I remeber back at school a girl called Madeleine caked herself in orange fake tan. It went everywhere - layer upon layer on her face, palms of her hands and (amusingly) the backs of her knees. She thought the combination of orange body with blonder than white hair was an attractive look - until she won the "most resembles an oompa-loompa award" at the formal.
Working in an accessory shop, I have noticed the key demographic of customers are these folk looking for orange jewellery to match their skin and white jewellery to show it off. Ugh. It's not a pleasant sight, but their tracksuit-clad boyfriends can't really afford to be picky given that they are hardly catches themselves. I've been working there for over two years now and every single theif has been either the inbred gypsy family (who circulate the town accumulating stolen goods from every shop), the big issue sellers or the aforementioned orange types. With their fashion accessory kids, they stroll around town annoyingly flicking their plaited hair in the faces of those who get in their way, shouting at each other for conversation as if they are proud of their names (usually double-barrelled like Bobbie-Marie or Katy-Louise) or their kids names (Cory, Chantelle, etc.). Pointless.
The "goth" girls who come into the shop are by no means better. There's two of them who come in every week and try on every feather boa in the shop. They speak with faked American accents and sing along to every Busted song that come on the PA system.
By no means goth, but then I've been accused of being one myself for my penchant for wearing black clothes and New Rock boots. Clothes should not be criteria for telling what kind of person you are. I believe that tracksuits belong in gymnasiums. I listen to guitar based rock - Snow Patrol, Editiors, etc. not Marilyn Manson. And I'm pale. Wow.
A high percentage of my customers are "idiots". Example? Let's take the mother who was glowing orange (almost neon) who came into my shop with her ten year old son. After he got one of his ears pierced, his mother proceeded to tell him how "gorgeous" he would look if he had both ears pierced, as "it suits your face". He protested, so then she proceeded to tell her husband to take his tent back Millets. Nice parenting - not doing what he's told? Threaten him!!
Race cleansing theories? I like it - idiots should be steralised. Some people really shouldn't have kids.
