Okay, I just got back from a traumatizing experience at MACY'S. I recently got a new bed and since it's bigger than my previous one, I had to get new sheets and such. And since the day after Thanksgiving is typically a HUGE sales day and I live literally blocks from MACY'S, I figured I would wake up early and make a quick trek to the store, get what I needed, and get the heck out of there before the crowds showed.
Little did I know that the WHOLE city of New York had the same plan in mind. As I approached MACY'S at around 5:45am, there were already lines forming around the corner of 6th Avenue and 34th Street. I decided to bypass that entrance and try for another entrance further up 34th Street. Alas, halfway up the block there was another entrance that wasn't nearly as crowded. I went inside and waited with the anxious shoppers, chomping at the bit to get in.
At precisely 6am the doors opened and WOOOSH! Off they went! The shoppers flew past me and began running in all directions. It startled me for a bit but I regained my composure and began looking for the escalator. As I reached the escalator, I felt a slight rumbling under my feet. I turned around and the sight of literally hundreds of people running towards me put me in temporary shock. If there was a time to have the SWAN CAM, this was it. I heard myself say "Oh shit" and began to scamper up the escalator. As I tried to make it up the escalator, the throngs of people rushing by me left me speechless. I think it startled some of the sales staff too. Of course, I got knocked down in the process and as I am laying on the floor, holding my ankle, the hordes are just stepping over me as if I was an obstacle in their way.
I eventually made it up to the bedding section. I found what I needed and actually got a pretty good deal: two pillows, a comforter, comforter bedding set and due to a pricing snafu on the store's part, all it cost me after all of the sales and coupons: $43.33. Holla! I paid for my purchases and got the hell out of there, sore ankle and all...
I have witnessed Armegeddon... And it ain't pretty.
NUFF SAID
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One of the funniest images I can think of - Swanfather being tossed around like a sack of potatoes and knocked to the ground by a stampede of 80 year old women and their walkers. I can't stop laughing when I think about it.
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