My coworker Eric (shout out!) was recently invited to a party. Always the contributor, he decided to stop at a liquor store and pick up a few bottles of wine to bring.
About a month ago, Eric and his wife, the stunning Michelle V. made a commitment to "go green" and in an effort to avoid using plastic bags he's been strutting around with this quasi man-purse.
Yes, he's quite a character (one of the funniest people I know actually) and his actions are often atypical of the average person. For whatever reason, on this particular day Eric decided that he wasn't in the mood to physically carry the three bottles of wine he was purchasing over to the counter. Instead, he chose to use his man-purse as a temporary shopping cart.
The thought never even occurred to him that it might appear like shoplifting. He was in his own world and completely oblivious to others' perspectives. As he was approaching the cashier, the employee misread the situation, berated him and kicked him out of the store!
Eventually, everything was cleared up and Eric even recieved a discount but the lesson here is to occasionally check in with the outside world. We all have our own agendas and you never know how another person is going to interpret your actions.
... Learn from Eric and beware before bottling up the bag.
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I think the focus of this blog should be on the fact that he owns a manpurse rather than what he did with it...
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