" This is how I am. It’s really bad in small stores. If I go into one, I have to buy something. Otherwise I worry about hurting the feelings of the people who are working there. “You’re so crazy, what do you think?” Elaine always says, when I buy useless items that I often donate to the Salvation Army without taking them out of the bag. “You think everyone who comes in that store buys something? You’re allowed to just look.” “I know,” I say. “I just look, sometimes.” But not in small stores. "

― Elizabeth Berg , Until The Real Thing Comes Along