My worst experience in a mall was when the new one opened in SW Lincon a few years ago, kinda out in the country, but they done stretched the town out to it. Ya know one of those used to be dark roads where a person drinkin' a bit of beer could find a dark place to ahh.................
Well my wife and I and the kids went to eat a someplace called Chili's, a step or two above a Taco Bell and with out a danged drive up window.
Well when we were done eatin' they went wanderin' and left me to wander on my own. I found a Barnes and Noble, a useful place cause they got a section on local history and also carry gun books or at least they do here.
'Sides that I can get a decent cup a coffee there, a bit over priced but I don't mind payin' for good coffee. It's always fun to get some and sit in Barnes and Noble with the Yuppies at Starbucks cause they ain't got nuthin' but yuppie clothing and I dress 1880's all the time. I see the envy in their eyes, but most seem skeered of me, cause they order frappes and lattes and other foo foo drinks and I just order "a triple shot" straight up.
Ya know the fella drinkin' Pink Ladies and gold Cad-o-lacs in a bar, never mess with the guy who orders sour mash straight up.
Well there is one of these Barnes and Nobles closer to home than this one so I went 'splorin' more, didn't find nuthin' useful in the least till there it was on a sign ahead, a refuge in this worthless mall, the sign said "Abacrombie and Fitch" a Mecca in a mall, TR shopped there in 1908 and 1909 before going to Africa, Stewart White did also, they own Griffin and Howe, even BJ and Hawkeye bought a canvas bathtub from them, Charles thought it was his cause it said Abacrombie and Fitch on it when the package came. The holiest of outdoor outfiters had a store just ahead, I ran down the mall and went in, my jaw dropped and I ran back out and have had nightmares ever since.
(Sot of a rant Slim, but not enough. True story though.)