I stopped in at a few places after work today to look for shoes. The only shoes I have that are suitable for a business casual environment are black and I feel dumb wearing them with light pants. So I went to a couple stores with my list of criteria: Suitable for work (i.e. closed-toe), flat or low heel, tan or light brown, and not leather or suede.
I rattled off this list to the girl at Nine West.
“Ah okay, how about these ones here?” A pair of those ballet-flat things. They’d go nicely with skirts but I generally wear pants at the office.
“No… hmm, what about these?” Those are clearly leather, aren’t they? “Well… yes, of course.” I did say I don’t want any leather.
The other sales lady breaks in. “All of our shoes are at least part leather except one pair,” indicating some red boots that qualify neither as tan or flat.
“Oh,” I said, “okay, thank you very much then.”
Girl #1 continues on, “Here, have a look at these ones,” and steers me over to another shelf. Didn’t the other lady just show me the ONE PAIR of non-leather shoes in the store, you ditz?? I politely thanked her for trying, but no. She asked if I was European. No. “No, you’re Canadian?” Yes. “Oh… you look European.” I withdrew from the store.
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