Another fine boot outing.
I needed some materials from Lowe’s, sand and top soil which are locates at opposite ends of the store so I decided to make two trips into the store, one from each end. I wore a short sleeved shirt, jeans, black baseball cap and black leather thigh boots with 5” stiletto heels.
I the first stop was in the building materials department where I picked up 100 lbs. of sand. The shelf pricing wasn’t too clear so I had to ask about the price. Most of the other customers looked like building trade folks that weren’t used to seeing a guy in heels. I got in the checkout line and remembered I wanted something from plumbing. Plumbing is at the opposite end of the store so I walked the full length of the store, got my item, and walked back. I turned several heads in the process.
At the checkout, I was the only one in line so I asked the clerk (middle aged lady), “What do you think?”
She looked the boots over and asked, “Are they comfortable?”
“Very.”
“I could never walk in those.”
“They look bad?”
“No, they look good”
I moved the cart with the sand out to the car and loaded it then drove to the other end of the lot then went into the garden center.
I walked around to be sure they had what I wanted, then got into the checkout line (you pay first and they load the car). After a minute I remembered a downspout part I wanted so I walked around until I found it. One employee (attractive young lady) gave me a nice smile.
I got back in the checkout line and found the clerk with the smile was the checkout clerk. The part I had didn’t ring up correctly so she had to call for help. While we were waiting I said, ”You don’t see too many guys wearing these.”
“No?” (as a question)
“You don’t like them?”
“No, I’ve seen guys wearing them.”
“I thought I was the only guy around wearing them” .
“It was over in Cincinnati there are guys wearing them. There Ok.”
Picking my chin up off the counter I asked, “Where in Cincinnati are guys wearing these?”
“Oh, over are Hamburger Marys, its a bar and of course at The Warehouse”.
By this time I was really holding things up so I had her ring up the topsoil and I waited until they got the correct item number for the downspout part. This meant I was just standing around in thigh boots for about 10 minutes.
When they finally got the number I paid for the part nad headed out to the car. I drove back into the center to let them load the topsoil. Of course I got out to help.
It turns out that Hamburger
Marys is a franchise operation that caters to a diverse community. The Warehouse is a similar bar.
These places are not in best part of town and I may have to give visiting them some serious thought.