Two Things

So, a friend of mine blogged about a strange occurrence at her local Target (read here). The gist of it was that one woman erroneously confused another woman as a Target employee and the resulting fallout. Today, I had a somewhat similar experience. After the gym, I went to Target to get some light bulbs and what not. While shopping, an elderly woman came up to me and asked me if I worked there. Now, in contrast to the aforementioned blog post by super-gee, I took absolutely no offense to her question and helpfully showed her to where I thought the coffee was.
But, what puzzled me was why did she think I worked there? First of all, I had an armload of stuff that I had pulled off the shelves. Not enough context clues? Well how about the bright red sweat pants? No, you're right, target's color are red, coulda been a new uniform. I think the biggest tip off *should* have been the fact that I was wearing a winter coat and hat. And why was she buying coffee at Target anyway?