Do you get unusual attention when shopping?

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Nice to know I am not the only one treated like a criminal or who has a difficult time shopping. I shop at wal-mart, but only because I am poor.


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IdahoAspie
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How do you obtain food and clothing? Do you buy everything online? (I'm not being sarcastic; I'm genuinely curious.)

Wow, I can relate to many of these experiences.

This thing with names:

I've always had unusual feelings about names. I rarely use them in conversation unless I have to. Even when introduced to someone I typically don't make any real attempt to remember their names. Also, I used to have huge issues saying my own name. Even now I don't really like it... it just doesn't feel comfortable coming out of my mouth. When I was a kid, if I even spoke at all, I would spell my name rather than saying it.

And here's something else that's vaguely related. When shopping for cars I would notice that the sales people would always keep doing strange things like show me other cars that I hadn't expressed interest in, having me get in them, even trying to get me to take them for a test drive. This was always utterly baffling to me. Well, apparently this is a common technique they use. It's supposed to make you feel indebted to the salesperson, to feel that since you've taken up so much of their time, you "owe" it to them to buy a car from them. It just makes me want to flee, not to mention confusing me, and making me irritated that they're wasting my time. I mean, really? Why would you keep showing me crap you know I don't want to try to get me to buy something? Apparently this works on normal people.

I absolutely love shopping! Trust me, even if I go five days without shopping or just going out in general, I'll begin to go stir crazy. I just love looking around at all the stuff and sometimes purchasing as well. The only thing I don't like about that part is that I hate spending my money. But yeah, even just earlier today, I went to a mall in which I haven't been to for a year and two days. It was a ton of fun! Plus I got a Happy Tree Friends calendar there (which I couldn't find anywhere else in the area!).

I don't like shopping much but i'm usually asked if I need help or anything. My favorite is when I was leaving best buy with nothing whatsoever and they asked me if I found everything alright.

On Saturday I bought a new duvet cover. It was king size as that is the size of my bed. There were 2 people in front of me also buying duvet covers. They did not get asked - is that the size you were looking for? However, I was asked. Why?

I put it down to either because Bearsac spoke to them, telling him about his website, or I must have given off Aspie traits that made them think I could not have sexual relationships so would have a single bed, even though I am clearly an adult (even though I look young for may age, I don't look too young to be living independently and having sex, I'm 40 but look mid - late 20s, surley old enough to not have a single bed).