Every time I go to Wal-Mart it turns into a real “experience.” I prefer to shop at Target, but Wal-Mart has better prices on groceries so I usually decide to save money and give myself a headache by going to Wal-Mart. Here are some of my recent Wal-Mart trials and tribulations:
1.) When I was heading to my car to leave, I noticed that a LONG line of carts was behind my car pinning me in. Of course, there was no one in sight to move the carts either. I had to wrestle the carts into the “cart corral” and while doing so, one of them went flying off the front end and I had to chase it across the aisle to stop it from hitting a car. Unfortunately, I didn’t make it in time and the cart careened into a parked car right as I reached for it. Luckily, the car wasn’t damaged. After fighting with the long row of carts for a couple minutes, I noticed a man sitting in an SUV right next to my car, watching the whole thing! I would like to think that if my husband, dad, or brother was witnessing something like that they would have helped the damsel in distress! Oh, and did I mention that it was about 35 degrees outside during this Wal-Mart “experience?”
2.) I got a cart and went to the frozen section to get some frozen lunches and I noticed a used Kleenex in the bottom of the cart. GAG! I made sure to avoid the Kleenex when I was putting items in the cart. Thank goodness I had hand sanitizer in my purse to use after this “experience.”
3.) As I pulled into an aisle to park, I lucked out and got the first spot past the handicap spots. I was excited by my luck and walked the short distance into the store. When I returned to my car to leave I noticed that another car was stalking me to take my spot. As I started to back out, I realized that I wasn’t going to be able to back out because the other car had pulled in too closely behind me. I had to maneuver my car about 5 different ways to get out of the spot because the car behind me wouldn’t back up even though he had room to!!! So irritating!
4.) I was in the self check-out lane and a little (hispanic) boy (probably about 7 or 8 years old) hit the “Espanol” button on the machine, so the machine started barking the commands loudly in Spanish. “Explore por favor el primer artículo” (Please scan first item) or something like that. I wanted to say “Aprenda por favor el ingles.” Anyone know what that means??? The Spanish-English language issue doesn’t usually bother me too much, but Wal-Mart seems to put me on edge. Can’t imagine why…
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I feel your Walmart pain! In the south the liquor stores can not sell beer, only wine and "spirits". I was very curious about why they do not sell beer so I asked a friend at work. They didn't know so I decided to go to a liquor store to ask. The answer was something along the lines of "It's state law. Jesus drank wine, not beer. It's not holy to sell wine and beer in the same store." So, I then asked where you could buy a keg in the south. The answer totally threw me. You can only get them at your local Kroger, Walmart, and occasionally the drug store. You wouldn't believe the red-necks you see at our walmart with a keg in their cart. The best part is they can't see over the keg or through their already drunken state so they almost mow me down everytime. Very scarey. The parking lot is a demilition derby.
Cassandra, think of Walmart differently, when you walk in, you are probably the most noble, intelligent, sophisticated, attractive person in the joint. Bask in your glory! I hold my head high, knowing in medieval times these people would have been my serfs! Hah!
The checkout people make 6-8$ an hour. That's not enough money to pay their rent, At Walmart, you get what you pay for. And that's milk that took a 'trip' to the automotive isle for 3 days and meat with sawdust in it. I have never seen a good lookibg person in there or a baby without snot goobers.
Brenden
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