OK, so I spent a wasted half hour at Academy attempting to buy Long Johns. When I called them that, the female employee looked like I had said something borderline inappropriate. I shifted to "insulated underwear." Then she looked perplexed why anyone would want to insulate underwear shorts. I explained to her that they were leg length and often worn underneath hunting clothes. We went to the hunting clothing section--nothing. We went almost everywhere, even called the people at the manager's office--no one had a clue. Got another young lady to help. She finally said, "let's look at the seasonal sale stuff behind the checkers area. Finally I said "there they are, right there!" And they all replied, "why didn't you say you wanted BASE LAYERS?
I wonder how many other things are renamed, or considered out of fashion, or are new techie or... Am I officially too old to communicate? And that's before we get to shooting terminology, etc. etc.
I wonder how many other things are renamed, or considered out of fashion, or are new techie or... Am I officially too old to communicate? And that's before we get to shooting terminology, etc. etc.
That would have been a real conversation and maybe full media incident. I give up going to stores. I buy most my stuff online, not really another option these days from poor inventory and dumb staff.
