if you read my comments on halloween costumes, you know that i am working in a costume shop.  working in retail always brings brushes with stupid people, but for some reason, costume customers seems to be the cream of the stupid crop.  or maybe forcing the non-artistic to be creative just brings it all to the surface. anyway, my tongue is sore from all the times i have bitten it in the last few days trying not to be rude.  let me tell you, the customer is NOT always right! 

yesterday’s gem was the woman who said, "cleopatra was during the renaissance, right?" 

there was also a woman with shoulder-length brown hair asking for a sarah palin wig.  really?  she could not comprehend using her own hair and just styling it.  of course, she would have to style a wig, too, but that didn’t sink in either.  then she asked me what kind of costume she would wear to be sarah palin.  really?

or the woman who wanted a "real-looking pistol" for her son dressing as indiana jones.  i showed her the "indiana jones" brand gun.  she said, "oh, we have that one, but it is orange and blue.  we want one that looks real."  i had to explain to a mother of an elementary school student that for her son’s safety, i could not sell them a "real-looking gun."  do these people live under rocks where it is okay for kids to carry guns around?

and why is it that everyone wants a confederate soldier on the same day?  saturday everyone wanted 1700s costumes.  are there assigned days for certain time periods that i don’t know about?