How YOU doin? (on lotion..)

So I fake 'n Bake. K? I do. Maybe once a month. I know it's bad for you, but I do it anyway so don't lecture me or I'll nit-pick your ass apart on all the bad things you do:)

Anyway, in case you're not aware I'm blond haired and blue eyed. Oh, and fair skinned. If I, in the winter for example when there's less outside time, don't hit up a tanning place every so often I become blond haired, blue eyed and TRANSLUCENT skinned. Where's Mason? Oh.. there he is, he blended in with that white wall.

Anyway, so I went in today for a quick zap and after giving my name to her, the girl behind the counter asked what EVERY employee asks me when I go there: "how you doin' on lotion?" My answer is always "fine." I think there's a prompt on the computer screen when they enter my name that shows I haven't purchased tanning lotion in for-ev-er because they ask every time. I guarantee you that they get kickbacks for selling the stuff because they push it like it's their job (and clearly it IS their job, so no harm).

This time, tanning-girl went a step further and started a line of questions about my current lotion (which, by the way, I rarely put on before I go, hence I never run out). She started with "what kind do you have?" and I said "I dunno, the one in the colorful bottle with the gold cap??" Then she says, unconvincingly, "Ooooh yeah, I think I know the one you're talking about.. anyway, have you had it long?" Clearly she's already seen on the computer screen I probably have. "Yeah, a while" I said. She goes in for the up-sale by informing me "well, you know once you get about halfway through a bottle your skin actually becomes immune to the lotion and it loses its effectiveness."

I stared at her straight-faced, obviously seeing holes in the theory, and said ".. well I guess next time I'll buy a bottle HALF the size of the one I've got now, and problem solved!" She giggled a tad and then her face looked like a dog who just heard a funny noise in the distance and handed me a towel.

I mean WHAT is that claim? So basically.. if you have a 12 ounce bottle of lotion, when you get to 6 ounces (half the bottle) your body is immune? What if you have a 6 ounce bottle, will you still be immune after you use 3 ounces and therefore half the bottle? BAD sales technique, chica.

I'm so tired of people trying to get people to buy things they don't need by using terrible tactics.


Oh well, I'm tan.
M.db