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Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 18 Jul 2000 04:32:38 GMT
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G. Crisp <greg@artisans.cncdsl.com> wrote:
> I went through that when I was in my later teens. I look back now and
> don't understand why. I vaguely recall that image seemed real important
> back then, and the last thing I wanted was for some cute girl to see
> me walking out of the toy store with a bunch of stuff.
OTOH, see http://www.lugnet.com/market/shopping/?n=4123 for a case of
the opposite happening - someone got the cute cashier's phone number whilst
buying 75% off Star Wars sets. :)
I occasionally get comments like, "Are these for you?... You must really
like Lego" or "What are you going to do with all these??" No cashier has
even treated me like a weirdo, but if they did I wouldn't care.
Steve
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Barb & Steve Demlow | demlow@visi.com | www.visi.com/~demlow/
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 | | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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| I now have to put my two cents in.At what age does lego buying become embarrasing? I used to feel thatwat a few years back. But noe if they do ask if they are for my kids I say nope it is for me.Besides that I now feel comefortable about buying (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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| (...) Also sometimes when the cashiers ask, it may be part of their stores policy to chat with the customer while they get rung up. I believe the whole idea of that is to put a positive impression upon a person's shopping trip, most of the time the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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| I went through that when I was in my later teens. I look back now and don't understand why. I vaguely recall that image seemed real important back then, and the last thing I wanted was for some cute girl to see me walking out of the toy store with a (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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