They weren't fit to be make-up counter ladies. Those ladies should have ideas, enthusiasm, a dedication to making you look good. Instead they are bored housewives with a weekend job. Already rich enough, this is just a place they part their feet. Its great for them because the counters hide their butts.
Shopping really takes something away.
Your spirit deflates. Your eyes turn into mall eyes. Those dry and gaping gazes. Searching occasionally, but most often dull. Hands pushing stuff on racks until your arm aches.