The "outlet mall" back home has been phasing out the "outlet" for years. It may no longer refer to itself as an outlet mall, especially since it was bought by a different company.
So I was at a store today with my roommate and I had a simple reminder of how easy it is to break the ice with strangers. My life since moving down here has gotten me so much more socially awkward than I have been in years.
"Outlet" is generally a complete misnomer, since it implies lower prices, and lower prices are seldom if ever found.
Didn't stop the place from being utterly packed wall-to-wall with morons, most pushing the gigantic "baby bulldozer" type strollers, many sick and coughing indiscriminately without covering their mouths.
I usually stay away from them and this was a good reminder as to why.
__________________ "We're equally proud of our safety record. Not once in our nearly 50 years of operation has an animal pathogen escaped from the island."
I fucking hate when people call me on the phone and they have to talk about everything they talk about at least twice and each thing takes like 30 seconds to say and they say it word for fucking word practically both times. JESUS.
SOMETIMES THEY REPEAT IT THREE TIMES.
I distinctly remember being nine or ten (and Sagat's "Funk Dat" being mildly popular), going into the kitchen and opening the fridge, saying "Question! Why is it that every time I want to eat some string cheese, I open the refrigerator and there ain't no string cheese to be found? Maaaaan, FUNK DAT!"
My mom got mad because she thought I was cursing at her.