Same! I hate being hounded with “Can I help you?” “Are you looking for anything in particular?” “If you need help, I’m right over there.” etc etc. Yes, yes, I know, I have left the house before. I know to find you when I need help, thank you very much.

I’m also tall (5'10). And I have hips and ass. But I have a smaller waist and torso. However, my upper arms are hammy. I literally have clothes in my closet from a size 10-18 and shirts from M-XL that *all* fit. I buy stuff online that I know I can return easily, but mostly I have to shop in store to find stuff that…

The whole problem is that customers can either buy something poorly made that doesn’t fit for no money in a store or they can buy something adequaely made that fits OK for the same amount of money online.
It’s hard to stay in business when you offer an inferior product for the same price. As so many retail chains are…

I do expect to find a sweatshirt that is reasonably priced and lasts more than one wash at Target. If not then I can go to Amazon which is what people have been doing.

I just discovered primary last month and I love it so much.

There are a lot of returns to the store.

I’ve learned a few certain brands with consistent sizing that works for me, and stick to them. It’s funny that online shopping theoretically should give you exponential selection, but the hassle of fitting has narrowed my online purchasing behavior out of aggravation.

Seriously, my entire attitude when shopping retail in-person: Never talk to me. Leave me the fuck alone until I’m ready to pay.

Not just the size, it’s really hard to find a t shirt that’s made out of decent cotten or even reasonably thick polyester these days. More than half the shirts I’ve bought in the past few years are thin synthetic garbage:(

Re: Shoes. Agreed. Buying and returning tons of shoes from Zappos is not great.

Sephora smells like all the perfume died together in a holy war of scent, and their website gives you free samples with every purchase. I haven’t bought from their brick-and-mortar location in years.

Makeup doesn’t come with bizarre prints or slogans to ruin it, and you don’t feel insulted because even your nominal size only fits a childlike 13 year old’s body.

Plus everything is polyester. Barf.

There are a couple things pushing the retail apocalypse (beside the internet)

Your question is not for anyone on this site, save for a couple of grey trolls.

“ the American people, broadly speaking, as shit-eating dumbasses” Judging by the social media posts that defend Trump regardless of what he says or does (even against this corrupt act he just committed), I believe between 35-45% of Americans are in fact, shit-eating dumbasses.  

Because of “economic anxiety”

Which ultimately they won’t for any number of reasons, the most of which is that they are too stupid to realize it.

Yeah, this all kind of assumes they are capable of understanding that they should be embarrassed.

Trump’s biggest gift to our country is the efficiency with which he has laid bare how much of our politics are about eating shit. People that “respect our institutions” and keep voting for rich assholes to represent them have been eating well-seasoned shit their entire lives. Trump took away all your spices.