2 days at the "Mall of America"

[Kilted-Marine]

Well it was an interesting time at the "MALL"

Saturday was 8am-10pm and Sunday was 10am-7pm

I am now MORE convinced that people fall into a 90/10/10 catagory
90% of people are normal-you could set down with them, have dinner and good conversation, and a good time
10% are exceptional and you would love to spend time chatting with them, over a wonderful dinner..and dinner would be better because they were there
10% are morons or horrible people that don't know they are irratating and stupid..and you would rather chew your leg off then spend 10 minutes talking to them.

After one "Interesting" conversation Mark Bennet looked at me and said "Well, thats 10 minutes of your life you will never get back"

Now I am not going to talk about the BAD experiences - because they are not worth the time...below are just a few good ones

We had one young lady (maybe 20-21) come up and was asking about kilts and after talking to her for a little while found out she was looking for her younger brother..we helped her figure out the size and select a tartan and she set and thought for a while and explain that she did not have enough cash with her or enough money in her checking account to cover it but could pay half cash and half check (she had not deposited her check from work yet).
I told her that if it would help her out, we would take a check and hold it for a week... as my grandmother would say-she was tickled pink.
Seeing people happy is a treat -always

We had another mother that was thrilled we were there because her son (who is autistic) had been wanting a kilt for a long time- she did not care what tartan so ended up taking a Macdonald Red-seeing her happy about making her son happy was a thrill!!!

[ccga3359]

Glad to hear that you had some truly wonderful experiences. Could your calculations be 90-9-1 or I suppose 80-10-10? Iwould actually like to think that only 1% of the population are complete morons!

[Kilted-Marine]

never do math when you are tired..... should be 90/5/5/

[billmcc]

Sounds like a long weekend for someone who recently had surgery. Glad to hear you were able to make some people happy. Did you take any pictures?

[beloitpiper]

Wait...I'm confused. Did you just meet her in the mall, or do you have a store there?

[JayFilomena]

My Autistic boy was 10 when we went to Scotland. He had watched a cartoon version of Rob Roy, and was excited to learn that King (our name), was a brance of either, Caloughn, Hey, or Gregor. So, we bought him a kilt on the Royal Mile in a Gregor tartan. He was very excited and wore it around the house for a little while. Now I am lucky to get him to wear it for special occassions.

[Jerry]

Glad to hear about the good experiences, but at least around here, I think the moron figure should be much higher. My son has a bumper sticker on his Jeep which says it all. "I see Stupid People".

[Robinhood]

In the Mall of America last summer, I found
my kilt was very much a non-issue. About
Minneapolis, it drew a little attention. In
the Cabelas a wee bit south, the kilt was
very unwelcome.

[Tattoo Bradley]

Kilt sales in the mall? That's a new one.

[Luckey]

Good for you Mark! People like you make this a better world.