jonathan.bare.to

I visited the Montgomery Mall last week. Why? I forget, really. I was
bored I guess. Anyway, back to the story.

Walking down one corridor in the mall, I am passed by a group of four
teens -- two male and two female. I don't hear the beginning of the
following conversation, but I now imagine it much like one of those OnStar
commercials I'm always hearing on the radio...

Teenage boy 1: [Looking down at his pants, pulling them up, or
something.]
Teen-age girl 1: ...Just ask someone.
Teen-age boy 1: [Turns around, looks at me, looks down at his
pants, grabs at them again below the pockets.] Excuse me sir [I hate being
called "sir"], are my pants too tight?
Me: [Dumfounded, wishing I had not come to the mall alone on a Friday
night] Um... Beg your pardon?
Teen-age boy 1: Oh. Sorry, sir.
Me: [Walk faster toward my destination, hoping they don't also
enter that store.]
Teen-age boy 2: What'd he say?!
Teen-age girl (unknown which one, probably the first one again):
[Calling to me] Thank you sir!
Me: [Shaking my head, still walking faster...]
Teen-age boy 2: WHAT'D HE SAY?!?!

At that point, I go in the store and they walk past. I don't hear anything
else, thankfully.

Does this mean that the fashion of teen-age kids having their pants
hanging off them, as if they are about to fall to the floor, has passed? I
can definitely accept this little bit of weird mall conversation in order
to see that trend die off.