Ten Things That Annoy Me The Most At Walmart
Am I the only person in this country who seems to spend most of their time AND their money shopping at Walmart? I'll bet I'm not alone in this. I can't say that I love shopping at Walmart, because I don't love shopping, period, but I am glad that there is one huge store where I can buy groceries, cat food and litter, clothes, household supplies, music and DVDs, tools, and get my hair cut and get my truck serviced, and buy stamps. While I do love Walmart, to the extent I am capable of loving any store, there are several things that annoy me while I am shopping there. In no particular order, they are:
1. The family that shops together, stays together and clogs the aisles - I am carefully pushing my way down the breakfast cereals aisle. Just as I am nearing the Shredded Wheat and Bran, my way is blocked by a father, mother, four kids, three cousins, one grandparent, and assorted aunts and uncles who are spending the morning debating the relative merits of Cocoa Butterfinger Doodles versus Captain Zappo's Rasberry Creme Compote cereal!
2. Parents, please keep your kids on a leash!! - Unattended children who run through the aisles screaming, throwing balls, jumping up and down, colliding with my shopping cart as I make my way toward the bread rack.
3. Pedestrians versus wheelchairs - I'm going to get into trouble with this one, but I might as well be honest- I am 63-years-old, but considered young in Marble Falls, where so many people retire in the beautiful Hill Country. The aisles in my local Walmart are narrow and cluttered, and it is a bit annoying to have to dodge an eighty-year-old in a wheelchair as I am reaching inside the milk cooler.
4. Not being able to find something I have bought a thousand times in my local Walmart - The reason I spend most of my time and most of my money in Walmart is because I can usually buy everything I need there. This morning the most important thing I needed to buy was a bookcase, the same type I buy once or twice a year in that store. Walmart didn't have any bookcases, and I had to stop at two more stores before I found one, and I had to pay $20 more for the bookcase than Walmart charges for the same thing!
5. Please don't make a call on your cell phone while I am waiting for you to back out of your parking place so I too can park near the front of the store!
6. Cashiers please swipe the CD I just bought so it I won't have to hear "The Walmart inventory control system has been activated, please step back so we can frisk you, you thieving deadbeat!"
7. Having to shop at Walmart the day after Thanksgiving Day.
8. Having to shop at Walmart on Christmas Eve
9. The almost spoiled produce Walmart sometimes puts on sale
10. Someone breaks open a sack of cat food or dog food and I have to try to push my cart though it. This happened to me in a Walmart yesterday.
1. The family that shops together, stays together and clogs the aisles - I am carefully pushing my way down the breakfast cereals aisle. Just as I am nearing the Shredded Wheat and Bran, my way is blocked by a father, mother, four kids, three cousins, one grandparent, and assorted aunts and uncles who are spending the morning debating the relative merits of Cocoa Butterfinger Doodles versus Captain Zappo's Rasberry Creme Compote cereal!
2. Parents, please keep your kids on a leash!! - Unattended children who run through the aisles screaming, throwing balls, jumping up and down, colliding with my shopping cart as I make my way toward the bread rack.
3. Pedestrians versus wheelchairs - I'm going to get into trouble with this one, but I might as well be honest- I am 63-years-old, but considered young in Marble Falls, where so many people retire in the beautiful Hill Country. The aisles in my local Walmart are narrow and cluttered, and it is a bit annoying to have to dodge an eighty-year-old in a wheelchair as I am reaching inside the milk cooler.
4. Not being able to find something I have bought a thousand times in my local Walmart - The reason I spend most of my time and most of my money in Walmart is because I can usually buy everything I need there. This morning the most important thing I needed to buy was a bookcase, the same type I buy once or twice a year in that store. Walmart didn't have any bookcases, and I had to stop at two more stores before I found one, and I had to pay $20 more for the bookcase than Walmart charges for the same thing!
5. Please don't make a call on your cell phone while I am waiting for you to back out of your parking place so I too can park near the front of the store!
6. Cashiers please swipe the CD I just bought so it I won't have to hear "The Walmart inventory control system has been activated, please step back so we can frisk you, you thieving deadbeat!"
7. Having to shop at Walmart the day after Thanksgiving Day.
8. Having to shop at Walmart on Christmas Eve
9. The almost spoiled produce Walmart sometimes puts on sale
10. Someone breaks open a sack of cat food or dog food and I have to try to push my cart though it. This happened to me in a Walmart yesterday.
posted by Jimmy in the Hills | Saturday, September 02, 2006
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