Friday, November 17, 2006

I am done with Oxford Street

....but I got some cool boots.

I had my first retail experience in London today (besides the horrible Asda)..and it was pretty awful! First I went to the Clark's store, where customer service is NOT a priority. This kind of angry woman was "helping me," couldn't find my size in the shoe, I liked, didn't tell me for about 20 minutes while I sat there, and then said, "go look at some other ones." So I switched salespeople and then, later, she came over and chewed her co-worker out for stealing her customer. Nice.

After I got my boots from the nice salesperson, I went to H&M which I have been so looking forward to and...I liked nothing. I think I may have outgrown H&M (sorry, Jess). it seems like the top thing to purchase on Oxford Street are leggings, which remind me too much of the 5th grade for me to embrace. I'll be glad when that style goes out. I can't say that I won't get sucked into it.

In between shopping, it was pouring and there were huge crowds of people. My great fear is that I'm going to be purse snatched, so I was trying to hold my bag close, hold the umbrella, keep track of my purchases, and manage the crowds. When I got on the tube, an announcement was made that someone had pulled the alarm, so we had to wait for clearance to move. And by the time I got home, I decided that I'm done with Oxford Street and all the people and bad customer service from now on. It's just too much.

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