Where Are All the Pretty People?

Greetings and welcome to today's random thought.

My wife and daughter were out with the mother-in-law today.  They were trying to introduce her to Thai food.  That left the son and I to hang out (and start packing for the "move").  After we packed one whole box, we were getting hungry for lunch.  We decided on one of our favorite places, Taco Bell.

Now, I am a people watcher.  I pay attention to the clothes they are wearing, the shoes, hats, tattoos, etc. (you never know when a blog inspiration will hit).  The parade of people that visited the Taco Bell today between 1:00 and 1:45 reminded me a lot of the shoppers I see at Wal*Mart.

How can I put this nicely...OK, well I can't.  As I look at shoppers I wonder, "Where are all the pretty people?"  I sat on a bench in front of the optical center at our local Wal*Mart one afternoon and looked at everyone checking out.  As far as the eye could see (and since I just got out of the optical center, my eyes could see pretty far), not one pretty person (male or female).  After about twenty minutes, I realized that these people were not really "not pretty", they just made no effort to look pretty.  I saw torn and stained t-shirts, ladies with rollers in their hair, people that made no effort to comb their hair, little children with dirty faces, and of course, every kind of NASCAR t-shirt imaginable (I think the only car number that I did not see was -1).  It is as if these people were saying to themselves, "I am going to Wal*Mart, why bother even attempting to make myself or my family remotely presentable?  And I think then I will go to Taco Bell."

So please, the next time you go to Wal*Mart, take a few minutes to clean up a little.  Trust me, you will really stand out in the crowd.

Thanks for reading my Random Thoughts.

Jon