I don’t like the furniture store on Kingston Pike which uses folks in costumes as a gimmick to attract customers. Nothing really stirs me up, but each time I cruise by the O’Charley’s and see Charlie Brown or the Lion from the Wizard of Oz holding a sign advertising discount dressers or half off entertainment room furnishings, it annoys me. First, I’m not mad at the dude in the costume. I’m just mad at the store. Pride is what gets me. I could be wrong, but it looks like they are using homeless folks. So, heres the scenario. You’re down on your luck, feeling bad about yourself, and broke. What better way is there to stroke your ego than to have some crap furniture store manager ask you to dress up like a Wonder Twin, stand on the side of one of the busiest streets in K-town, and advertise a fiberboard coffee table at a 75% off. I will say ,though, that I like it when they take smoke breaks. Nothings funnier to me than seeing a guy dressed up like Shrek, sans the lid, on a smoke break. Two weeks ago I saw the sign laying against a tree with a crumpled up Wendy’s bag at the foot of it. I’m guessin the guy just said to hell with it.

If anyone knows more about whats going on with this situation, fire me an email. (velvet at bugly.com)