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Pillow cases, the new bathhouses, and There's Something About Mary

I was given a gift certificate to a major department store.   After some deliberation I have decided that it was less a "gift" of material goods and more of an experience in what can happen in Westbrook, Maine on a Saturday morning.   A month ago I purchased a pair of work pants at BIG department store name  Apparently, I am fat because the size 36 waist didn't fit.  Be that as it may, I was given a couple pair of Carhardts with a size 36 waist and I swim around in them.  Whatever works.   I am standing in line to return these hipster styled worker pants and of course there is a women returning 46 different items.  Half bought online.  Half bought in other stores.  I threw in my headphones and decided to listen to the easy sounds of Brian Fallon and take a deep breath.  The lady at the return counter was doing her best and frankly, I was at a Department store name in Westbrook, Maine on a Saturday.  What am I supposed to expect?  Much to my delight another customer s