Quote Originally Posted by Kiltman View Post
OK, already, that's a great story. Now what about the mattress store?
Well, if the hardware store was the setting for a punchline, the mattress store was more like a sitcom - a little awkward situation helped by a laugh track.

I have had my eye on some new bedroom furniture for a while. But I can't buy it until I figure out whether a queen-sized mattress will make it up my stairway, owing to the configuration of the architecture and other obstacles. So, I decided today to buy one and see.

Which meant actually trying them out.

And not until I did had I given any thought to the challenge of plopping oneself down on a mattress, getting up and sliding off in public without exposing myself to the sales staff who had nothing better to do than to watch me play the part of Goldilocks.

With much sweeping of the pleats, I think I emerged with my dignity intact.

Regards,
Rex.