Sucker!

So I went to the mall today to return something. As I was passing one of the kiosks, one guy pulls me and asks me if I want to see something magical. Usually, I don't even look at these salespeople, but I was like what the heck, in the spirit of christmas, I'll be nice & give him some air-time. To cut the long story short, the 'magical' thing turned out to be a nail buffer. You know, the one where they take your finger, remove any nail polish, buff it till it shines, then ask you not to scream when you see how fantastic your nail looks, yup, that one.

So I punctuated the conversation with the expected uh's and ah's, but in all honesty, it looked really fantastic. I look up & see another lady, with a different salesman getting the same treatment & she ended up buying it (she kind of looked at me with that look of 'I don't know how I got myself into this'). So I refocus on my guy, Eric, & he's now showing me lotion samples which would be used to moisturize my hands after using the magical buffer.

Next thing I know, I'm paying $21.95 for a cute little package that includes the magical buffer, a bottle of raspberry lotion, a nail file, and some cuticle oil. How did this happen? How did I get roped into buying something I'll probably never use? To top it all off, as I'm leaving, the other salespeople in the nearby kiosks start shoving their wares into my path....I guess they figured since I was suckered into buying a magical buffer, then perhaps I needed a leather wallet, sunglasses & some incense to go with it.