After poking around the Walmart shoe section and having no luck, I flagged an overweight Walmart floor person.
HE: “May I ask a question? I’m looking for those soft shoe pads…you know, you slip them into your shoes for comfort?”
Floor person: “That aid udda shoedairsh.”
HE: “Shoe gain?”
Floor person: “No, sir — the shoe department.”
HE: “Aahh, thank you!”
There was no point saying that I’d already done a couple of laps around that department. There was only a sense of ennui, hopelessness. I finally found the pads upon my third try.
