Rambling

One of the more fun* perks I get to experience at work is when sales reps come to visit our store. They always come in with several of those suitcases with wheels and handles to drag them along by. They open up tray after tray of sample frames and try to peddle their stuff. It's a fun sneak peek at all the new collections before they come out.

Most of the time, it's a disaster. I rarely stick around when a sales rep comes in just because I know the boss is going to shoot them down. But on the odd occasion where a rep for a really good line comes in, they have our full attention.

Not to turn this into a fashion blog, but one of my favorite eyewear lines these days is Barton Perreira. It's okay, I hadn't heard of them either until a few months ago. Oliver Peoples has Elijah Wood and Shirley Manson, Chanel has Lily Allen and Barton Perreira has...Giovanni Ribisi. It's something, I guess. But the glasses are really nice. Despite the sales rep having known my boss for years and that we loved the line, he seemed really nervous to be there. It was like he was baby sitting us; we were grabbing frames left and right, trying them on and inspecting them. He could barely keep up.

The whole point of all this rambling?
I ended up getting new glasses. The end.



*depending on your idea of "fun" at a job.