made by Alex on May 10, 2007

I was once kicked out of a pet store on the upper east side for …

I was once kicked out of a pet store on the upper east side for suggesting (politely, but -- I guess -- compellingly) that their clientele would do better to adopt strays rather than spend thousands of dollars for "perfectly" bred kitties. After locking the door in my face, the manager (a toothless old bastard -- litterally) called me a "girly man" -- an apparent reference to the minutes I'd spent cooing over his designer kitties. I wasn't offended so much as puzzled: why, I wondered, was this bastard working in a pet store if he was unable to appreciate my enthusiasm for kitties?