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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 34543" data-attributes="member: 27">I&#039;ve always been bothered by the sight of people (usually older men) making themselves too comfortable on furniture in stores.&nbsp; I&#039;m referring to furniture such as armchairs and such, not the benches most stores provide at the entrance.&nbsp; These old guys seem okay with making themselves a part of the display by tucking in and making themselves at home.&nbsp; At times it looks like eldercare.Today I was in HomeGoods, an outlet-type store that sells occasional furniture among many other things.&nbsp; Invariably, some old guy is camping out in a chair or on a sofa that is clearly merchandise for sale (tags on it, usually up on a platform a foot off the ground, etc.).&nbsp; They&#039;re not &quot;trying it out&quot; before purchasing it; they&#039;ll sit there half an hour or more, just watching customers walk by as if we&#039;re walking through their living room.&nbsp; What bugs me most is that these are pieces of merchandise, and he might very well scratch it or stain it--and then it&#039;s un-sellable.&nbsp; And if he were to fall off it or out of it (like I said, the pieces are on low platforms, not just sitting on the floor) you can just bet he&#039;d be screaming lawsuit despite the ridiculousness of the situation.&nbsp; I guess the managers don&#039;t want to make the old guys angry (well, angrier) by telling them to get up.&nbsp; Maybe their wives are so sick of dealing with them that they ordered hubby to sit there and let them shop in peace!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 34543, member: 27"] I've always been bothered by the sight of people (usually older men) making themselves[I] too[/I] comfortable on furniture in stores. I'm referring to furniture such as armchairs and such, not the benches most stores provide at the entrance. These old guys seem okay with making themselves a part of the display by tucking in and making themselves at home. At times it looks like eldercare. Today I was in HomeGoods, an outlet-type store that sells occasional furniture among many other things. Invariably, some old guy is camping out in a chair or on a sofa that is clearly merchandise for sale (tags on it, usually up on a platform a foot off the ground, etc.). They're not "trying it out" before purchasing it; they'll sit there half an hour or more, just watching customers walk by as if we're walking through their living room. What bugs me most is that these are pieces of merchandise, and he might very well scratch it or stain it--and then it's un-sellable. And if he were to fall off it or out of it (like I said, the pieces are on low platforms, not just sitting on the floor) you can just bet he'd be screaming [I]lawsuit[/I] despite the ridiculousness of the situation. I guess the managers don't want to make the old guys angry (well, ang[I]rier[/I]) by telling them to get up. Maybe their wives are so sick of dealing with them that they ordered hubby to sit there and let them shop in peace! [/QUOTE]

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