Another TK Maxx thread

Under_Graduate

I was at the club last Saturday, hitting on all sorts of chicks.

But I seen this guy, about the same as myself, looks wise, and we were both hitting on the same chick.

She turns around, has a good butchers at me, then a good butchers at him.
She went for him.

The only reason I can think of, is that he had on this pretty sweet looking sweater/vest, white, skin tight.
The guy obviously worked out, and it showed off his upper body pretty well (no homo).

So I'm in town yesterday and I say, "I'm gonna pick me up one of them".

I figured, seems as it's somewhat of a "specialist" item, I'd check the supposedly more upper market clothes stores.

River Island - tried a few of their things, after spending about a half an hour going from rail to rail, cause everything is divided by item, with a bunch of different sizes of the same item on a rail.
Tried them on - no good.


Fock it - I go to TK Maxx.

All I have to do, is check out one rail, cause all the sizes are gathered together.
Flicking through.
Happydays, they have what I'm looking for.
Try it on.
Perfect fit, exactly what I was after.


Some people aren't fans but, to me, this is best clothes store around.

A friend said his favorite place to shop is "Zara", which I haven't been to yet.
Next time I'm in Dublin, I'll check it out.

I have also liked Debinems and H & M, but, small town in the west - this is definitely the best this place has to offer at the moment.

mathie

Great.
What did you have for breakfast OP?

Ted_YNWA

Cool story bro.

Let us know if shirt is successful.

jimgoose

You are Eddie Durkan's slightly camp cousin, and I claim two packets of Rancheros.

me_irl

11/10

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I've now read that twice and haven't the foggiest idea what you posted it for.

Pure nonsense. Neither substance nor logic to it.

Call back soon and enlighten please.

Menas

Do you even lift?

Avatar MIA

The thing with clothes is that they will always look better on someone that has a good frame, not necessary built, but not skinny or carrying too much weight.

I know this isn't a revelation, but it was light bulb moment for ME once upon a time.

Tilly

The heating has gone in my office

brevity

Do people still say "No homo"?

Insect Overlord

My cat's breath smells like cat food.

kneemos

Took one look at this thread and decided to ignore it.
Needs something...

Wibbs

Under_Graduate wrote: »

(no homo)/ I seen/chick/butchers/fock it

*idiocracy filter activated*

biko

Someone needs a blog

WoollyRedHat

Tilly wrote: »

The heating has gone in my office

Start a fire.

osarusan

The Cool

OP, please tell me you rapped that along to Thrift Shop by Macklemore

Under_Graduate

The only thing that throws me slightly, is the slave-labor accusations.

But, from what I understand, "upper market" clothes stores aren't innocent of that either.

SEPT 23 1989

Great selection if you happen to be a dwarf or 2XL+

SteM

Oh, you should SO check out zara dude. C u there!

Wibbs

Under_Graduate wrote: »

But, from what I understand, "upper market" clothes stores aren't innocent of that either.

River island/Zara are about as upmarket as I am. And yep sweatshop labour ahoy. That's how clothes are so cheap/profits are maximised. If they're not produced in Europe or America, the "west" basically, it's nearly always two bowls of rice a day for wages.

Under_Graduate

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Great selection if you happen to be a dwarf or 2XL+

I'm either medium or large.

XL is just too big for me.

It depends on the day you go there cause, their stock varies so regularly, depending on what they get in.

Under_Graduate

Wibbs wrote: »

River island/Zara are about as upmarket as I am. And yep sweatshop labour ahoy. That's how clothes are so cheap/profits are maximised. If they're not produced in Europe or America, the "west" basically, it's nearly always two bowls of rice a day for wages.

How do you know if they're produced in the west or not?

I heard, even American brands, or supposedly American brands, just label the clothes in the US, but the material itself is actually mass manufactured in, I dunno, focking Bangladesh or something.

jimgoose

Wibbs wrote: »

River island/Zara are about as upmarket as I am. And yep sweatshop labour ahoy. That's how clothes are so cheap/profits are maximised. If they're not produced in Europe or America, the "west" basically, it's nearly always two bowls of rice a day for wages.

It amuses me no end when one of the young ladies in my circle arrives back with some artifact or other from one of these trendy boutiques, something resembling a hand-towel that the mice have been at, that cost the best part of €200 and comes with a half-hour lecture at the shop explaining that under no circumstances should you wash it, iron it, fold it, or expose it to atmospheric oxygen. Name a' cheeses, like! :pac:

The_Valeyard

Wait, I'm confused about the movie. So the cops knew that internal affairs were setting them up?

Wibbs

Under_Graduate wrote: »

How do you know if they're produced in the west or not?

