Shoe salesman Overheard in the Dillard's shoe department:
"Now, this one...the soul is inverted..." (imagine an enthusiastic southern drawl...not unlike Andy Griffith's in his pre-Matlock days) "...and when you wear this shoe all day long, you burn 4 times more calories than when you wear a regular shoe! 4 times more calories!!!" I glanced over...the shoe looked to be made with a material similar to Crocs. I think by "inverted," he meant that the soul was made in such a way that it helped with over-pronating. In any event...4 times more calories?!?! Wow. And seriously? I don't think so.
"Now, this one...doctors send their patients to us for these shoes and people who wear them have been able to correct the problems in their knees and then they don't have to have knee surgery." If only it were as easy as a shoe, right?
Woman on cell phone walking very quickly around the area, taking in the clearance shoe view:
"Sherry, you just have to get out of there!" Loudly. But in a very "I'm a supportive friend kind of way."
Shoe saleswoman in reference to a shoe I had in my hand:
"Now, that's a good one." She was very gracious in offering to help me with whatever I wanted to try on. She seemed to be working pretty hard in general. At what I don't know. There was trash all over this shoe department, but I guess I kind of understand since the major shoe clearance at Dillard's is officially underway! I used to live for shoe clearances such as these. Back in the day.
Floodlights in the ceiling:
Making it as hot as ever. As hot as they have ever been. Back to the days that this was Hess's and before that, Miller's. Did I mention hot? Not hot enough to keep me from buying my 4th pair of shoes in 3 weeks, however. No. They were not on clearance. I chose a pair of tried and true loafer-like Sperry's. Not on clearance. But pretty darned comfy.
That is all.
