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I\u2019m tired, groggy, and agitated that the lines at Starbucks are quadrupled since the start of the school semester, and my favorite barista girl has quit.\u00a0 My head still hurts a little bit in combination of the hangover from the day prior, and not having a good night\u2019s sleep.\u00a0 And then a guy gets in line behind me, and is on his cell phone, and propagates black stereotypes by speaking as loudly and as animated as he can.<\/span><\/p>\n So it\u2019s no surprise that I overhear his conversation; I\u2019m pretty sure people at Piedmont Park could hear what he was saying at this point.\u00a0 But being right in front of him, his words are crystal clear, and I\u2019m trying my best to ignore it until I hear his idea for a business model:\u00a0A sneaker bar<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n A bar that instead of serving drinks, serves\u00a0shoes<\/u>.\u00a0 Sneakers.\u00a0 Kicks.\u00a0 Cruisers.\u00a0 Jordans.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n And this guy was quite verbally convinced that this kind of business would thrive.\u00a0 I\u2019m envisioning an establishment with classy cherry wood floors, a wooden bar, and bar stools.\u00a0 Behind the counter is a hip-looking black man or woman that looks like Aisha Tyler.\u00a0 Instead of bottles of varying countries, ages and glass shapes, would be stacks and stacks of Nike and Adidas boxes.\u00a0 According to this gentleman, he only wanted the place to have \u201chigh-end shit,\u201d like \u201cAir Force Ones and shit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n No doubt this kind of place would mean the death of Foot Locker and Foot Action and Finish Line and Champ\u2019s Sports.\u00a0 Nevermind the fact that bars are typically places where people hangout and consume things, and I don\u2019t think there are too many people who want to hang out at a sneaker bar and casually buy another pair of shoes every 15 minutes, let alone run the risk of getting hammered on shoes and accidentally wake up in the morning with a pairs of Saucony or Pumas or whoever made the Hakeem Olajuwon shoes, instead of some Air Kobes or the latest Lugz.<\/span><\/p>\n I probably had the funniest look on my face when I overheard this conversation.\u00a0 The girl at the counter greeted me warmly when she thought I was smiling at her, when I was really just trying to hold back my laughter while I ordered.\u00a0 When I walked out of Starbucks, I bust out laughing at the absurdity of what I had just listened to.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cExcuse me sir, could I have a pair of the 1992 Jordans, with a splash of the 1996 Penny Hardaways?\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Right here is where I\u2019d say if a sneaker bar were to ever open, let alone become successful, I\u2019d do something humiliating and something I really, really don\u2019t want to do, but considering what culture manages to amaze me with on a fairly regular basis, I\u2019m going to have to refrain.\u00a0 Shoe freaks are already stupid enough to plunk down $300 every year 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