Neil's Birthday Shoe Story

5 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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This content was created by Eric Siu. This content was uploaded by Eric Siu. This is a YouTube video titled "Neil's Birthday Shoe Story" (created 2024-08-05T19:30:02Z). The excerpt is an informal, English anecdotal exchange between at least two speakers (one labeled SPEAKER A) in which one person recounts getting $120 Nike shoes for their birthday, feeling guilty and returning them for a $60 pair and giving the difference back to their parents; the other speaker responds with comments about shoe prices and parenting. The content is conversational and anecdotal in nature, but speakers are unnamed in the transcript.

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But one time my mom bought me these Nike shoes from the mall for my birthday. I think it was $120. That's expensive. It was expensive, especially back then. I felt guilty. So the next day I went back and returned them and I got the ones for like $60. I couldn't do it. I just felt bad. Did you pocket the $60? No, I gave it back to my mom and dad. Oh wow, that's nice. My mom was a teacher. You know, like how much— That's a lot of money. $120. I felt bad as a kid. I'm like, man, I'm spending all this money on my parents. And it's like, I needed shoes because mine had holes. But I was like, that's just too expensive. It is expensive. I bet you your shoes you buy for your kids now are more expensive. No, no, no, dude. The kids' shoes are cheap. You're saying that $120? $120. They're cheaper. They're expensive because they're Nikes, but they're not $120. Eventually, in the next couple of years, they'll get there.