When you find yourself at Walmart yelling at the clothes, you know you’ve hit rock bottom. I was there today. Standing in the sports clothing aisle in a San Diego Walmart muttering to the clothing, “Who wears this crap?!” Unfortunately one the people who wears ‘this crap’ was standing right by me and took offense. So, that happened. It happened at the tail end of an afternoon I want to forget.
It all started when I opened my suitcase and realized I didn’t have any pants or shirts. This is of course fine while on the beach itself but in the long run it wasn’t working out. I needed stuff. I didn’t want to buy a million dollars worth of clothing so I opted for local stores. Nothing local worked, because XXL is basically unheard of anywhere near the beach. Eventually I got so frustrated that I wound up in a Walmart far far away trying to buy a few things I’d actually wear. This meant sportswear that I could wear while coaching, working out, etc. The stuff that was there was so unwearable that I spoke out loud and out of turn. Seriously, I often buy Walmart gym gear and this stuff was beyond trash. I said as much. Fortunately there wasn’t a fist fight, just me looking like a jerk.
There’s a lot of that happening lately…