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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Far_Explorer443 on 2026-02-26 21:35:14+00:00.
So I (24m) have finally left home, finally graduated with my masters, and am finally making adult money. And after years of being the chubby guy, I’m finally down to my goal weight. All of that stuff has led me being really into clothes shopping lately.
So I go into a clothing store on the way home from work with the intention of upgrading the cheap Hanes underwear I’ve been buying for years. After looking around for a few seconds a salesman comes up to me and asks what I’m looking for and I tell him underwear. I expect him to just point me there, but he actually guides me over and then stands there while I look.
After searching for a couple minutes bur not taking anything down, he asks me if there’s anything in particular I’m looking for. I tell him I don’t see any briefs. He refers me to the boxer briefs. I try to explain the difference but it takes me actually outlining the cut with my hands for him to realize. He kind of laughs a bit and says no one wears those anymore so they don’t sell them. Okay whatever.
I continue to look and eventually pull some fun looking ones with hearts off the wall. The guy gives me a weird pitying look, tells me to put them back and hands me some black and navy boxer briefs and tell me to just buy those. At this point I’m embarrassed that my taste in underwear is so bad that someone had to help me but I thank him and walk away.
On the way to checkout I spend a few minutes browsing shirts. While on line to pay I guess he assumes I left by then because I hear him saying to another salesman “dude goes right from tighty whities to heart boxers” and both start laughing.
So instead of just getting help I’ve been told not only has all my underwear been dorky but I got humiliated. I think that sits my sub.
TL;DR Asked for help finding underwear, the salesman nixed all my choices and ended up making fun of me to another employee.