Philadelphia is My Home

21
Aug

Mix & Match Already

Author: Momish, Category: Just Ranting, Shopping

Speaking of rap music…

I was in Mandy’s yesterday shopping (I love their stockings) and I had to walk out.  The music playing was not just annoying, but offensive.

Now I know I am an old foggy, but I also spent many years working in retail.  I even worked in one of those hip, super trendy stores back in my day.  And as much as I would have loved to listen to Echo & The Bunnymen and the Bad Brains all day, we had to please all of our clientele.  That meant mixing and matching our music as well as the clothes we sold.  Trust me, I heard my fair share of rap as well as Neil Diamond over the years.

So I walked around, dealing with the music for that one song and waited to see if it would change. But when the next song was almost exactly the same, complete with lyrics that degraded women and talked about guns, I put down the one item I was going to purchase and made my way to the door.  Rap is one thing, inappropriate music being shoved down my throat is another.

When the bag check girl asked, “Couldn’t find anything?”  I was honest and told her, “Never tried. I can’t take this music.”  She gave me a look of understanding, as if either she too couldn’t take it or she was use to hearing the complaint.

It scares me to think that my step daughters shop at this place.

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Jul

Bookworms Unite

Author: Momish, Category: Kids, Local Charity, Shopping

27
Jul

Trying To See The Bright Side

Author: Momish, Category: Philly Finds, Resources, Shopping