I hate walmart
I really hate walmart. There is no Target near where I work (nor a Walgreens for that matter). The only nearby store is walmart. So I am forced to go there to run errands during lunch more often than I can stand. Today I had to return something. Here’s how it went:
I pull into the cluster fuck of a parking lot
*I hate walmart*
The store is oozing ghetto
*I hate walmart*
I see someone I work with who I don’t recognize at first because he’s not in uniform…I’m ghetto’d out myself in running pants, ribbed tank and flipflops
*I hate walmart*
I head towards the customer service area and I can’t see any sort of order - people standing around everywhere
*I hate walmart*
So I stand behind a woman standing behind a red line…she takes her return item to the next open register, turns out it’s an exchange so she’s off to find her exchanged item - then evidently I’m up next. OK - I’m confused, quick service at a walmart customer service desk. I begin to worry. The lady at the register asks what I’m returning - I had her the receipt and item (still with tag and on hanger). I reach for the CC on which I purchased it, she tells me it’s not necessary and quite pleasantly explains how their return process works. She’s too friendly. Paranoia is starting to kick in.
*I hate walmart*
Well this isn’t so bad, I think to myself. Now I need to go find a 3-pack of my favorite gum to buy so I can get some cash back while I’m here. I wander around a bit….wander some more…Where is the goddamn candy/gum aisle!?!?!? They’re moving stuff around, the pharmacy area is gone, there’s bicycles next to baskets and salad dressing next to bubbles. There is no candy/gum aisle in site.
*I hate walmart*
I do notice that the cosmetics aisle is completely locked up - you cannot buy cosmetics at this walmart without finding someone who works there.
*I hate walmart*
Not that I was buying cosmetics. So I give up, and move on to the “impulse buy” aisles near the check out stand to find a single pack of my gum. No sign of the flavor of gum I’m looking for - I grab some mentos gum instead.
*I hate walmart*
Then I check one more aisle. OOOOH! They now have my fave gum flavor in nifty little plastic cup containers, just like the icebreakers raspberry ice gum that tastes good but lasts 10 seconds. I pick up one of those too. Uh oh - I’m feeling a tinge of joy in a walmart store.
*I hate walmart*
Time to find a register. Stupid long lines everywhere on this end - but I’d seen short lines on the other end, so I trek the 1/2 mile to the other end of the line of registers. Lines are just as long there.
*I hate walmart*
I find a line slightly less long than the other - then find the pepsi fridge, and grab one since I’ll need a a drink where I’m going. The lady cashier greets me in a friendly manner and swiftly rings up my items…more confusion. So instead of getting a 3 pack of my fave gum for $3 to get cash back, I spend $6 on fave gum, mentos gum, and a pepsi. And the employees I interact with are not unpleasant. Stupid walmart messing with my head.
*I hate walmart*