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"The make up counter in department stores-I just know they want to get hold of me and "make me over" i.e paint me orange and glue caterpillars to my eyes."

Did you ever see The Truth About Cats and Dogs? There's a hilarious make-up counter scene you'd enjoy. I love Janeane Garofalo. One of her lines was "What I'm really looking for is a pore maximizer."

Concerts in general, largely because people around won;t sit the hell down and insist on watching the concert through their phones.

Expensive/exclusive stores used to make me uncomfortable, but not any more. If a salesperson keeps following me, I'll tell them, "Hi. I know you;re here, and if I need help, I'll let you know. But you don't have to keep asking me. Thanks." BTW, if you ever want to have fun at one of these places, do what I did in Beverly Hills a number of years back. I was in the Bijan store looking at the incredibly overpriced things, and a salesperson asked me for the fourth time if he could help with anything. I said, quite seriously, "Yes, you can. Can you explain to me how the store feels justified in asking $1400 for a cotton shirt? I can cross the street and go to Neiman's and get a French-made cotton shirt with hand-sewn buttonholes for $300 and that's still overpriced." The guy didn't know what the hell to say and finally sputtered, "Do you know some of our customers are Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty?" I replied, "Yeah, well, they have enough money they can buy a shirt for $1400 and not care. But that still doesn't explain why you think they're worth that kind of money."

Another time in Neiman's I was looking at a pair of pants I liked. They were Armani. Then I saw the price...$750." A salesperson who was nearby said, "Those would look really good on you." I said, " I think they would, too. So how much would they be if you cut out the Armani label?"

Mall bathrooms! I just thought of this. That long hall to get there! Who is down there besides you?
I do not care for that situation at all!

Dazed, truly luxurious selling opportunities are comfortable, encouraging and inclusive, not condescending and disconcerting. I have been in high-end luxury sales for a long time. I have met a great many folks who are curious about, and interested in, whatever it was that I was selling at the time, but who were also worried that they were out of place, unwelcome and in over their heads. They will come in and say, "I'm not buying anything, but do you mind if I take a look around?" I would be a complete sales professional ASSHOLE if I said anything other than, "Please, step into my office." I genuinely LOVE showing people goods that they had no idea existed. I LOVE giving them experiences they never imagined that they could have. And I LOVE it when they realize that I sell wonderful things that they can afford, either by paying cash, financing or leasing. I know the clothing stores of which you speak. I shop, but do not work, in them. In high end, image and exclusivity appeal to certain clients. I know this as well as anyone. But, if the real purpose of an exotic sartorial/hospitality/cultural experience is to spread joy--and, thereby, make money--then that experience has to be made accessible, comfortable and, by whatever means necessary, affordable (meaning that paying for it fits your budget). No store or other kind of business, I don't care how swank, that makes you uncomfortable knows what the hell it is doing.

Having to take a dump in a crowded public restroom (or at school) is the most uncomfortable feeling ever.

I shun hospitals and nursing homes. I'm actually more comfortable in cemeteries. Weird, I know. It's like, impending death vs. the reality.

The back of a Volkswagen.

everyone has this moment. theres a thought somewhere in their mind where somethign bad happens.