Skip Home Goods And Head Home For Good

I was shopping for groceries and other necessities when an older man approached me.

Man: “I’m sorry, do you know where the home goods are?”

I wasn’t certain, but then I spotted the sign with “Home Goods” written on it, visible over the man’s head.

Me: *Pointing* “Oh, looks like they are right over there.”

The man tilted his body slightly to the left but continued to stare straight at me.

Man: “I don’t see them.”

Me: “You need to turn around. They are right behind you.”

He turned further, to the point where he was basically staring at me over his right shoulder, but he still wasn’t looking in the right direction.

Man: “They aren’t there.”

At that point, I was tempted to throw up my hands and just move on with my shopping, but I decided to try one more time. I took several large — and honestly dramatic — steps, circling around him. He kept looking straight at me as I did so, until I was between him and the sign. I then ducked down slightly and pointed dramatically over my head with both hands.

Me: “Right there!”

For a second or two, he just kept staring at my face, but then his eyes twitched up slightly and, apparently, he caught sight of the sign because he straightened up.

Man: “Oh, never mind. I found it.”

I then had to take a sharp step to the side, as he just started walking forward, his eyes now apparently fixed on the sign, and almost ran straight into me.