privilege.
So I was thinking about this, and whether I have actually ever gone shopping buzzed, and I think the answer is no. I will say, I'm pretty sure the day I was wasted on the gummy bear martinis was the day I first saw my new purse, but I did *not* purchase it. So apparently I can feel safe in saying even if they did ply me with scotch, I would not be suckered into buying luxury goods I should not have and cannot afford.
Also? I think I forgot to tell you this, but I paid for our bar bill on gummy bear day with my ATM card and when I got my bank statement for February, they had charged it back, for no reason that I could tell. So not only did I have drinks with candy in them that day, I drank those drinks for free. That was an exemplary Sunday, I'll tell you what.
Hope your Friday is turning out exemplary too.
xoxo
3 comments:
You haven't spent much time in casinos, as I recall.
Casinos where they ply you with all the free alcohol you want--and I do mean scotch and every other form of the hard stuff--just so long as you keep gambling. And they don't care what gender you may happen to be.
That can also result in a change of clothing... very empty pockets and purses.
Safer for you to get plyed at Anthropologie. All you'll end up with is an expensive purse... and it turns out you'll buy that sober!
I paid for that purse *sober* with a *gift card* instead of *wasted* with *real money* which I think totally proves my point!
Casinos are a whole different model, I think...you're just paying like $50 or $100 bucks for each of your scotches :-) If they gave me gummy bear drinks, though, I'd be like putting my lil bears down on the roulette wheel instead of chips, and I'd get thrown out. That is my prediction.
Oh, I forgot about the gift card. That's pretty much not only a sober purse, but a free purse.
Much like your free gummy bear martinis.
However, you don't know how little I can gamble, especially at the downscale Orleans my buds used to book. IIRC I got three Jamesons out of $20 worth of video poker on one occasion (that involves quick drinking and slow playing) and on another I got two Scotches out of $100 worth of blackjack, and I actually ended up ahead $50 or so. Thus, the casinos are probably due for a killing if I ever show up at one again.
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