Brutal Tuesday

I went shopping with a friend of mine today. She needed a dresser (with a humongous mirror). And she needed the bloody thing two years ago. Obviously, we had some catching up shopping to do, but we spent hours in that little shop. We ended up choosing a delicately carved wood dresser that comes with a cute matching chair. By then we were already both scared of the store owner who was officially pissed at us for turning his shop upside-down for hours, taking forever to go through every item in the shop, and for being indecisive. I elbowed my friend for the 3rd time after hearing the shop owner utter another exasperated curse for the nth time. In fairness to the bloke, he seemed well mannered enough when we got there, but his easy manner changed after an hour of sales talk and getting nowhere with us. He got more and more impatient by the minute after that. The poor guy. We didn't really mean to drive him crazy. After more curses, we decided to hand-in the money for the dresser. Now, the guy charged us an extra 50 baht for delivery. He asked us to wait outside his shop. We weren't allowed inside access to the shop anymore. I can't blame him really. So we waited for the truck outside, but we were both madly surprise when we saw a bloke walking slowly towards us, swinging from side to side, carrying the dresser we just bought. It was madness. A riot! It wasn't very funny at that time though. At first, we weren't sure if he was waiting for the truck or if he was the delivery machine himself. Then he looked at us with disgust, still swinging from side to side, gesturing what I thought meant keep moving. It was the strangest six block walk I've ever had in my life. I was still wearing my work clothes, my six-inch heeled boots. I prolly look like a cross between an exhibitionist and a dominatrix. I wonder what everybody who saw us thought. Two women in monkey suits, power boots, and make-up; walking, half running; being followed by a bloke carrying and at times dragging a dresser, swinging from side to side. Boy! It must have been a strangely crazy and ridiculously funny sight.