Overheard in a Fitting Room
Jul. 23rd, 2004 08:49 pm"Jenna, you shouldn't take your shoes off in a store."
"Why not?" Young girl, maybe six years old.
"If you walk around without shoes on in a store, you can get a foot disease. And do you know what happens if you get a foot disease?"
"No?"
"They might cut your toesies off."
*general shuffling around, but no comment*
"They could even have to cut your foot off if it gets bad enough."
*still no answer*
"You could get an infection from it. Remember Grandpa? He got a staph infection."
"Mmmhmmm."
"It started in his feet. "
*pause*
"Then he died."
(And they wonder what's wrong with America's youth.)
"Why not?" Young girl, maybe six years old.
"If you walk around without shoes on in a store, you can get a foot disease. And do you know what happens if you get a foot disease?"
"No?"
"They might cut your toesies off."
*general shuffling around, but no comment*
"They could even have to cut your foot off if it gets bad enough."
*still no answer*
"You could get an infection from it. Remember Grandpa? He got a staph infection."
"Mmmhmmm."
"It started in his feet. "
*pause*
"Then he died."
(And they wonder what's wrong with America's youth.)