howie’s halfpipe

When we have work experience kids here at work I like to buy them a silly gift at the end of their week here. We had a young fella with us this week so after being in the food court this afternoon I walked back towards the office and entered one of hornsby’s $2 shops to buy him a pressie.

I went into the shop and started going up and down the isles looking for something silly to purchase.
After a few mins a little lady who worked in the shop came up to me and said “would you like any help?” . I said no and that I was just looking.
I think I must look like a shifty youth. Because she stayed standing beside me then when I moved further up the isle she moved with me, not at a distance like right beside me. I walked to a different isle she came too. She wasn’t inconspicuous at all she was following me making sure I wasn’t steal anything. I thought I would test it a bit so I went to the front of the shop, she followed, I went to the back of the shop, she followed. Then I found a toilet brush to buy for our work experience kid. She followed me as I weaved towards the checkout. Once I was at the checkout she then left me.

Crazy.

I wasn’t stealing anything I paid the full $4.50 for the toilet brush.