How are you today breast ... I mean, ma'am?

It's a typical day at the Old Navy, I am putting away the go-backs (the clothes that the millions of customers try on and don't have to put away themselves ... or put back on the hangers correctly, or at all, ... and the clothes they leave all over the store) when I am asked to go to the front and take over for the cashier who gets to go home (oh joy ... now I actually have to deal with the customers ... and talk to them ... with a smile ... fun). I am then told that this is where I will be spending the rest of my shift (longest two hours of my life). I patiently walk to the front of the store with my manager (who whispers to me that the customer in front of us is wearing something very inappropriate ... that you can see through her shirt) and log into the register. Guess who customer number one in my line is? ... yep ... shirt lady. I kindly keep my eyes on her face (after noticing that the 'see-through' shirt was in fact a fallen shirt exposing only one of her breasts ... awkward) and ask the usual "did you find everything okay today?" and ask if she would like to save 10 percent by signing up for an Old Navy card (something I don't believe anybody should actually do). Here ... Let me paint you a more detailed picture: Shirt Lady is a lottle (misspelled on purpose) over weight. She is wearing a tight, tan-colored halter top ... the kind with the bandeau top that ties from the center up around the neck. Over it she is wearing a cropped, tan, knit shirt that ends just below the chest with wide holes (imagine fishnets). Now the interesting part ... one side of the bandeau top has shimmied its way down exposing her breast which is squished against the cropped sweater thing and clearly visible through the holes. Hmmm ... First of all, how do you not notice your exposure? Trust me, you would at least feel a slight breeze or something. On top of all this she is with her three kids who are running around and being obnoxious (sounds like they should be 3 year olds, right? Wrong. They were all around 10-12). Question: What kind of child doesn't tell their mom that her breast is hanging out of her shirt? Ahhhh. So here I am trying to decide whether I should say anything and what I should say to her ... imagine if I was one of my male co-workers ... so weird. Anyways, I finish ringing her up and as the line is dying down (thanks to my manager) I find the perfect opportunity to prevent further embarrassment for the poor lady. "Ma'am, I just noticed ... I think you should fix your shirt, its fallen in the front." She laughs sheepishly and, embarrassed, thanks me for letting her know. There ... that wasn't so bad was it? ... and then she decides to 'lighten' the weird moment by stating, "I hate having a small chest, you can never feel that happening." Excuse me? What am I supposed to say to that?!? All I had was an awkward laugh and a "have a good evening" for her.
ps ... I don't think that size determines whether or not you can tell when you are exposed ... just a thought.

Graffiti - Bridge to Life

The Message ... graffiti style:

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The Shed

still one of the best songs

The Rocket Summer - "Never Knew"

just ran into a few someones today
Someones that I never really knew
And I used to think how I had them all so figured out

But no, none of it's true cuz I never knew you
And now the truth of it is, is I wanna be like you
So hello, good friend, I wanna be next to you
For my head, for my heart, for whats true

So I'm burning the thoughts of the things that I once said
Because you tore down the walls that the world has put inside my head
And I just get sick of things that we think, we think we know

And no, none of it's true cuz I never knew you
And now the truth of it is, is I wanna be like you
So hello, good friend, I wanna be next to you
For my head, for my heart, for whats true

So take me and save me and change me and then make me
And embrace me and then brave my heart for you
No, No, cuz I can't go on without you
And it's time for something we never knew, oh

And no, none of it's true cuz I never knew you
and now the truth of it is, is I wanna be like you
So hello, good friend, I wanna be next to you
For my head, for my heart, for whats true

And as they strolled along
My heart broke out in song
From all the things and the thoughts and assumptions that I had wrong
See now I'll be on my way to make this claim
I'll make it famous in everyway
I'll make it stay when I will say that...

No, none of it's true cuz I never knew you
And now the truth of it is, is I wanna be like you
So hello, good friend, I wanna be next to you
For my head for my heart for whats true [x3]

she goes which way ...