Socks?

[rerant]

This was something that happened to a coworker today. She told me the story as I walked past her while she was doing a greeter shift.

Ok, so Ikea has a children's play area. Basically it's a free 45 minute daycare. Parents drop off their kids, go shopping, come back later, the end.
To this play area (Smaland) there are rules, wherein the two main ones are that children must be potty trained and must have socks on.

R was doing the greeter shift, which is rght next to Smaland, when a woman approached her.
I'm sure some of you may be able to tell where this is going.
(Obviously the dialogue is second hand from R, the coworker.)

SC: Are you wearing socks?
R: Huh?
SC: Are you wearing socks?
R: Uh.... yeeeeeah. Why?
SC: My daughter is wearing sandals and doesn't have any socks. They won't let her into the play area.
R: ...
SC: Can we borrow your socks?
R: uhh... no...
SC: Please? I swear we'll return them!
R: No. I'm not giving you my socks.
SC: Why?
R: ...
SC: Well... is there anywhere we can go to buy some?
R: There's a Wal Mart not too far away.
SC: Can't we just have yours?

This exchange went back and forth for a short time because the customer finally understood that R wuold not be handing over her socks to her.
Of all the strange requests customers have made, none of them have ever asked for my clothing.

[Becks]

For what it's worth, some McDonalds sell pairs of socks for use in their Playland.

I CAN'T believe that the woman not only asked for a stranger's socks, but asked more than once.

[Broomjockey]

Wouldn't the socks kinda be...too big? I mean, unless your co-worker has exceptionally tiny feet? Just, like...wow...

[powerboy]

The woman was asking for your coworkers socks. Did it even dawn on her, that maybe, your coworker has some kind of foot disease? Or maybe, she thought that your coworker was some kind of robot, and that she didn't need any socks. Hell when I have a kid, they are going to be way smarter than that.

[Boozy]

Now these bastards want the damn clothes off our backs too?

SCs have gone too far this time!

(And how is this woman not concerned about hygiene? I would rather eat off a floor than put a stranger's dirty socks on.)

[Coconut]

"I'm sorry, I have a serverly contagious foot fungus..." Would have loved to see the SC's reaction then.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

"I'm sorry, I have a serverly contagious foor fungus..." Would have loved to see the SC's reaction then.

"Oh sure you can have my socks! It's so much easier for me to scratch my athlete's foot without them! Say, does this look like penicillin to you?"

[BookstoreEscapee]

"Oh sure you can have my socks! It's so much easier for me to scratch my athlete's foot without them! Say, does this look like penicillin to you?"

Damn, I was formulating much the same response while I was reading up to this point. Foiled again...

[Sliceanddice]

You know what would have happened if she did lend them to her she would have never saw them again or would have complained to everyone about how nasty she was...

[Crow The Robot]

Eep! Just when i thought I heard everything...I mean damn , borrowing a stranger's socks??? What the heck is up with this woman??

[RammsteinGirl]

Wow.. that is just.. wow. I'm speechless. I can't believe someone would have the audacity to go up to a complete stranger and borrow their sweaty, potentially foot disease-ridden socks to put on their own child?!?!

[mariamousie1]

That's disgusting! I wouldn't want to wear someone else's socks! If that woman managed to borrow socks from somebody, and then her kid managed to pick up something like athlete's foot, what do you want to bet she'd be in there complaining? Not that I'm implying you have that problem, I'm just saying.

[Broomjockey]

Even better, the kid's wearing the socks, and gives co-worker some nasty food thing because the kid stepped in something.

[Gurndigarn]

Has Ikea considered selling socks? I've seen bowling alleys do it.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Even better, the kid's wearing the socks, and gives co-worker some nasty food thing because the kid stepped in something.

Yeah, well, if that was me and for some insane reason did let her have my socks, you can bet I wouldn't be asking for them back!