Fat people at the running shoe store where I work I work at a small town running shoe store.  I am a former college track/XC athlete who started working at the store 2 years ago.  I know it isn't the most prestigious job, but there is a lot of time for training, I love the local community and my boss/store owner is really cool (he is one of those hippy runner shitlord types). Running stores really need to sell themselves on service to compete with the internet, so we do group runs, special seminars and of course, sell shoes. Here is just 1 day of work:  A fat middle aged man who tells me he doesn't see what the big deal is with running a sub 4min mile since he ran a 4:20 mile last week (that would be considered a very fast mile for an amateur runner).  When I inquired where he ran this mile he told me 1 lap of the local track...1 lap is 1/4 of a mile.  It took him 4:30 min to run 1/4 miles.  A small fat comes into the store and says she wants to try running.  She insists she needs racing flats even after stride/foot-strike analysis on the treadmill.  She says racing flats make you run fast. (No fatty, you make you run fast, not the shoes)  I try and steer her toward a more supportive training shoe, but no she buys racing flats.  She also wants super short spandex running shorts (I cringe thinking about it) and a pink running tank top.  And a GPS watch to track her runs (I don't even own a GPS watch and I am a competitive runner).  I try and talk her into one of our weekly group runs for beginners, but once she hears "beginners" she gets all huffy and says she isn't a beginner.  All told she walked out of the store after spending over $600.  I bet you she hasn't run since.   This one takes the cake.  An obeast neckbeard waddles into the store.  I mean he has to be pushing 400 pounds.  He doesn't even look at the shoes or anything, he just walks right up the the register and belches out the words "Cherry Guuu".  Gu's are a supplement that runners take while running long distances to stave off glycogen depletion.  Each Gu is basically 100 calories of sugar.  I ask him "What do you want them for?"  He just licks his lips, takes out his credit card and says "50".  I try and rationalize it thinking maybe he is buying them for someone else like a family member who runs.  Also, cherry is the worst flavor, it tastes like cough syrup.  I give him 2 boxes of 24 and then 2 loose Gu's.  He pays and leaves.  While closing up the store I find an empty Gu rapper and then 2 more outside the store.  That fat sack of lard was eating Gu like candy! The best part, I asked my boss about it and he said the obeast neckbeard comes in about once a week to buy Gu.   TLDR:  I work at a running stores and fat customers make for amazing stories. Edited for grammar...