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Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 14 Jul 2000 14:46:01 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Erik Olson writes:
> What Scott said!
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> One day, you will bring an armful of Lego to the cashier and plunk it down. • They
> will say with a smile "Is all this for you?" and if you dare to reply "Yes it
> is" and you receive in return a wink of jealousy... these things will make up
> for all the boorish checkers that ever got you down.
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> -Erik
You are absolutely correct! One checker at Target simply said, "I love Lego.
I use to play with it all the time when I was a kid." I pointed out that it
was on heavy discount (at the time) and that she had a job and that it is okay
for an adult to buy Lego for themselves. She said she was going to go snag
some when her shift was over. Nothing like making someone happy (and she had a
big smile on her face).
Bruce
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| (...) I know all about the fear of being ridiculed at the checkout counter. I went through that in the 1980's. I didn't make eye contact with people, etc. I think sometimes we are our own worst enemies though. Now, however, I don't care what people (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| What Scott said! One day, you will bring an armful of Lego to the cashier and plunk it down. They will say with a smile "Is all this for you?" and if you dare to reply "Yes it is" and you receive in return a wink of jealousy... these things will (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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