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I had an older fellow come in to my work a few months back, really odd... He was looking for shoes with flat bottoms *"because he didn't want any poop in his shoes."* Strange requirement, buuut I know a couple pairs that might work!! I bring him over, start talking about them, and he;s *thoroughly* inspecting each pair, snarking at the slim cuts in the soles. He cuts me off saying he doesn't like anything here, so I suggest some other stores and brands that might work. He *'meh's* and starts talking about shoes back in his day, and how they would have *definitely* done the trick when walking around *"all the dog poop in his home."* He starts talking about his animals, then how he lost his dad, and he got like super quiet and sad for a second, then would snap back in and have this super emphatic wave of his *3 inch uncut nails* and say something about his cats, or point out his converses with bells tied to thye back of them... Oh yeah, he was leaning on his leg up on the bench the entire time - picture a seductive Captain Morgan Stance.

He was a very lonely man who had been living on his own with cats and dogs in his parents old house for like a decade or something? and holy fuck was it uncomfortable to bear through.
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