You or your parents would "special order" something if the store didn't have it in stock. Basically, the store would order it directly from their headquarters and have it sent to the store; they would then call you when it arrived (usually a week or two later).
Back when you couldn't buy everything online.
Yeah it's going backwards now. stores aren't 24,7 and online doesn't have "everything" or as much 2 day shipping anymore.
The best part was none of the girls had penises.
Hahahahahahahahahaha!! Parents picking us up at the Mall? On what planet did this happen?