Warning: contains rants!
Been down to Sports Direct twice today, as well as a few cursory visits to the other town-centre retail outlets.
Every time I set foot inside I have a unsatisfactory experience. For one the assistants never have any idea what they are talking about. Being mostly college kids, however, I shouldn't expect much. Most of the time they won't offer to help anyway.
Then there's never any room to try things on, because the isles are tiny and there are hundreds of people milling about. And no seats to sit on. Everybody's bumping into each other all the time. And then you get families with 2-3 kids who seem to think a day spent mindlessly milling around town is a good day out...
And lastly these places are so over-priced its horrid. Proudly offering £5 off a £100 pair in their "sale". Whoop-de-do.
Now I desperately need a new pair or running trainers because I'm getting knee injuries that won't go away. Typically at the mo I'm doing 9+ miles once a week and a few shorter runs in the week after work. Not long distance by any means. And this is after not doing any running for years.
But I'm hoping upgrading my 2 year old Asics (which were a cheapo pair at the time anyway) to something better will help reduce the impact on the knees.
Ones thing's for sure tho, I won't be buying them at flippin' Sports Direct. Useless place.
Been down to Sports Direct twice today, as well as a few cursory visits to the other town-centre retail outlets.
Every time I set foot inside I have a unsatisfactory experience. For one the assistants never have any idea what they are talking about. Being mostly college kids, however, I shouldn't expect much. Most of the time they won't offer to help anyway.
Then there's never any room to try things on, because the isles are tiny and there are hundreds of people milling about. And no seats to sit on. Everybody's bumping into each other all the time. And then you get families with 2-3 kids who seem to think a day spent mindlessly milling around town is a good day out...
And lastly these places are so over-priced its horrid. Proudly offering £5 off a £100 pair in their "sale". Whoop-de-do.
Now I desperately need a new pair or running trainers because I'm getting knee injuries that won't go away. Typically at the mo I'm doing 9+ miles once a week and a few shorter runs in the week after work. Not long distance by any means. And this is after not doing any running for years.
But I'm hoping upgrading my 2 year old Asics (which were a cheapo pair at the time anyway) to something better will help reduce the impact on the knees.
Ones thing's for sure tho, I won't be buying them at flippin' Sports Direct. Useless place.
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