My Alibi

lets thrash...

the dumbest people come into the skate shop. this one guy came in the other day, just to suck up, i think. regardless, i would hate to imagine the people that come in on the days im not working. poor johnny, having to work fridays and saturdays when they all come out of the woodwork. people want deals all the time. yeah, we are a locally owned and operated shop, but we arent rollin in dough. we make enough to get by. the market here is awful. so, is the economy. and parents need to get a clue as to why their kids keep breaking decks week after week. its because their kids cant skate. they are 14, 15, 16 year old kids that are trying to look like badasses and they land on the tail, and that is followed by a SNAP!!! and you cant tell a parent that their kid sucks. haha. that would not be good for business. decks are made out of wood, and last time i checked, wood was known to weaken, deteriorate, and not give as much as people would like to think.
we have the same problem with shoes. people buy a pair of shoes that generally cost anywhere from 65 dollars to 79 dollars. they skate in them up to a few hours a day. then they fall apart. what do you expect when you are constantly rubbing your shoes on sandpaper? c'mon. learn how to by a less expensive pair, and you wont care as much when they fall apart. we have some great sales on vision and circa shoes right now, for around 30 bucks. oh, no? you have to buy a pair of pro model signature shoes? well, guess what. for every pair of those shoes you are buying you are selling out to everything skateboarding was never meant to be. you are putting money into the pockets of the skater who doesnt want to come to your town to do a demo. you are helping jack up the price of the shoes and making them less affordable than they were before.
in conclusion. the skateboarding industry is just as corrupt as any other. its all about money. almost all your skateboard products are made in china and mexico. you are supporting outsourcing and lower quality. people get what they ask for.

(i've never really talked about my job before, but its something that i have been thinking about. you work somewhere different then some corporate job thinking that the people that are going to come into your store are going to be a little more special then your general consumer. it could just be the town, i dont know. some are, but most arent.)