Okay, so trying to shop Yeezy stuff. It’s a whole thing, right? You gotta be ready, like, really ready.
First thing, I downloaded the apps. You know the ones. Had Adidas Confirmed, sometimes SNKRS depending on the drop. Got my accounts set up, payment details locked in, notification bells dinging like crazy. Felt like prepping for battle.
The Actual Trying Part
Then drop day comes. You wake up early, phone fully charged, Wi-Fi connection solid. Or so you think. The countdown timer hits zero. Tap tap tap. Enter the raffle, select the size. Sometimes it’s smooth, mostly it’s not.
- App crashes.
- Screen freezes on the payment processing.
- Get booted out entirely.
- Waitlisted… forever.
Most times? Straight up “L”. Didn’t get ’em. You see people online celebrating, and you’re just staring at your phone thinking, how? Feels like bots just scoop everything up before real folks even get a chance. It’s just a mess, makes you kinda mad.
Why It Feels Like Déjà Vu
Honestly, this whole lottery, app-crashing, unfair feeling reminds me of something else entirely. It’s weird, but stick with me.
Couple years back, my town switched to this new online system for paying property taxes. Supposed to be easy, right? Nah. The website was built like it was taped together. I tried logging in the day before the deadline. Crash. Tried again later. Timed out. Called the helpline, got put on hold for literally two hours, then the call dropped.
I ended up having to take a half-day off work, drive down to the town hall, wait in a massive line with a bunch of other angry people, just to pay the damn bill in person. All because their fancy new “system” was absolute garbage. People in line were saying the same thing – couldn’t log in, payments wouldn’t go through, error messages everywhere. It felt like they designed it to fail, or just didn’t care if it worked for actual people.
I remember standing in that line, fuming, thinking how ridiculous it was to waste hours on something that should take five minutes online. It felt like a system designed to frustrate you, not help you.
Back to the Shoes
So yeah, trying to get Yeezys? It brings back that exact same feeling. The app glitches, the impossible odds, the feeling that maybe the whole thing isn’t really meant for regular folks. It’s like that tax website all over again – a system that feels broken or maybe even rigged against you.
Doesn’t stop me from trying sometimes, stupidly enough. But now, when I take that “L” on the Confirmed app, I just kinda sigh and think of that line at the town hall. Same circus, different clowns, you know?
