New suit on an old guy....

I decided that I needed another suit. I often need to have a jacket on when I attend certain functions at work, and my closet only contained one suit at the time. Since everyone knows you can't wear the same clothes to work every day, it was time to start searching for deals.

And by searching for deals, I mean having my mom search for deals.

She found a nice deal at a certain store here in Peoria, and I didn't really want to go see what they had because I remembered that they had some lecherous creep that worked there who sold me a suit the last time I was in the market. He was an older gentleman, and his personal grooming suggested that he wished he was still a hippie in the 60's. Somewhat scraggly beard, with his gray hair in a ponytail. I don't remember exactly what he said, but I remember that I didn't like how he treated my mom, who was shopping with me. I remember him openly hitting on her, and then he thoroughly embarrassed both of us by teaching us a profane way to remember how to tie a tie. Fortunately, his method has left my mind.

When he was finally done thoroughly offending us, I was relieved to get out of there.

I approached this suit experience with the worry in the back of my mind that this same guy would be there. As it turns out, I was right to worry. I saw the ponytail sauntering up and down the aisles, and it really took a conscious effort to avoid eye contact with him. I kept looking for suits, and I actually found one I liked. In an effort to avoid this guy, my mom and I took the suit to another guy in the area to ask a question we had. This is what the conversation went like.

Me- "Hey, I think this will have to be altered to fit me, what does it cost here?"

Other Salesman- "Uh, you really need PONYTAIL to help you out..."

Me- (Thinking to myself) "Thanks a lot bozo."

So the ponytail came, and helped us again. I don't think he remembered us, but I remembered him, and I kept my eye on him like a hawk. He got us through the process without offending us, and we got out of the store without further emotional damage.

Oh yeah, I got this suit for about 90 dollars, with a little extra for alterations.


Dad didn't want to pose with me, but I forced him to.