Video Store Memories #1 - The Black Mini

I don't know if many of you know this, but I used to work in a video store. It was probably one of the best jobs ever because all you were responsible for was to sign movies in & out, watch movies and make sure it was neat in the store. Surprisingly, we would all constantly get in trouble for not doing our jobs well enough.

We were a family video store so we didn't have the cool porn section that was behind a curtain or in a seperate room. Although we did have movies starring the actress who played Jesse Spano on Saved By The Bell, but we didn't have a curtain or a room for her movies. We did ask management if we could keep all the Ben Affleck movies in a seperate room which us staff called "the dumpster out back". They didn't agree with our proposal.

Anyway, from time to time we would get people coming in and asking for the "adult section" or if we rented "adult movies". We were encouraged to say "no, sorry this is a family store".

It was a lot more fun if you said, "Eww you're a pervert. We don't sell those sin movies here." OR if you said "You're gay aren't you! The GAY PORN is sold up the street". OR my favorite response to the question is to just point at his penis and laugh, ignoring his question completely.(and yes it was always men who asked). This behavior was frowned upon by management though.

Well one day a guy came up to the counter during the day. He was a middle aged, white guy with a polo golf shirt on. He looked like he could have been my dad except for the fact he was much shorter, balding a little bit and looked nothing like my dad really.

He asked, "Is there an adult section in this store". I replied, "No, but there is a Gallo Video up the street if you take a left out of our parking lot." He said thanks and walked away. As he was walking away, I noticed he had on a BLACK MINI SKIRT. I am not even kidding. A polo golf shirt, black mini skirt and "dad-like" sneakers. (you know the mostly white sneakers with a little bit of blue on them. You can mostly find them at Walmart or Target). In my mind, I'm thinking...he has a dad head, a dad torso, definately dad legs, dad feet and then randomly a "mom" mini skirt!

I mean, I am an open minded person. If you are gay you sort of HAVE to be open minded, it is a prerequisite to join the "club". That and you have to learn the secret gay handshake. It only disturbed me b/c only 1/4th of his person was in lady clothes. Still to this day, one thought haunts me. Was he wearing girly underwear?