Because you can't have depths without surfaces.
Linda Grant, thinking about clothes, books and other matters.
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Net-a-porter UK

Wednesday 26 November 2008

The big men's creche on Regent Street



Egged on at the weekend by my sister and nephew who were laughing at my Iron Age iPod Nano, I went and bought an iPod Touch (at John Lewis, of course, home of middle-class, middle-aged electronics).

I am absolutely thrilled to bits with this piece of kit, but could not set up my main email account on it so I took in to the Apple store on Regent Store. It only took two tech support guys an hour and twenty minutes to set up my email during which I had plenty of time to observe that I was standing in a vast men's creche. All along Regent Street and Oxford Street women were shopping, having dropped their men off at a place where there were lots of toys to play with and play-leaders who would teach them how to use them.

Were these men shopping No! Shopping is a girl's activity, they were . . . well, what were they doing? I believe Harry has been known to frequent the Apple store, so perhaps he can tell us.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lol! My husband calls it "Researching".

NancyDaQ said...

Enjoy your Touch. It's a nice gadget that does a lot more than music. My man is also transfixed by the Apple Store--and he hates to shop.

Duchesse said...

Hmmm, if one wanted to meet men, a good place to hang out.

Anonymous said...

Most of them are married or otherwise coupled, anyway. Same as at DIY places.

Anonymous said...

I have never been able to relate to the whole men and gadgets thing. I find most technology a bit baffling. Shoes on the other hand, I understand.

Anonymous said...

My mother usually drops my father at the electronics/ CD/DVD/ Bookstore (much like you would drop off a child in an daycare or kindergarten or something), so I'd agree most men there might be married and are just waiting to be picked up by their wife.

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