sheik speare encounters a fellow sheikh.
assalamu alaikum :)
bismillah.
as i was walking through the mall today, i noticed a new shoe store that wasnt there the last time i visited. i decided to turn back and do some window shopping, and perhaps even go in and browse the clearance section if, by chance, i happened to see anything pleasing to the eye. upon entering i saw a rotund desi uncle -mustache, belly and all - sitting behind the register, ringing up customers and eating, while simultaneously barking orders at his employees. the shirts these employees wore displayed the word "sheikh" and rested atop a nike swoosh. yes, it was quite strange. the in-store set up was actually pretty good though. unlike your typical desi business, it had a nice, welcoming, professional feel. as i slowly made my way around, picking up shoe after shoe, only to set them right back down after discreetly seeing the costly price-tag, i noticed that mariah carey's "shake it off" had been playing the whole time. the chorus went a little something like this:
I gotta shake it off
Gotta make that move
Boy I gotta shake, shake it off
Gotta do what's best for me Baby
and that means I gotta Shake it off
by this time i realized that a pattern was developing. certaintly, something was up. the sherlock in me begged to ask if there could possibly be a connection between all that i had witnessed: desi uncle, "sheikh" shirts, and mariah carey's "shake it off" playing on repeat. baffled, confused, and upset, i walked out of the store (without shoes of course), proving to be a failure in my quest to to connect the dots and unravel the problem. then, in a moment of epiphany, i realized that the final piece of the puzzle lay in the store name. slowly, i turned, almost afraid to look up. "sheikh shoes" read the sign. uncle sure knew how to do business. my prediction? the "sheikh shoes" experiment will turn out to be a success.
and Allah Almighty knows best.
masalama, your brother in islam
sheik speare
bismillah.
as i was walking through the mall today, i noticed a new shoe store that wasnt there the last time i visited. i decided to turn back and do some window shopping, and perhaps even go in and browse the clearance section if, by chance, i happened to see anything pleasing to the eye. upon entering i saw a rotund desi uncle -mustache, belly and all - sitting behind the register, ringing up customers and eating, while simultaneously barking orders at his employees. the shirts these employees wore displayed the word "sheikh" and rested atop a nike swoosh. yes, it was quite strange. the in-store set up was actually pretty good though. unlike your typical desi business, it had a nice, welcoming, professional feel. as i slowly made my way around, picking up shoe after shoe, only to set them right back down after discreetly seeing the costly price-tag, i noticed that mariah carey's "shake it off" had been playing the whole time. the chorus went a little something like this:
I gotta shake it off
Gotta make that move
Boy I gotta shake, shake it off
Gotta do what's best for me Baby
and that means I gotta Shake it off
by this time i realized that a pattern was developing. certaintly, something was up. the sherlock in me begged to ask if there could possibly be a connection between all that i had witnessed: desi uncle, "sheikh" shirts, and mariah carey's "shake it off" playing on repeat. baffled, confused, and upset, i walked out of the store (without shoes of course), proving to be a failure in my quest to to connect the dots and unravel the problem. then, in a moment of epiphany, i realized that the final piece of the puzzle lay in the store name. slowly, i turned, almost afraid to look up. "sheikh shoes" read the sign. uncle sure knew how to do business. my prediction? the "sheikh shoes" experiment will turn out to be a success.
and Allah Almighty knows best.
masalama, your brother in islam
sheik speare
posted by sheikspeare at 12/22/2005 03:50:00 AM
8 Comments:
LOL. thats hilarious. which mall was this? i so wanna go to that store inshallah.
hahaha that's awesome.
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how lame.
heh, thats funny. You shouldve asked to buy one of their employee t-shirts. :)
why does that looks like first colony mall? is it? lol thats crazy :no: bucha brownies....
-arshia
LMAO...thats so whack! Sheikh shoes? i thought u were playin..until ur pics...lol
wasalaam
Salaam....
My brother used to work at the store and its pronounced "sheek" as in elegant/classy. Employees get 50% off (yes even jordans!)and the free socks you want...So I have a whole drawer full...A desi guy owns the store (surprise surprise)...it started off in the west coast and its making its way to the mid west and eventually the east... It's kinda weird though cuz each of his stores has a different set of ethnic people working for him... My brother worked in the downtown sacramento (CA) store and all desis worked there but anotehr store in the city had only chinese people working and another store had just mexicans....quit strange if you ask me...But it seems to be working cuz he's expanding by the min...
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