Read the labels, do research. Generally speaking if you're paying feck all for a shirt or whatever, chances are it's made outside western manufacturing. The markup on clothing is huge, 100% plus and snouts are in the trough from the factory onward, so… That's how TK Maxx can afford to fire out remaindered stock at big discounts and still make good profits.

jimgoose

Wibbs wrote: »

Read the labels, do research. Generally speaking if you're paying feck all for a shirt or whatever, chances are it's made outside western manufacturing...

Also, if the garment in question is outrageously, lip-wobblingly expensive, the chances are it's made in a galvanised shed in Burma and the profits are going to some Ermintrude in Kensington.

kfallon

Prefer TK Red Lemonade tbh!

traprunner

Under_Graduate wrote: »

But I seen this guy, about the same as myself, looks wise, and we were both hitting on the same chick.

Maybe you have a twin that you didn't know about or else you were switched at birth by mistake and he is your natural brother.

Pinch Flat

I buy my slacks in debinems

jimgoose

I remember the conversation with Mrs. Goose a couple of years ago when TK Maxx opened in Cork:

Mrs. G: Good news! TK Maxx are finally in Cork!

JG: Superb. What is a "TK Maxx"?

MG: It's, um, this really great clothes shop with discounted branded stuff for half-nothing.

JG: I see. Sort of like Penneys for pikeys who don't realise they're pikeys.

MG: ...

JG: What hallucenogens were you on when you concluded that this would be my idea of a good time? I'm going out to the Co-op to get some chlorus. Later!

Duggy747

I remember years ago me and my friends were queuing up for a club behind a group of these fashionable, hip and happening-looking fellas.

One of them turned around, very blatantly looked my mate up and down and said to his friend beside him in the most hilariously loud and pompous tone: "Ger, yer man looks totes loike he shawped in TK Maxx!"

I thought it was pretty funny because my mate didn't know how to react to that. :pac:

Gavlor

OP, Were you supposed to send that as a text to your mother instead of posting it here?

faceman

I don't know what a TK Maxxx is.

Avatar MIA

faceman wrote: »

I don't know what a TK Maxxx is.

It's the bigger plus size version of TK Maxx

kneemos

faceman wrote: »

I don't know what a TK Maxxx is.

It's a large sized TK Maxx.

Avatar MIA

kneemos wrote: »

It's a large sized TK Maxx.

*Cough*

Arbiter of Good Taste

I'm just amazed that River Island/Zara are considered "upper market"

kneemos

Avatar MIA wrote: »

*Cough*

En garde.

Cee-Jay-Cee

OP I think you need to post photo of yourself as I have a sneaking suspicion that your ugliness let you down and not your clothes. A picture will help clear things up.

mad muffin

An File wrote: »

My cat's breath smells like cat food.

*nibbles on cat breath*

mad muffin

Little known fact:

TK Maxx in the States is called TJ Maxx.

Under_Graduate

One thing I don't buy there though, is my shoes.

Asics and Converse, they don't seem to stock.
Even suede work shoes, I'd go to a shoe specialist store.

Jackets, tops, jeans, shirts, t-shirts - they're all aces though.

dollyk

:eek: I just read though all the posts.
Why did I feel the need to do that .

c_man

Another TK Maxx thread

When was the first one??

I feel like this thread will read like nonsensical ravings if I don't have a solid grounding of what preceded it.

Under_Graduate

c_man wrote: »

When was the first one??

I feel like this thread will read like nonsensical ravings if I don't have a solid grounding of what preceded it.

It was basically a similar thread where I had begun giving thanks and praise for this wonderful store being in our highly developed country.

This is just effectively a continuation of it.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Under_Graduate wrote: »

It was basically a similar thread where I had begun giving thanks and praise for this wonderful store being in our highly developed country.

This is just effectively a continuation of it.

Sad, sad, sad. That anywhere should be judged thus.

Dravokivich

dollyk wrote: »

:eek: I just read though all the posts.
Why did I feel the need to do that .

There's only 43 posts before your's and they are all rather short. That seems like a lot for you?

jimgoose

jimgoose wrote: »

...like Penneys for pikeys who don't realise they're pikeys...

A.K.A. that particular demograph who would wear pyjamas going to the shops if they weren't worried about the neighbours seeing them. :pac:

endacl

Under_Graduate wrote: »

Fock it - I go to TK Maxx.

Are you Ross O'Carroll Kelly experiencing a mild existential crisis?

Shrap

TK Max is just like a giant, overpriced charity shop (with no proceeds going to charity). IF they have something you like, they'll only have one of them and it won't be in your size.

That said, they do decent brands of kitchenware for half what you'd spend anywhere else.