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Re: Lego man
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Sat, 28 Aug 1999 15:45:39 GMT
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Hi Everyone,
I'm one of those 'closeted Lego shoppers' too. I hate going into TRU or
Wal-mart and buying out half their Lego stock. Kind-of embarrassing -all
the strange looks people give you. But I just ignore it, look them in the
face (expression- 'What the H*** are you looking at') and go on. Sometimes
it is difficult though. Just last year I was buying a lot of Legos from
TRU's in the Chicago area. I had visited one about three days in a row and
the last time I checked out, the cashier (some 19 year old) looked over his
shoulder and pointed to me. At that point another cashier down the line
looked at me and started to giggle. Then my cashier gave me a goofy look
and started ringing me up. I've never been so ticked off in my life. Why
the heck should they care what I spend my money on? And they certainly
shouldn't do this to a regular customer who spends several thousand dollars
a year at TRU's, regardless of what they buy.
I never went back to that TRU, but now everytime I go to check out with a
basket full of Lego bricks I feel nervous like everyone is looking at me.
I'd prefer to do all my shopping through TLG, but it's usually more
expensive (even counting taxes) and sometimes you have to wait a month
before the set is back in stock before they can ship it to you.
Lately I've been buying only a few items at a time. It doesn't feel as
embarassing as it used too, but I still get that 'everyone is watching you'
feeling.
Socially I never try to hide my hobby, but I don't ever just blurt out 'Hey
I play with Lego bricks'. Usually my friends only find out when they come
over to my house, then they say things like 'Cool. Look at all these
Legos.' or 'Wow. I can't believe you have so many.' Then that's that and
they go back and tell all their friends about it, who then want to talk to
me about how cool they think it is, and then they want to talk about their
hobbies, etc. Then I start receiving email like 'I saw this set at a garage
sale.' to which I reply 'Where?' But I've never bought Lego bricks while
I've been out with my friends, except one. She and I were very close
friends for a long time before she moved away. In high scool all of my
close friends knew about my hobby too, but they were always mature and
intelligent about it and none of them ever let it slip at school. I imagine
if they had I would have been a laughing stock for half of our class,
because that's just the way teenagers are.
Maybee I need to join a Legoholics Anonymous group for support. Of course
that's what this group is :)
Thanks everyone, for making me feel normal about still enjoying Lego as an
adult.
Adam
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| Adam - You have nothing to be ashamed of. Unless you are one of those manical Beanie Baby people as well! ;-) Everyone I work with knows that I have a LEGO hobby/addiction and most of them enjoy talking about it. I don't think it hurts that I work (...) (25 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Heh, we've got enough people at UTK right now to start a chapter. Seriously, if it actually does bother you, you need to hang out with me and John Morgan sometime. We can give you some pointers on "not giving a da** what other people think". (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) <snip!> (...) for anyone wondering how to "come out" to friends and coworkers, i have one word.. SUPERCAR we had a 16yo intern in our office all summer.. and one of my coworkers was burning playstation games for him, so he was always in our (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Adam, Hey, I understand that all too well. I was 17 at the time, my last year of high school, and I went to Meijer: (URL) plug in for my second job! :) ) and bought the 6399, Airport Shuttle. I worked 40 hours, (A no-no to child labor laws, but we (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I've gotten looks, but from other customers rather than employees. Usually I use it as an opportunity to tell them about the hobby and the community, or to answer some quesitons they have about the product. But there is NO REASON to be ashamed (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Lego fans (...) Good for you, Tom! I have to admit I generally wander in and out of TRU feeling a bit embarrassed and hoping none of the assistants will notice me spending 20 minutes eyeing up all the Lego. I'm quite open about Lego to all my (...) (25 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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