{"id":68,"date":"2005-04-05T19:58:17","date_gmt":"2005-04-06T04:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spankingbethie.com\/blog\/?p=68"},"modified":"2006-01-15T20:36:27","modified_gmt":"2006-01-16T03:36:27","slug":"spanking-offenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.spankingbethie.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/05\/spanking-offenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Shopping Spanking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collarpurple.com\">Invidia<\/a> asked what I did while shopping that embarrassed Dan so much he&#8217;d walk away from me.  I actually think it&#8217;s funny that things I see as perfectly acceptable are not within Dan&#8217;s comfort level.<\/p>\n<p>For starters, I can barely get him to walk into the store with me if I plan to return or exchange an item.   It&#8217;s not like I&#8217;m trying to put one over on the store or anything.  Sometimes things are defective or aren&#8217;t right for some legitimate reason and I see nothing wrong with exchanging or returning said item.  <\/p>\n<p>Dan on the other hand views shopping as a gamble.  You pay your money and you take your chances.  If he buys an item and it doesn&#8217;t work, he writes it off to bad luck and moves on.  I repack it and take it back to the place of purchase.  That&#8217;s my job now since he refuses to go anywhere near customer service.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s okay though, I *like* dealing with customer service.  That where true brats get a work out.  Most of the time it&#8217;s a piece of cake but occasionally I get a real challenge at the counter.  Like the time the girl tried to charge me extra even though I was exchanging one item for the exact same item.  I stood my ground and eventually she found a supervisor to sort it out before I threw a tantrum.<\/p>\n<p>Dan also won&#8217;t stick around if I head for the deli counter.  What is wrong with asking for what I want?  I admit I&#8217;m particular about how my meats and cheeses are sliced but I&#8217;m very polite while going through the process.  <\/p>\n<p>If I see a new product I&#8217;d like to try, I see no problem with asking for a sample.  I&#8217;m in the process of buying anyway and besides that, I&#8217;ll buy the new product if I like it so it&#8217;s a sale for them.  I don&#8217;t see the problem.  It&#8217;s not like I&#8217;m walking around asking for free stuff.  I&#8217;m trying to make a purchase.  Geez!  That&#8217;s not being bratty, that&#8217;s being a smart shopper.<\/p>\n<p>Now I admit that when I&#8217;m in the seasonal toy aisle, I can get a little crazy.  I love making the animotion toys do their thing and I get great joy out of trying them all.  It&#8217;s good clean fun.  Also, there&#8217;s a singing cat sitting in our baggage even as I speak so I&#8217;m not trying them out for nothing.  <\/p>\n<p>The other thing is, believe it or not, I like to try on shoes before I buy them.  Gasp!  The horror!<\/p>\n<p>Sorry, but I&#8217;m not buying a pair of shoes I haven&#8217;t tried on, walked around in a little, and looked at in those little mirrors.  Dan didn&#8217;t even know about the little hose booties they have available for such insanity.<\/p>\n<p>I know I looked at him liked he was an alien straight from outer space when he told me he just grabs a pair of shoes in his size and buys them.  No trying on, no walking around in them, no mirrors, and certainly no little hose booties.  I thought I was going to hyperventilate.<\/p>\n<p>There is one little thing that might be confused with being bratty.  Sometimes I see something and I need to go check it out.  It&#8217;s not my fault he wasn&#8217;t paying attention or didn&#8217;t hear me.  Dan swears I&#8217;m always racing off and leaving him standing around not knowing what to do because I&#8217;ve &#8220;run off on him&#8221;.  It&#8217;s not running off.  It&#8217;s <i>shopping.<\/i>  I always find more than what&#8217;s on my list.  Not my fault.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, I don&#8217;t think any of this shopping behavior is bratty.  Despite what I think, Dan&#8217;s become a big believer in preventive spanking.  And while I don&#8217;t think I <b>need<\/b> to be spanked before going out, it&#8217;s nice sometimes.  A slightly warm bottom makes me feel all giggly and girly inside.  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure Dan&#8217;s spanking regime is working as he&#8217;d planned but it&#8217;s working&#8230;in a roundabout sort of way.  I&#8217;m feeling well-spanked and loved so I&#8217;m behaving as best as I can.  That&#8217;s something anyway.  Besides, what would he do if I was perfectly behaved and he couldn&#8217;t make the most of his spanking regime?  I can&#8217;t let him down like that! *grin*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Invidia asked what I did while shopping that embarrassed Dan so much he&#8217;d walk away from me. I actually think it&#8217;s funny that things I see as perfectly acceptable are not within Dan&#8217;s comfort level. 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